Tewkesbury - a town centre plateau surrounded by water: remind you of anywhere?

If anyone wants to know what a plateau on a flood plain looks like when it is surrounded by water, take a look at any current picture of Tewkesbury town centre.
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Standing proudly in the middle is the Abbey (in our case, of course, it would be the supermarket) surrounded by water.

Aren't the people in the middle lucky - no flooding in their homes. Well, actually - no. They have no gas, electricity or water and no way in or out of their homes except by helicopter. They also say that government agencies and the local authority already knew that they were in a vulnerable position being where they are and that they did not have in place appropriate emergency procedures.

Thinks: must remind Liatris to have a Helicopter Pad on their development along with the garage for the two sea tractors or the two shallow draft boats to "aid in evacuation" (as per their own ideas). But would then they call it "Public Open Space" (which, as you will recall, they are calling the monsoon drain AND grass verges on the site).

And let's all remind ourselves that some of this problem is from upstream of the town because they live at the confluence of two rivers (Severn and Avon). Here we don't have a confluence of two rivers, just a confluence of river and sea. Scary isn't it?

Still, the Environment Minister and the boss of the Environment Agency have said all is well. We just rely on our local authority (in our case EDDC) to have "robust" plans for flooding and drainage in their areas. Now I can sleep easily in my bed at night.