It's raining again; but London is lucky. The Midlands are worse. To not bore everyone entirely Summer 2007 saw record breaking rain for England--the most summer rainfall on record, in the history of writing this stuff down. and england's done this for a long, long time. Global Warming what? At one point, the floodplains of leamington were covered under six feet of water. The rail stations closed completely. Pub owners in Stratford upon Avon, the home of Shakespeare, were riding through their establishments in canoes and canal boats that hadn't tipped over.
In mid-August it stopped raining a lot. down to a little. then the sun came out for a month, and then it was back to business as usual--clouds, low levels of uncouth clouds taunting the people below them. After millions of pounds of damage repairs, washed away farm/crop land and cashed in insurance policies the midlands began to recover. But the last four days of intense rains seem to have thwarted this once again. i suppose we'll see.
these are photos from leamington in the summer. some time around late July, i think. Dave and I headed down to the train station to go shopping for interview suits in birmingham and found a lake where the park used to be.
the leamington library is in the centre...there were volunteers sandbagging the area, and it was closed for a few days after the water receded in order to repair damages
the actual river runs way behind that willow tree in the background. the other trash bin a few feet in front of that one was completely underwater.
the gazebo in the background doesn't actually float or exist on an island...there are paths leading up to and all around it
still can't post my michigan photos...blogger shuts down every time.
but i'm going to try my bird's eye view of london next. no really exciting travels to report of, but i'm trying to make the most of what i've got around me.
