A Case Study In Rain: Yeovilton (part 5)
A final look at rainfall data recorded at Yeovilton (HMS Heron) using the latest monthly records to derive a time series for total winter rainfall.
Some villagers hereabouts are rightly asking why the authorities are not tackling problem areas whose plight is perennial. Other locals are claiming that they haven’t ever seen flooding like it, with their fingers being pointed at excessive rainfall. This is an odd claim because the floods of 2012 and 2013/14 were equally as extensive if not more so tha…