There's a tendency for people to think 'it'll never happen to me, ... The fact is, it could: we just don't know when. People in this country cannot afford to be complacent about flood risk.

We need to make sure homes ? particularly for those who are vulnerable ? are built in a safe place. This will protect our environment, but also protect people.

Don was responsible for this and the city has just continued his work.

The more we can expose our citizens to a broad foundation of interests, the better it is.

We are running out of road on decision making -- unless we dramatically change the use of fossil fuels we will be committing future generations to the most severe impacts of climate change.

Although we're unlikely to see flooding in UK like that caused by the Boxing Day tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, there is still a significant flood threat here from extreme rainfall and coastal surges.

The cancellation opened up a lot of eyes in the town and the out-of-towners. It devastated us as much as the people that come.

There has already been some demolition done, ... And it should be finished up soon.