It's a bit like moaning about the South of the UK and snow for example though - it's highly irregular, so to spend fortunes in designing and building 'defences' against it is just pointless. A day of chaos every year or two is far easier to deal with.

Exactly mate , never seen or heard as many whinging people over a bit of a downpour .

What happened to the pioneer spirit !

Agreed x a lot!

Factor in the fact that the drainage is actually pretty well designed but very poorly maintained and you're about there! They spend a fortune on detailed drainage designs only to let them fill up with sand. Then it rains and the capacity is significantly reduced.

It's a bit of fun (until people die or get hurt which is tragic) and most people I know got most of the day off 'to get home'. The Mrs has been off today because of it - schools shut......