have you heard about these floods?
total wash out.. I blame the flood defence experts
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 16:01, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I'll repeat what I just put in the other thread
Statistically 1 in 1000 years. Those are the highest flows that we model flooding for. Means a very low annual probility.
Flood defences are usually 1 in 100 for fluvial (river), 1 in 200 for tidal, but depends on the area. London's defences are probably 1 in 10000 or something.

Basically, even if there were defences, they'd still have been fucked.

I've been in St. Ives, where it has been blowing so hard I've hardly slept all weekend.

Now I'm going to get stoned and watch Empire Strikes Back
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 16:04, Reply)