The weather in the suburbs

It is far too warm for winter (I still have Sweet Williams in flower and a patch of agapanthus hasn't died back) and we have had a really amazing amount of rain.

One of my students works for the Council in Guildford and he has had a terrible time with the flooding. Residents phone him to tell him (crying, screaming, swearing) how desperate they are that their homes have been flooded. He has been getting 3 hrs sleep a night and went to help physically clear up homes at the weekend. He can't see any end to the wet weather, unless it snows and becomes icy, which will be worse.