2026-10-06 13:24 UTC
@BashStKid@mastodon.online @John_Loader@ohai.social @Fasgadh@mastodon.scot @alexf24@mstdn.social @nobrainnopain@social.tchncs.de @kibcol1049@mstdn.social @tiggy@mastodonapp.uk There is a plan to build a reservoir in the fens. It was a vague aspiration when we lived in Huntingdon, 1984-97. It had become a firm plan when we moved back to the area in 2016. Maybe if we move away for another 20 years something might have happened by then.
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@X31Andy@mastodon.green 2026-10-06 13:34
@pthane@toot.wales @BashStKid@mastodon.online @John_Loader@ohai.social @Fasgadh@mastodon.scot @alexf24@mstdn.social @nobrainnopain@social.tchncs.de @kibcol1049@mstdn.social @tiggy@mastodonapp.uk If we wait a few decades half of Fenland might turn back to a saltmarsh/reservoir with sea level rise :(
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@BashStKid@mastodon.online 2026-10-06 14:36
@pthane@toot.wales @John_Loader@ohai.social @Fasgadh@mastodon.scot @alexf24@mstdn.social @nobrainnopain@social.tchncs.de @kibcol1049@mstdn.social @tiggy@mastodonapp.uk Well, if you don’t build a reservoir, the only way to avoid floods in central Cambridge will be to flood the suburbs instead. That should go down well …