Hear Hannah read her poem ‘Broken record’ here:
This poem is created entirely from news and media coverage in which Hannah was quoted over the last few years.
Broken record
climate expert and natural hazards lecturer
flood defence expert
weather expert
professor
an expert in hydrology at the University of Reading
says we need to start thinking
said the heavy rain would
warned high winds could
said the alerts should
called for “urgent action”
warned Brits will see
explained why
“This sort of thing is really scary.”
“a wake-up call about the climate emergency”
“an avalanche of extreme weather”
“exactly what we expect”
“We are simply not prepared.”
“a monumental failure of the system”
“yet governments have yet to wake up.”
“people don’t know what to do”
We need faster action on reducing
greenhouse gas emissions to zero, or
these types of damaging weather extremes
will become a more regular part of people’s lives
and deaths
she said.
Hannah Cloke is a Professor of Hydrology at the University of Reading.