There has been massive flooding throughout England, mostly along the Severn and Thames… One of my company’s other offices has been closed, maybe flooded, though I can’t tell you for sure because the news isn’t very complete. Mostly, there are pictures of flooded areas, and statements like, “We told the council that there were drainage issues, but they didn’t do anything about it.” or “It would take digging up the entire town to fix the drains. How are we supposed to have kept this from happening?” or other types of finger-pointing and laying the blame, with silly and often grammatically incorrect headlines. Along the rivers, there isn’t a lot that could be done – I mean, it’s the highest the rivers have been in 60 years, and there is only so much that you can actually anticipate. However… Brighton Road in Croydon, very near where I live, flooded, and badly. It is no where near a river. It is somewhat low-lying, but, the reason it is flooded is that it simply has bad drainage, which could have been and should have been fixed a long time ago. Now, people are without water and power and there is E. coli and cryptosporidium floating around as water treatment plants overflow…

Oh, well - Ray and I aren’t worried about ourselves for any number of reasons: We are on high ground with good drainage. We have kayaks and can escape with all the animals even if the water managed to get that high. And, most importantly, USAA insures all of our stuff. We have already considered most of the possible, really bad scenarios, and we would be just fine.