Ok God really hates this country, I mean really hates it, after being in London today I'm convinced. I can't believe the amount of flooding here, they were actually closing tube stations due to the flood waters. This made me leave London much earlier then I wanted, but I figured I did not want have to pay a king's ransom to stay there for the night so I was going to catch a train when I could.
On the train ride to London today I saw huge "lakes" forming in the middle of open areas that weren't there on the train ride into Oxford 3 weeks ago, I saw river boats in various fields around the Thames, I saw trees under water, it's unreal. I've never seen anything like this before and it just keeps on raining. In the past two days it hasn't gone more then an hour without pouring and I mean just pouring rain. It even thundered today which was a bit odd since I don't think it's done that since I've been here. Just goes to show you how hard it's raining.
I wish I would have been able to take pictures but it was raining so hard that I couldn't even see across the street. Not to mention with the rain comes a great deal of fog, it's rather creepy out right now, especially looking at all these old buildings.
Here are some photos from the BBC, this is in Worcester near Birmingham, not all that far from Oxford to tell you the truth. By the roads it's 80 miles.
Quote from the BBC: Rags Mahone: "This was Droitwich High Street at 10.00 on Saturday morning."
Quote from the BBC: Matt Capper took this while stranded in his Evesham flat: "We are surrounded by about 4 foot of water and have RAF helicopters flying very close by."I'm safe so don't worry but I can't imagine the US news cares about this at all, even though the damage surpasses Katrina. At the start of July the flooding had already caused £1.5 billion in damage and the news is reporting that damages will be over £16 when it's all said and done...that's $32 billion USD, Katrina's final bill was slightly less then $24 billion USD.
I'll be curious to see when I get back into the states how much press this gets, I'm going to assume not a whole lot since on CNN right this very minute these are the order of the stories.
The Headline:
Fate of German hostages disputed
Other Stories:
Harry Potter Review
Harry Potter Ending
Bush's colon results...seriously I don't want to know
Sex Abuse charges against someone in the UN
OxyContin fined $600 million + USD
Bush altering interrogation rules
UK rains cause flooding
Shark Bite Victim happy to be alive
If it's animal it's on the menu
Gore's son in possession of pot
Something about Obama
Something about a rocket launcher
Harry Potter again
Jewelery store owner scolds criminal
It's 7th on the list, this is one of the worst natural disasters to happen in a long time and it gets beat out but Harry Potter twice and President Bush's backside. Fox News however is even worse, they don't even mention it on the front page. I can safely say I don't think I will be able to watch American news when I get back home, either they are just really sheltered from anything outside of the Middle East or they are just stupid.
Well at least I found an online Bible so I know how to go about building my ark. Just in case any of my other Oxford friends care to help, I'll be on the forbidden lawn trying to figure out what on earth a cubit is.
This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high. Genesis 6:15
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Today, the news said that there are still half a million people stranded in their homes, and damages are estimated to be well over one billion dollars.
Back home, we should open a restaurant called New Oxford, since they have a New Orleans here.
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