Three die in Yorkshire Floods 25th June

June 26, 2007 · Filed Under Threats to Food Supply 

Yesterday three people died in Yorkshire (the county where I live) because of flash floods.  A Hull man died when his foot became stuck while he was in a drain.  A 13 year-old was swept away from a park in Sheffied and a 68-year old man was washed away whilst getting out of his car.

ROAD BEHIND MY HOUSE

About 100ml of rain fell in Hull over a 24 hour period making over 40 schools close and  thousands of people homeless.  Police struggled to control looters and many people were in a state of panic.  My son (pictuted here sailing a boat outside our house) was sent home from school and I have to take time off work to look after him until school reopens.  The lives of ordinairy people like my friend Sara from Farming Friends were turned upside down.  Crops were damaged and when it comes to harvest time, yields will be less.

PHOTO OF MY SON SAILING HIS BOAT OUTSIDE

As weather patterns become more extreme because of climate change we will see more and more of this kind of chaos.  Thus multiplied, the future effect on food production will be significant.

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