By: Geoff Roberts

Geoff Roberts — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 10:21:14 +0000

Thanks for writing this Steve, I enjoyed the opening and your performance in particular. The personal stories you told prompted a thought. This may be no more than a semantic distinction but I often feel that ‘the authorities’ (and I have been in that position myself, so am suddenly recognising a past failing) find themselves responding to episodes such as this by addressing ‘the flooding’ or (in my case) ‘the contamination incident’ rather than the effects of the incident on the individuals (not ‘the people’) affected.
We must be much more aware of those human impacts – it’s not the flooding that matters but the very real effects on those who are flooded.

Comments on: Flood Response @ Armley Mills

By: Geoff Roberts