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<div class="text"><<typewriter "It’s 2007, and you live with your husband Ian and your two daughters in a terraced house in South London. He has a full-time job working as an administrator in central London, while you’re currently on maternity leave – your daughter Martha is nearly six months old now, while her sister Chloe is three. They’re lovely kids – but you are, actually, secretly looking forward to getting back to work. It’ll be great to have some adult company and conversation again.\n\nOne of the best things about your job is that you get to talk to lots of different people – you work in sales for an agricultural chemicals company – and sometimes you can spend a lot of time travelling all over the south-west to meet with clients and suppliers. You’d never had a car, though – before your maternity leave, you took the train to head office, then used a car from the pool when you needed one.\n\nBut you and Ian are worried. Every day, you’ll need to get the kids back and forth to nursery, and the two of you to work. It takes so long to do it by bus and on foot – is now the time to think about buying a car?\n\nIt’ll be expensive – and more worryingly for you, parking is such an issue on your road. Pretty much every house on the street has at least one car, and quite a few have two.\n\nCan you afford a car? Will you be able to park close enough to home to make it worthwhile? Just thinking about it is making you feel stressed!">></div>
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<<timed 15s>><<linkreplace "Your Mum">><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/mum.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">You’ll want to cut back your hours now you’ve got two kids – and how are you going to feel about leaving them behind while you swan off to meet clients? You can always go back to work once they’re at secondary school. You don’t need a car, you need to find a job that fits your lifestyle!</div></td></tr></tbody></table><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "The Bank manager">><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/banker.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">Based on your credit rating, we would be willing to extend you a small loan, repayable in monthly instalments, for the purchase of a car. Have you also considered the possibility of moving? We have some very attractive new mortgage offers, and the housing market is booming – a larger house would be an excellent investment.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Ian's best friend, Ted">><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/ibf.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">Why are you worrying so much about parking? You’ve got that big bit of grass in front – just cover it over with a bit of hard standing and you’ve got a lovely parking space. It might even add value to the house – and you’ve still got the garden out the back for the kids.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><</linkreplace>><</timed>></div>
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<div class="text">Five years later, you’re very happy with the parking space – and your example has encouraged lots of your neighbours to do the same thing, especially those with two cars.
But now Ian isn’t very happy – despite the fact that he’s recently been promoted at work.
<<timed 6s>><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/ian-happy.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">''Ian:'' I spend around two to three hours every day sat on that bus, getting bounced around over potholes and breathing in diesel fumes, then I’m sat in the office for another eight hours staring at screen. My back hurts, and so does my head and eyes – I feel awful. And every time I blow my nose, it comes out black – that’s how grimy the air is, and our car is making that worse!</div></td></tr></tbody></table><</timed>>
<<timed 12s>><table><tbody><tr><td class="t75"><div class="sbr">Well, what can we do about that? You can’t walk to work – and we really can’t afford another car, we’ve barely finished paying for the first one.</div></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t20"></td></tr></tbody></table><</timed>>
<<timed 15s>><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/ian-happy.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">''Ian:'' No, we can’t. But … hey! I could get a bike and cycle!</div></td></tr></tbody></table><</timed>>
<<timed 18s>><table><tbody><tr><td class="t75"><div class="sbr">How much would that cost?</div></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t20"></td></tr></tbody></table><</timed>>
<<timed 19s>><table><tbody><tr><td class="t75"><div class="sbr">Ian? Are you there?</div></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t20"></td></tr></tbody></table><</timed>>
<<timed 20s>><table><tbody><tr><td class="t75"><div class="sbr">COME BACK AND TALK TO ME!</div></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t20"></td></tr></tbody></table><</timed>></div>
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<div class="text">Ian buys ''all'' the kit he’ll need to cycle to work – carbon frame cycle, lycra gear, helmet – even a man bag.
It’s not easy cycling in the rain and the cold – but to be fair, he does it. After all, the stuff’s cost a lot, and he wants to get his money’s worth.
He starts to feel – and look! – fitter and healthier. Chloe has learnt to ride as well, and father and daughter have a lovely time in the park at the weekends. Martha’s also begging to learn – soon, you’ll be a cycling family. Although if you’re honest, you do prefer walking.
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<div class="text">The trouble is, you’ve now got two quite expensive bikes to look after. Your car fills the front parking bay, so you’ve been putting them in the back garden.
One day, though, a very upset Ian bursts through the door.
<<timed 3s>><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/ian-happy.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">''Ian:'' We have to move the bikes inside!</div></td></tr></tbody></table><</timed>>
<<timed 10s>><table><tbody><tr><td class="t75"><div class="sbr">Eh? Why?</div></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t20"></td></tr></tbody></table><</timed>>
<<timed 9s>><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/ian-happy.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">''Ian:'' All of John’s bikes got nicked out of his back garden last night – they’d been padlocked together and they were just lifted up and taken. I’m not letting that happen to ours – they can live in the hall way from now on.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><</timed>>
<<timed 16s>><table><tbody><tr><td class="t75"><div class="sbr">Er, no, they won’t. They’ll block it – we’ll never be able to get in or out! And imagine if they fell over on top of Martha – she could get really badly hurt.</div></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t20"></td></tr></tbody></table><</timed>>
<<timed 19s>><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/ian-happy.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">''Ian:'' Well, they’re not staying outside.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><</timed>></div>
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<div class="text">After having had a full, frank and robust exchange of views, the two of you seek further advice – but who should you listen to?
<<linkreplace "Bike Shop Owner">><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/bike.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">Wall mounts, that’s what you need. Screw them to the walls, up with the bike, and you’re all sorted. Cheap at the price.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "PCSO">><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/pcso.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">Your best bet, madam, is a combination of bike locks, removing the removable bits, like the saddle and handlebars, and making sure that your bike is security marked and registered. Never padlock the bikes together – all you’ve done is made it easier for the thieves to carry them off tidily.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Ian's best friend, Ted">><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/ibf.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">What’s the problem? You can still put them in the back garden, you just need to get a shed. Put it on top of a concrete base, shove the bikes in there and stick a proper lock on. Sorted. That tree’ll have to go, though.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><</linkreplace>>
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<div class="text">Thinking about it, I really don’t want my walls covered with bikes. I need somewhere to hang the coats.</div>
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<div class="text"><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/ian-happy.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">''Ian:'' The bikes already have security marks – and I am NOT taking the bike apart every night before supper and putting it back together before breakfast. Be reasonable!</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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<div class="text"><table><tbody><tr><td class="t75"><div class="sbr">Well, there’s no preservation order on the tree. I suppose we’d better look for a shed.</div></td><td class="t20"></td></tr></tbody></table>
<<timed 8s>><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/ian-happy.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">''Ian:'' Ted says he can get us one cheap.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><</timed>></div>
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<div class="text">It turns out, though, that the shed needs to be quite big – well, it has to have enough room for a bike for Martha and you, as well as Ian’s and Chloe’s.
In fact, it takes up almost half the garden – and building it has pretty much destroyed your lawn.
<<timed 6s>><table><tbody><tr><td class="t75"><div class="sbr">The shed does look good, Ted. But just look at the state of the rest of the garden! It’ll be ages before I can let the kids play out in that.</div></td><td class="t20"></td></tr></tbody></table><</timed>>
<<timed 9s>><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/ibf.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">''Ted:'' Easy – I can get you some cheap decking if you want? It’ll make the back look lovely, just like those make-over programmes on the telly.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><</timed>></div>
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What does your family think?
<<linkreplace "Ian">><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/ian-happy.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">Decking would be great – I’d never have to mow the lawn again! More time to cycle!</div></td></tr></tbody></table><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Your Mum">><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/mum.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">Get that mess covered over. I don’t want my granddaughters sliding around in all that muck. Decking would look ever so nice – you could get some lovely furniture to put on it as well. Just like adding another room to the house!</div></td></tr></tbody></table><</linkreplace>>
But since you paved over your front garden, you’ve been aware that some people think that this might be a bad idea. Recently, you read something that the director general of the Royal Horticultural Society said
<<linkreplace "Should you read it again?">>//“We’re very concerned about the loss of green space. One in four gardens in the country is now paved over — a shocking statistic in a nation of gardeners. Rising car ownership is one of the main factors, and concreting or paving increases the risk of flooding”//<</linkreplace>>
And while you’re making tea for the girls, you hear Lord Krebs, the government’s top advisor on climate change, being interviewed
<<linkreplace "Should you listen">>//“Extreme weather is likely to become more frequent in future. More than six hundred thousand homes are at risk of flooding. We need TV gardeners to tell people not to put down decking, and have a lawn instead – hard surfaces cause water to run off and build up in valleys and roads”//<</linkreplace>></div>
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<div class="text">The decking does indeed look lovely – although after a few years, it’s getting a bit grubby. The shed keeps everything tidy, though, and you can relax at the weekends.
Several of your neighbours and friends also decide to follow your example – Ted’s DIY shop has never had so much business!</div>
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<div class="text"><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/ian-happy.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">''Ian:'' Jo, I’ve been thinking. Ok, I wouldn’t have to mow the lawn, but keeping the decking clean and maintaining it would be a pain.</div></td></tr></tbody></table>
<<timed 4s>><table><tbody><tr><td class="t75"><div class="sbr">Without the lawn, I wouldn’t be able to make daisy chains with the girls. And I’ve always wanted to try growing our own veg – tomatoes courgettes – that sort of thing.</div></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t20"></td></tr></tbody></table><</timed>>
<<timed 8s>><table><tbody><tr><td class="t20"><img src="image/ian-happy.png"></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t75"><div class="sbl">''Ian:'' We’ve not got a lot of room now, remember – especially with the shed.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><</timed>>
<<timed 10s>><table><tbody><tr><td class="t75"><div class="sbr">Hmm. We could try building some raised beds? I’m sure Ted would be happy to sell us the wood…</div></td><td class="m"></td><td class="t20"></td></tr></tbody></table><</timed>></div>
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<div class="text"><<typewriter "But in summer 2016, you hear reports of torrential downpours and serious flooding in Merseyside. The next day, the thunderstorms hit London. Two thirds of the monthly rainfall comes down in one single hour, and there is floodwater up to two meters deep, with cars swept away by floods. Several tube stations are shut, and bus routes closed. To your relief, your area is spared the worst of the water.\n\nBut two days later, further storms cause more flash flooding. Before you can do anything to protect your home, water comes crashing in, inundating your living room and kitchen. You, Ian and the girls can only take refuge upstairs, and wait for the rain to stop.\n\nIt’s awful. The children’s toys and all your things, your furniture, your photographs and memories – all swept away or destroyed by the flood.">></div>
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<div class="text">A month later, you’re still living with your mother. You are trying your best to be positive and to make good plans for the future, rather than dwelling on the past – although it’s hard, with the girls so distressed.
What steps do you think you should take to stop this happening again?</div>
<div class="footer">Do you decide to [[flood-proof your home ->015]] or try and [[make floods less likely ->016]]</div>
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<div class="text">Well, it’s impossible to make your home totally flood proof, but you could take steps to reduce the damage.
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You could install air brick covers to stop flood water entering
You could keep a stockpile of sandbags//
It’ll cost more money, but you could just move everything higher up - mount your telly and other entertainment systems on the walls, put your furniture on stands, move your electrical sockets up higher
If you wanted to spend even more money, you could build a flood barrier, or replace chipboard/MDF units with plastic or solid wood
And you’re going to all this expense just to make it easier to clear up after flooding.
Wouldn’t it be better to stop the flooding in the first place?</div>
<div class="footer">Do you want to try to [[make floods less likely ->016]] or do you want to <a href="https://york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0wG090sKJxrKAQJ">go to debrief</a></div>
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<div class="text">The first thing you do is to get rid of your decking. It’s completely contaminated by sewage anyway. But you need to get other people to do it too.
You begin a local campaign – you want planning permission to be needed before people can cover over their back gardens, or cut down trees and hedges.
You also want house builders to have to include allotments or roof gardens for new estates bigger that 15 properties – you’d also like to insist on covenants for one car families as well, as well as secure storage for bikes! To cut down on car use, though, the local bus services need to improve – they’ve been really cut back since they were privatised.
Hmm. Is it time for you to consider standing for town councillor? Or should you just stick with protecting your own home?</div>
<div class="footer">Do you decide to <a href="https://york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0wG090sKJxrKAQJ">go to debrief</a> or,
do you want to try to [[protect your own home ->015]]</div>
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<div class="text">In summer 2016, you hear reports of torrential downpours and serious flooding in Merseyside. The next day, the thunderstorms hit London. Two thirds of the monthly rainfall comes down in one single hour, and there is floodwater up to two meters deep, with cars swept away by floods. Several tube stations are shut, and bus routes closed. To your relief, your area is spared the worst of the water. Your garden is very soggy and there is standing water everywhere – but your home is safe.
You do wonder, though – should you take steps to deal with the problem of flooding? You’ve been lucky so far – can you be sure you will be in the future?</div>
<div class="footer">Should you think about [[flood proofing your home ->015]] or [[making flooding less likely ->016]]</div>
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