Sir Michael Pitt called on homeowners, businesses and others to share their experiences and suggestions for avoiding more floods.

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An American college student named Matthew (Michael Pitt) is in Paris in 1968 and soaking up as many movies as he can.

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The Environment Agency said Exercise Watermark was England and Wales's biggest emergency planning exercise, and was one of the recommendations made by Sir Michael Pitt in his review of the summer 2007 floods.

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