Learning From The Past

I spent a lot of time in Felixstowe in the late 1950s and early 1960s and can still remember the marks on the walls of the houses which were flooded in the East Coast Flood of 1954.

Then in 1987 we were in the midst of the infamous hurricane.

In neither cases did we have any warning and the worst happened. We have hopefully learnt our lessons and things are now much better.

Will the Third World get the systems they need to mitigate the worst of the disasters? Not sure, as the United States knew of the problems in New Orleans and did nothing to rectify them.