No one can possibly be unaware of the damage caused by the succession of recent storms, particularly in the south of the country. The government has been criticised for not doing enough, though I’m not sure what anyone could do against the forces of nature involved (solid concrete sea walls have been washed away).
But this BBC report highlights very well the sort of misdirected concern that thousands of people are up in arms about. The reporter just rattles on and on about the railway line without even the briefest mention of the risk to the houses along that seafront in Dawlish, Devon.
All of those houses are at risk of falling into the sea. No one can live in them with that sort of damage. Sod the railway line – the houses are far more important. And yet not one word… just the railway.
(Note: One day later, the BBC has apparently seen sense – maybe they read this – and has deigned to mention the people, even though it is still prattling about the bloody train).