How long will we be able to hold back the impact of #ClimateBreakdown ?
Visited the #Norfolk seaside today and walked from Cromer to Overstrand. This is not the worst impacted section of our coast by any means, in terms of coastal erosion or rising sea levels, but the evidence of the tension was there nonetheless.
Crumbling cliffs with exposed roots of plants from recent falls.
Groynes - old ones in disrepair, new ones built as back up.
20 May 1579: Matthew Hamont wheelwright of Hethersett, #Norfolk, a man of Dutch origin and alleged Arian heretic is burnt in the ditch of #Norwich Castle #otd (Andrew Hurley from Wallasey)
1 May 1517: Thomas Howard, Duke of #Norfolk leads private army of 1,300 into #London to suppress the 'evil May Day' xenophobic riots against foreign merchants #otd
Grimes Graves isn’t as grim as it sounds. A field of craters that were prehistoric mineshafts. It’s a contemporary of Stonehenge, but nowhere near as well known even in the UK. It’s a #Norfolk secret…but maybe it will now become better known.
18 Apr 1579: Matthew Hamont wheelwright of Hethersett, #Norfolk, a man of Dutch origin and alleged Arian, tried for heresy at the consistory court #otd Burnt in the ditch of #Norwich Castle on 20 May ( Andrew Hurley from Wallasey)
Good to learn Sir Yarmouth of Brandon "won't be standing" (cowards jumping before they are ejected). Looking forward to the disclosure that his #Norfolk confederate Linky Liz Truss of Thetford will do the county the same favour.
Because if there's something of value to be trashed, say.. i dunno, a chalk river valley SSSI for example, or your Pension Fund valuation, there's a #Tory lining up to advocate for just that, in exhange for a few "donations to the fighting fund" .
Nothing says desperate for the farmer and Christian vote like grabbing a lamb as if you’ve never even held a pet hamster in your life and standing outside a burnt out derelict church…
There are other options folks at the ballot box…please use them.
Dr Andrew Boswell is trying to hold government to account for not meeting its #NetZero commitments or acknowledging if you build more roads, there will ultimately be more traffic to fill those roads…but local #Tories and my local rightwing rag are determined to cast him as the villain.
I do not wish to suggest simple reasons for complex water systems, but this piece suggests excessive rain is impacting the water level of the #Broads in #Norfolk while not considering why that is happening.
There is no consideration that it may be due to changing weather patterns caused by #climate breakdown. Why?
The derailment occurred when an eastbound train struck another eastbound train stopped on the same track.
An oncoming westbound train then collided with the wreckage that had careened onto the adjacent track.
Multiple cars left the track and were strewn across the southern bank of the river.
Parts of locomotives could be seen in or immediately adjacent to the river.
An unknown quantity of diesel fuel spilled into the river, and responders set up absorbent booms to collect it. #Norfolk#Southern called it a small diesel fuel leak “common when locomotives are involved” that was contained with the booms and would be “vacuumed out.”
A “minimal” amount of polypropylene plastic pellets from one car also spilled, according to the police chief.
This is just a crumb of the kind of funds needed for flood prevention in #Norfolk. It’s too little, too late for those already have had their homes flooded.
Residents wait for years for action,129 homes most recently flooded and they are told it will be fixed long term with £150K.