Floods becoming a regular occurrence

I HAVE to agree with Jonathan Ruscoe's letter. Most people try to ignore global warming until it affects them, so to someone unaffected, why should they use their car less and take the bus, or use less electricity?

One other thing that is mis leading, is that these officials who say it's a one in 1,000 or 100- year event; what rubbish. Over the last few years, we've had floods in Hull Carlisle, Tewksbury, Boscastle, and now Cockermouth, so how can they say this? It may be the first time for Cockermouth in 1,000 years, but it's not where it happens, it's the fact that it has; and it's not every 1,000 or 100 years, it's happening nearly every year somewhere in the country.

Trevor Munton-Willis

Milton Road, Exeter