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Subj: Good to hear. I believe Sarah mentioned her coastline being rather elevated, so hopefully things can't surge that badly.Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 at 07:35:39 am EST
| Reply Subj: Don't worry...
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 at 04:02:40 am EST (Viewed 384 times) |
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> I can't speak for Shep, but the rest of us are quite a way inland. Ian lives half-way up the pennines (and I do mean vertically), and Xander is on the wrong side of the country. Shep is on a different landmass altogether.
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> I was probably at the most risk as I am just north of the Thames, but the Thames Barrier was designed for this sort of thing. The warning levels are much lower down at the Essex/Thames Estury end.
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> Since I got into work OK we can assume that the barrier worked.
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> The biggest danger is to the costal and low-lying areas, which is why the Norfork Broads are cited in the report.
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> We have actually had quite a few floods recently, but these were due to excessive rain rather than a storm tide. I wouldn't expect the American Media to be reporting it.
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> The latest news is here.
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