John Hall wrote:

Yes, I noticed that some council bigwig was claiming that when
interviewed by the BBC. He looked old enough to remember 1962-3, so
should have known better.

Yes - I muttered under my breath "You mean rare, not unprecedented -
just say rare.".

Everyone wants to blame someone, because it's harder than normal to get
about. People should just HTFU and deal with it. It's not anyone's fault
- sometimes **** happens.

--
Chris
Swaffham, Norfolk