Now, About That Drought

When, a few days ago, the media started assailing us with tales of impending doom from drought, did they not have access to the seven day weather forecast?  

After three or four days of weather that most would recognise as Summer weather, as the sun got his hat on and came out to play, we are now back to the kind of Summer we expect in more recent times, in Britain, in which we see grey, heavily laden skies, cool temperatures, and rain.  Indeed, in some places, so much rain that with flood plains built on, and new houses lacking gardens of any size, it leads to flash floods.

Never mind, no doubt the sensationalist media will be able to replace its apocalyptic stories about drought, now, with similarly apocalyptic stories about floods, until the next story comes along that can be described in the same kinds of unjustified superlatives and exaggeration that makes up for any kind of longer-term assessment and analysis, but which sells papers and increases audiences.