Britishism of the week:
brolly - an umbrella
My friends and family are keeping me very up to date on the snopocalypse happening across the US with weather alerts, photos, and snapchats. I wonder how many people know that half of England is flooded? Parts of the southern coast are practically falling into the ocean. Ok, that may be a bit exaggerated. But the flooding isn't. There is a lot of animosity at the moment as there are not enough sandbags, nor are the agency responding as quickly as the tenants in the effect villages need.
Luckily, Nottingham is far enough north to not be affected much. However, the rain has been intense lately. I could deal with the rain.... but this rain is combined with cold and the most evil wind you every experienced in your life. Brollies are useless because the wind just turns them inside-out. Sometimes you have to hold your hat on your head. Sometimes you have to just stop for a minute because you just can't seem to push through the resistance. It whips through streets and against the buildings keeping you up at night.
Anyway, even though multiple people are without power in southern England and homes are destroyed, as in all natural disasters, people always turn up to help.... even Princes!!
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