{"id":2763,"date":"2025-10-23T17:21:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T16:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=2763"},"modified":"2025-10-24T12:16:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:16:17","slug":"thames-rfcc-meeting-oct-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=2763","title":{"rendered":"Thames RFCC Meeting &#8211; Oct 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The October 2025 Thames Regional Flood and Coastal Committee Meeting Agenda and Reports totalled 146 pages of images and text.\u00a0 I invited my son to consider the content of the published TRFCC Agenda and Report pages.<\/p>\n<p>With no additional information or context, below is the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>YouTube audio\/visual presentation<\/strong><\/span> he came back with a few minutes later:<\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Are you sitting comfortably?\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> It may not be perfect<\/strong><\/span> but I am very happy to offer you the opportunity to look at the 6-minute YouTube video created with the aid of Ai.\u00a0 <\/span>I would greatly appreciate any comments you may have.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u><a id=\"OWA5458ba0c-ce52-50e2-7151-9e7fd23dc9e4\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/d9qSjTsZHWY\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/d9qSjTsZHWY\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/d9qSjTsZHWY<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thames Flood Defence Budget\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d9qSjTsZHWY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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