'Prepare for the unthinkable' warning over autumn flooding

SO THE OFFICIAL VERSION IS THIS, FIRST WE HAD SUMMER DROUGHTS AND WILDFIRES, BUT NOW NATURAL RESOURCES WALES IS SAYING AUTUMN IS GOING TO BE THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE WITH WETTER AND WINDIER WEATHER THAN USUAL WHICH IS HONESTLY TERRIFYING. THEY ARE TELLING PEOPLE TO PREPARE FOR THE UNTHINKABLE BECAUSE WALES IS ESSENTIALLY A GIANT COASTLINE WITH FAST RIVERS THAT FILL UP IN SECONDS, AND YET ONLY 27% OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR EMERGENCY ALERTS HAVE ACTUALLY SIGNED UP FOR THEM. THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT RIVERS, THE SEA, AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS JUST GETTING COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED LIKE WE SAW WITH STORMS CLAUDIA AND DARRAGH IN PREVIOUS YEARS. IT IS JUST A SHIFTING ECOSYSTEM AND WE ARE ALL JUST STANDING HERE WAITING FOR THE RAIN. OK I HAVE TO SIT DOWN AFTER THAT ONE.

LET ME RUIN YOUR NIGHT FOR ONE SECOND, HAVE YOU SEEN THE FORECAST FOR WALES LATELY? BECAUSE NATURAL RESOURCES WALES IS LITERALLY TELLING EVERYONE TO PREPARE FOR THE UNTHINKABLE, WHICH IS A PHRASE THAT SHOULD NEVER BE USED IN A WEATHER REPORT. THEY ARE LOOKING AT LONG-RANGE MODELS SHOWING WEIRDLY WET AND WILD CONDITIONS AHEAD, AND THEY ARE PANICKING BECAUSE ONE IN SEVEN PROPERTIES IS ALREADY AT RISK OF FLOODING. AFTER A SUMMER OF WILDFIRES AND DROUGHT, THEY ARE DESPERATE FOR PEOPLE TO STOP BEING COMPLACENT AND ACTUALLY SIGN UP FOR WARNING ALERTS BECAUSE ALMOST NO ONE HAS. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE COUNTRY JUST MAKES EVERYTHING VULNERABLE TO SUDDEN WATER RUNOFF FROM THE STEEP HILLSIDES, AND I AM JUST STANDING HERE WONDERING IF MY APARTMENT HAS A BOAT. ANYWAY DO YOU WANT ANOTHER DRINK?

Natural Resources Wales has warned the public to prepare for a higher risk of autumn flooding due to forecasts of unusually wet and windy weather.

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