it's flooding down in ewyas...

'we have entered humanity’s most philosophical age — for this is precisely the problem of the anthropocene... we have to learn how to die not as individuals, but as a civilization.' 

- roy scranton, 10th november 2013, NYT.

more doomster-ism from horsemouth. 

he must have been listening to that paul kingsnorth feller (and who was that other one?). 

of course the 'fall' is a long one. equivalent (but different) to the dark ages. 

meanwhile it's flooding down in ewyas harold (to be sung in the style of stevie ray vaughan's texas flood) and indeed there's a bit of a puddle at the crossroads (whence horsemouth delivers the eggs). 

the dulas brook is culverted where it goes through the village but not enough to stop it from being forced up onto the road (horsemouth would expect similar problems for the houses just downhill from the old trout inn as was). measures have been taken to create a wetlands park between the trout and ewyas harold but it is obviously not enough to soak up all the rainfall from the hills further upstream.

there must be another spot where the dore cuts across the road down from the housing estate. 

the power (and thus the broadband) is still on at least. 

horsemouth should take a look at how the stream that borders his mum's place is doing (it runs down off the common and onto the road). the water sits ontop of the fields in the valley but it does not look as if the dore has broken its banks. 

horsemouth is wondering how hereford itself is doing. 

the climate is set to get warmer but wetter over winter. campaigns of reforestation and flood permissiveness (upstream) must be encouraged. the main thing is to slow down the water getting downstream. 

it's the morning. a classic red sky morning. the sun is up and ascending into the blue heavens.