Because there is now a severe drought in parts of England. When we were having those weeks and weeks of hot weather, the hottest summer on record in parts of this country, the message boards here were full of alarm about what was happening. But now it’s cooler and we’ve had a few days of rain and apparently everybody thinks it’s all good right now.
But it’s not alright, at all:
On 9 October, Yorkshire area moved into drought status. On 15 October, the government declared severe drought in parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, East Sussex and West Sussex
In Scotland, in the east , there was scarcity of water and alerts, particularly in Tyne (Lothian).
Yet water is being used all the time as though all you have to do is turn the tap on and it will always be there. I’ve even heard smallholders on podcasts saying that their aquifers are getting lower and where they used to have springs, these are drying up. The warning signs are there but no one seems to notice.
Nobody seems to give a shit. It doesn’t seem possible to grasp that we can be in a severe drought even though the weather isn’t hot and we’re heading for winter. It’s perplexing. Do people not care? Do people not notice or understand how serious this is and that it’s going to get worse?
Or is it just that “I’ll use what water I want because I can pay for it and I don’t GAF?”.