--- In [email protected], "Mack, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well they usually manage to get emergency stoppages up pretty quickly. > Why are flood notices any different?
Are you asking me "why are they any different" or "why should they be any different"? :) Generally there _aren't_ many flood notices. BW rarely issues them. Local offices have their own arrangements for setting traffic lights, changing signs (like the ones at Barton Turns/Alrewas), etc. etc., but formal notices are not generally issued - though there are exceptions. Consequently it's a bit harder for Waterscape to insert itself into the "process", because there ain't no process to insert into. When I worked at Waterscape, we started the stoppage system off by simply insisting that every local office added us to their existing stoppage (e-)mailing list. When a mailing came through, we manually added it to the site. Given that there _is_ no existing flood list, this isn't so easy. I also suspect (and only that) that decisions to close navigations for flood reasons are taken, or at least ratified, at a lower level than decisions to close for engineering stoppages. Obviously, none of this alters the fact that flood notices should be on there. But don't shoot the messengers - they're trying their best! cheers Richard
