We’re not to blame (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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We’re not to blame
8:53am Wednesday 18th July 2012 in Readers' letters By Telegraph & Argus
SIR – Keith Rayner says man is to blame for the recent floods because nowadays people want to live in a detached home, which collect four times the water of a terraced house, and take baths daily instead of weekly, which means seven times the amount of water going down the plughole, with it all ending up in the rivers (T&A, July 12).
Is he not aware that some areas had a month’s rainfall in a few hours, with even grassland and woodland becoming saturated, causing billions of gallons of excess water to pour into the rivers?
Mother Nature is the one to blame, Mr Rayner.
David Rhodes, Croscombe Walk, Bradford
