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. -Barbara Young

 

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.


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This quote is just one of 8 total Barbara Young quotes in our collection. Barbara Young is known for saying '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.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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.

Barbara Young

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.

Barbara Young

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

Barbara Young

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.

Barbara Young

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.

Barbara Young