Freuchie Flood Action Group

Earlier this evening Alex Hill of the Met Office kindly joined us here in Freuchie to present a talk on Climate Change to Freuchie Flood Action Group. People travelled across from Falkland to join the residents of Freuchie in listening to a compelling case for climate change being a real man-made phenomenon. This has to be one of the best presentation so far to be delivered at a FFAG meeting.

John A Thomson, Chairman of Freuchie Flood Action Group commented:

We cannot thank Alex enough for venturing all the way to Freuchie to deliver this thought provoking talk. Even although it contained alarming facts and figures, we can take much from it in our ongoing campaign for flood prevention and protection for Freuchie. It was a privilege to be in the audience while he patiently took question after question,  from both sceptic and believer alike, responding with thought provoking answers that covered not only the scientific elements, but also the political, social and economic aspects of climate change.

It was also very welcome to see Paul Hendy of the Scottish Flood Forum turning up to support Alex and FFAG. Paul is doing sterling work in Scotland with flood affected communities… keep up the good work Paul.

Once again we have to give special mention to Ronnie at the Lomond Hills Hotel for the use of the facilities. We did try to increase Ronnie’s bar takings a little last night.

Alex has graciously made available a PDF version of his presentation for us to share. We heartedly recommend you take a look as it will be time well spent.

Presentation deck for the Climate Change Talk by Alex Hill of the Met Office

And finally…

Even although it has been 14 years since Alex was a TV weatherman, the star struck amongst the attendees insisted on getting their photo taken with him. Fame is indeed everlasting!

Photo: John A Thomson (Chair of FFAG), Alex Hill of the Met Office & Cllr David MacDiarmid

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Alex Hill is confirmed, the Lomond Hills Hotel is kindly hosting us again and everything else is in place for next week’s Climate Change talk.

This is event is free and open to anyone that wishes to attend.

Full information on our previous blog post announcing the talk.

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In a welcome development, Fife Council employees will be instructed to carry sandbags in their car boots at all times ready for deployment to flood affected communities.

A Transportation Services spokesman commented:

Fife Council employees are dedicated to serving the citizens of Fife. We learned some very important lessons from last years floods, many of which have fed into our emergency planning strategy. The sandbags initiative is the first of many innovative approaches to dealing with emergency incidents.

This vital initiative will be put in place over the summer months to ensure we have sandbags spread throughout the Kingdom in time for the expected heavy autumn rainfall. No resident of Fife should be any more than 200m away from a sandbag that will be deployed by a Fife Council employee who has been specially trained on sandbag placement techniques.

Freuchie Flood Action Group welcomes this new concept in flood protection.

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