Flood alert
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
6 December 2013 16:21254713I have just read the following on Facebook................. "In the eastern docks last night the sea level was higher than the maindeck ramps,we had to wait for the tide to go out before discharging freight, got in at mjdnight and had to wait till about 2:45 am,never seen the tide that high before."-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 6 December 2013 17:30254719Nigel told me lunchtime there was 3 feet of water in the underpass, but no where to drain it to.
Shame about Wellington Dock and Cullins Yard.
Roger - 6 December 2013 18:26254723Thank God Jim doesn't have an underground cellar.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson - 7 December 2013 09:26254757UK weather: Government in perfect storm over climate change gaffe as floods render homes uninsurable
Ministers accused of hugely underestimating number of households rendered uninsurable by repeated flooding
The Government was on Friday night accused of hugely underestimating the number of households rendered uninsurable by repeated flooding after admitting that it had not taken into account the effects of climate change when allocating money to protect them.
The oversight was raised as thousands of people prepared to spend another night away from their homes after the worst tidal surge in more than 60 years.
The Thames Barrier closed on Thursday night and was due to close again last night.
The storms sweeping across northern Europe cannot be directly attributed to climate change. However, scientists agree that global warming will increase the frequency and intensity of floods as a result of rising sea levels and an increasing number of storm
Full story Independent. - Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
7 December 2013 21:29254770https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152074897331118&set=a.10150372592061118.379400.676896117&type=1
something strange in the underpass. - 7 December 2013 21:47254777...."UK weather: Government in perfect storm over climate change gaffe as floods render homes uninsurable".
It's just a way for insurance companies to ramp up premiums. Everyone knows that storms like the recent one are far worse when the climate is colder. Look back in history for proof.