Why the floods are a challenge for us to work with nature, not against it

Accepting that the flooding of the Somerset Levels will become a more frequent occurence could be a wonderful opportunity for wildlife – and the local economy • See a gallery of Gideon Mendel s photographs of the floods in Somerset For the residents of Muchelney and Moorland, in the heart of the Somerset Levels, the misery goes on. Homes under water, roads cut off, and vast lakes of water where once there were open fields. For dairy farmers, already under pressure from low milk prices and higher feed costs, this could be the final straw. I live nearby, but our home is 50ft above sea level, and our village has escaped the worst of the flooding. Even so, I have been inundated with messages from friends, wondering if we too are under water. It s nice that people care, but compassion fatigue may be setting in. Last week, contributors to Radio 2 s Jeremy Vine show were unsympathetic to those affected, asking why, in the words of one irate caller, they have chosen to live on a flood pla
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