On 10 Feb, wrote:
In article , The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
On 10/02/14 14:34, Paul Herber wrote:
On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:16:45 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

Watching the news everyone seems to be saying 'no one knows how bad it
will get'

This is ********.

Look at the website and check the pulse of water coming downstream in
YOUR river system, and the answer is easy.

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...s/riverlevels/

That just tells us how much water is already here. Do you know how much
more rain we'll get in the next few weeks? So, no one knows how bad it
will get.



no, for that you need to understand the met office charts.

Look the point is that if you see river levels dropping UPSTREAM then
you know things are unlikely to get worse..

Burt conversely if its raining upstream still, its gonna get worse
downstream later.

The front page 'flood possible' is utterly useless. You have to look one
by one at each river station individually.

Naturally the EA makes it as impossible as possible.

e.g.

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...stationId=7162

Cookham lock is peaking.

Why? The THames os locked and weired all the way down.

It looks very much as though water is being held back from the lower
Thames in order to protect London. Because river is pretty low by the
time you get to Richmond.

It's tidal at Richmond.

The lastest EA map shows "flood warning" right down river to Richmond. it
just takes time to get there.

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