Flooding. The following video on flooding is perhaps the most informative take on what happens during a flood in the towns that occupy the Calder Valley. Mytholmroyd and Hebden Bridge. It is over an hour long but worth the watch if you live in the valley.
I know this year we have had a drought but that doesn't mean heavy rainfalls due to Climate change won't happen over the winter. What I have taken from it is the fact that local understanding of the place they live in is far more important than the approach of government with their large scale schemes. And as for computer modelling, less said the better.
I don't expect people to watch it though it is interesting. Artic Fox if you are reading this, the great banks of Himalayan Balsam thrives on the mounds of silt that is thrown up by the rivers when in flood.
The government wants to throw money at big schemes, so the wolves descend fighting for contracts, when it seems that proper housekeeping of the rivers and upland drains is the key for the water to run freely within the path of the river.
I wonder what brought flooding to your mind, Thelma. I guess Winter might be the flooding season there?
ReplyDeleteThe first video was labeled "unavailable" by the way. I totaled my minivan in a heavy rain years ago by driving through a puddle I thought wasn't that deep (it was) and that was enough flooding for me. Ever since then I never drive through a puddle.
Ellen you just have to click on the' Watch on YouTube' bit and it will take you there. Actually the weather is very cold. Snow on the uplands, North Yorkshire moors are especially covered in the white stuff. Why did I write about flooding? Well our MP had been to 'Slow the Flow' project and the link happened to be there. I have since watched the video on putting wind turbines on one of the moors and why they shouldn't..
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