It's not that that I disagree that the world is a warmer place or that mankind is very largely responsible for this, it's that the warnings seem rather hysterical, so much so that members of the public will tend to dismiss them. In any case not all the disruptive effects of flooding are due to increased rainfall; we can have a considerable effect on how this excess is dealt with and maybe some practices will need to change.

Tudor Hughes

I'd agree with all of that. Crowlas, near Penzance, used to get regularly flooded during heavy rain. Just ploughing across the hill, as they always used to back in the '60s & '70s, instead of up and down, not only stopped the flooding but dramatically reduced soil erosion.

Network Rail have recently spent a lot of money on the St Ives line. Just as you come into St Ives the wall supporting the line, which goes right down to beach level, is in a terrible state. If they do nothing it will fall into the sea & be blamed on freak weather due to global warning. Global warming is a serious issue, but it's now becoming a convenient scapegoat for incompetence.

At the same time little is being do avert global warming many claims that action is 'green' is anything but. In Penzance as part of the Council's 'Carbon Neutral' agenda they are changing the traffic flows which not only increase the distance you need to drive in virtually all cases, but involve far more breaking & accelerating. They are also subsidising a (carbon neutral?) spaceport, despite having declared a 'climate emergency!

Graham
Penzance - where it's been a glorious day