'the chairs in the restaurant were still standing on the tables, but I was served breakfast graciously nonetheless. beside me in the restaurant, which was otherwise empty but for two cleaning women, the waitress was taking breakfast, and together we looked in the same direction, the direction of the street. I wanted to look over at her, but neither of us dared direct our gaze at one another, for due to a secret, compelling reason this wasn’t allowed. I’m sure she was under the same compelling urge. she stared rigidly ahead, the urge urged us both...'
- werner herzog, of walking in ice, 6th december 1974.
tomorrow 'mirecourt, from there onward in the direction of neufchâteau'
the flooding. what do people make of it?
it's all the fault of the ecologists and greens and beavers. the rivers need dredging.
horsemouth (of course) stayed silent. he is of the opinion that to survive out here he needs to do two things
1) learn to grow vegetables
2) disguise his real political opinions
at the moment it is raining (tipping it down)
and it is due to do this for the next two weeks
horsemouth hopes there is no more flooding in ewyas harold etc. there have been two floods in the last year, that's as many as in the previous ten years. the real problem is that places become uninsurable.
if horsemouth were to pipe up then he'd mention global warming - warmer air can hold more moisture so sudden storms release more water in the same time are more destructive.
of course if the AMOC (the atlantic meridional overturning circulation) packs in or reduces then things in britain (and ireland and iceland) will get colder and drier. what would cause the AMOC to pack up? global warming and the melting of the greenland ice shelf.
in the evening
horsemouth watched the omega factor (1979) on youtube an edinburgh set supernatural/ sciencefiction crossover shocker. in episode 1 there was a brief night of the demon homage. he forgets the reference that took him there.
in the morning
the rain has started up again.
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