We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember TheOldFellow
saying something like:

I was thinking: knock down the house and build an ark that sits on the
same foundations. Tethers short enough to keep it in the plot, but long
enough to rise, say 20ft - keep bolt croppers handy to cut loose if
necessary. Gas water and electricity through self-sealing
connectors. Probably avoids the Building Regs too.

Sky News, November 2035
Lifeboat and tug crews have been out all day recovering the town of
Cockermouth from the Irish Sea.
"It's been a grand day out," said Ivy Till, as she steered her 3-bed
apartment back to land.