Churchtown Flood Action Group, Bonus: Siriol
Siriol Hogg left Churchtown, but flooding has stayed with her. A bonus episode in a series of stories about the impacts of floods in Churchtown, and how the community came together to defend the town.
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Siriol Hogg has moved away from Churchtown now, and after hearing some of the other stories, she reached out, so we went to talk to her. She was flooded badly in the 2015 flood, and has been active in flood action since long before that: she’s the original creator and chairman of Churchtown Flood Action Group. This is a bonus part of our series about Churchtown.
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“Worrying became part of my life, and if I could just ignore it, it would have been better for my mental health.
It was terrible to see people crying, even ones who I thought were really stoic. It’s a terrible thing to happen to you, and you will never forget it”
“The sun comes out, and it all dries up, and you think: “how can it flood?” … I think that’s why most people don’t get involved.”
“We had to get all of the sludge out of the house, clean it all up … and then up the walls sprouted things like mushrooms. The walls started to go black. The whole place smelled horrible”
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