We aren't too troubled here with water or flooding. There is a definite advantage to living near the tops of the hills. We may be above the snowline, but there isn't much chance of flood water standing around here. (It is snowing as I type). Listening to experts talking on the news, I am reminded of the time of drought before Master Aimson was born.
When Miss Aimson was born we were in a time of hot dry summers. Ben Elton had written a book about drought in Australia, and the general fear was of water running out. Two years later, in the summer before Master Aimson was born, fears of a lack of water were increasing. Some other people we knew in Buxton were expecting their second child and had decided to fill their cellar with pallets of bottled water. They figured when tap water ran out, they could profiteer selling their stocks of water at an enormous mark-up. I distinctly remember seeing a news report where an expert said "this is a permanent lowering of the water table".
By the time Master Aimson was born in early September the rain started. I'm not saying it was directly his fault, but it rained and it poured. The water table was filled up again.
Now the water table is so full in the flooded areas of the country that water is just flowing out of the ground.
Permanent lowering of the water table indeed.
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