Flood Resilience Gifts

Climate Change Winner

"Liable to flooding? Whatever gives you that idea sir?"

Indian rajah rowing elephant in a monsoon flood.

A Hole in the Dike

'Dang it, I just washed this street. Boy, every time...'

'Well, you always said you wanted a water feature for the garden.'

'Two pencils approach Noah's ark.'

'The plumber said he can't come right now, but promised to put us on his 'wading list'. Cute, huh?'

'I've been plagued with worry over rising water levels, so...'

'Have you filed an environmental impact statement for this flood?'

"Every once in a while this house comes with a pool."

"....rather than spend millions on a potentially fruitless effort to avoid flooding we've decided to focus on public safety!"

'Do you suppose we might qualify for asylum in Holland?'

"Ned is getting ready for the oceans to rise."

'Oy! Don't you realise there's a hosepipe ban?'

"It's from the cows! They're home and want in!"

'Did I or did I not say, no woodworm?!'

'This is a fine time to think we should have bought a houseboat!'

"We've got water views again."

'My basement is flooded, so I figure, why stay home and stand in water when I can go fly fishing instead?'

Mexico braces for more floods.

Water Department Flood

'After the first few floods our insurance company insisted we future-proof the house.'

"I guess that bone's a goner..."

"It's deeper by train"

'I see it as a response to flood warnings.'

"Well, they didn't send us the new flood barrier!"

"You seem to be surviving okay."

The old woman who lives in a shoe meets a friends who says: 'My new home is built on a flood plain ??" but thankfully it's a welly.'

'Looks like they're expecting floods again.'

'Things have to get worse before they get better.'

Anchor holding house 'Damp, what damp?'

Are you sure this is where you left the rain gauge?

"No excuses Roger. It's time to walk fifi."

'It has less to do with loneliness than with the fact that I live in a flood-prone area and I can't swim.'