Averting power cuts

The constancy and speed of change, its relentless advance and undeniable force, have become a motif of our times.

We are assured that the future is already here, but are comforted by being told that we may not have recognised it yet, that we will more easily recognise it when it is more evenly spread around the world.

No matter how it is expressed, even if in around-the-house-and-mind-the-dresser psychobabble, we all have had to adjust our world view and maybe reconsider truths we thought immutable. The storms, floods, and chaos of recent days must shake the certainty of the most ardent climate change sceptic. It seems pretty obvious that we have to change a lot about how we live and where we live if we are not to feel the brunt of winter storms regularly.