This C4 documentary, produced and directed by Andrew Barron and shown on 12 February 2013, is worth watching. It's about 2012, of course, but Wales doesn't feature at all! Lots of facts and figures bandied about in the film - mostly to reinforce the apocalyptic tone (billions of gallons of water, millions of pounds, 5 million homes at risk...) Strangely, the tone is at the same time excited - is it all a bit of an adventure for normally dull Britain!? The health risk of flood water gets some attention, as do one-off, expensive housing 'solutions' (stilts), landslides... And there's the fearful prospect of being trapped in the car because the electrics fuse and there's no manual override to open the windows (this should be taken up with car makers, I think?). Another interesting aspect of the film is how much footage was taken on camcorders and especially mobile phones by 'ordinary people' and how, in at least one case, social media was used to spur community action. Not much mention of climate change or doing anything to mitigate extreme weather...
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-year-britain-flooded



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