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/

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On 10/02/2014 13:16, 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/

I have just looked at a few monitoring stations at places I have passed
in the past couple of hours. Only the tops of a few hedges show the
boundary between river and fields and the web site says 'flooding is
possible'.

Colin Bignell

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.




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On 10/02/2014 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.



Don't confuse them with facts.

It is such a pity that all the people who really know how to solve our
problems are too busy posting to usenet.

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The problem often is though that if a river is tidal, and the water coming
from above, down from the hills, and up via the tide all happen at the same
time, its going to be a bad day.


Brian

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"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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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/

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Ineptocracy

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lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members
of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded
with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.

See they were right!

grin.
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On 10/02/2014 13:16, 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/

I have just looked at a few monitoring stations at places I have passed in
the past couple of hours. Only the tops of a few hedges show the boundary
between river and fields and the web site says 'flooding is possible'.

Colin Bignell

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.









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members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are
rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.

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.

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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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