Flooding

Last month we were hit with a major storm - the largest our area has seen in terms of rainfall intensity for some time. Many people's homes and properties experienced flooding. Because of this, I thought some people might be interested in looking at FLOODSIM - a Web site that has been set up to educate people about flooding. It is based on the UK but many of the principles are similar; the site gives people the opportunity to make flood-related decisions and apply them to the country. Then the rain begins and reports come in about how well your decisions reduced flooding.

Although going through the site may not help stop your flooding problem, it might give people a little insight into how decisions are made by government and what they can do to try to influence or improve upon those decisions as members of the community.