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Offline Sam Green Racing

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Floods.
« on: November 08, 2007, 10:04:05 PM »
Early this year half of England was under water.

The news coming in is that, in the next hour we could have the worst flooding for 50 years.

God knows what's coming.

Sam. :-\
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Re: Floods.
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2007, 10:27:17 PM »
It's only on the south east coast. A storm coupled to a very high tide has started to breach sea defences.
Thousands have been evacuated over night.

Sam. :(
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Re: Floods.
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2007, 12:05:57 AM »
Hi Sam,
Did it get as bad as some are predicting? I know that here in Holland they had inspections all night on the flood defenses and they actually closed down some major flood defense mechanisms!
Now it appears that wasn't nearly as bad as they predicted, but then again better save then sorry.
Gr.
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Re: Floods.
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2007, 11:56:41 AM »
Looks like we got away with it. The tidal surge was about 8" lower than expected.
There were some breaches of the sea defences but the flooding was not to bad.

Sam. ;)
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Re: Floods.
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2007, 12:16:25 PM »
You need to move to higher ground. ;D
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Re: Floods.
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2007, 02:13:05 PM »
That'd be bloody right, England has an excess of water (but not much soap, I hear) and it's so dry here in Oz after 7 years of drought, I'm not allowed to water my lawn! It's so bad we have to wash the dog shiite off the sidewalk with imported English beer!  ;D
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Re: Floods.
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2007, 03:34:14 PM »
Now ya getting boreing, yav told that one a trillion times ::) ::) ::)

Sam. ;)
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Re: Floods.
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2007, 05:45:10 PM »
Quote from: SamCR750 on November 09, 2007, 03:34:14 PM
Now ya getting boreing, yav told that one a trillion times ::) ::) ::)

Sam. ;)
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Re: Floods.
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2007, 02:00:49 AM »
Quote from: SamCR750 on November 09, 2007, 03:34:14 PM
Now ya getting boreing, yav told that one a trillion times ::) ::) ::)

Sam. ;)

Well I'll shut up once the drought breaks, grumpy! ;D
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Offline Uncle Ernie

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Re: Floods.
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2007, 11:21:10 AM »
Samer, haven't I told you a million times not to exaggerate?!

I was in the San Francisco quake of '89...
Then we have a flood here 2 years ago.
Boss almost lost the whole business.  The cats survived by sittng on some bookshelves, but they sure were mad !  (and hungry) 
Mother nature is very scary.  I think this global warming stuff that most Rebublicans don't believe in is going to kick all our butts eventually.

I'm glad you're OK.
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Re: Floods.
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2007, 03:56:22 PM »
Thanks Paul, The problem was 200 miles away from me, it was down on the South East coast.

Sam. ;)
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