Have a look in the dictionary and you’ll see the word “Unprecedented” described as…
Without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled: an unprecedented event.
So why the hell are we calling the repeated flooding here in the UK described this way? Here’s a look at the news items today..
Stop making it seem like a once-in-a-lifetime event. It’s not. This is going to become regular as our climate changes. Putting words like “unprecedented” into news stories is sending all the wrong signals.