Brits And Bad Weather.

England is notorious for its bad weather conditions so how is it that on the rare occasion that extreme weather visits our shores that we are totally unprepared?

Take the recent flooding for example. Apparently we ignored the signs that a liberal soaking was on its way. And so, when the flood waters began to rise, we were wholly unprepared.
Millions upon millions of pounds worth of damage has been caused, yet it could have been avoided if we, as an island nation, (supposedly used to extreme weather conditions) had just pulled our fingers out and sorted out some flood defences. We would then have been fine and dandy.
Again earlier this year when we were struck by some severe snow storms we were completely flummoxed.
People stranded in their cars on the motorways and roads impassable because no-one had thought it might have been a good idea to grit the roads.

Surely it’s time we put some serious thought into how we handle extreme weather conditions here in ol’ Blighty!
Because if the scientists predictions come true, we’re in for some more extreme climate conditions in the not so distant future!

Ben Scruton