"Andy Greener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : On 25 Jul 2007, at 15:39, Malcolm Nixon wrote: : : > On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:47:42 +0100, Andy Greener : > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : > : >> : >> Nice one Dave (it works too!). Any APL programmers out there willing : >> to try writing a shorter version ;-) (they never could resist *that* : >> challenge....) : >> : >> -- : >> Andy Greener : >> n.b. Whisper : >> Pangbourne, UK : >> http://www.nb-whisper.com : >> : > : > : > Andy - How is the Thames at Pangbourne ? : : Pangbourne weir is running level and Pangbourne meadow is flooded, : but it still isn't as bad as the winter floods of 2003 (at least not : yet, but we are braced for the continued rise in level that has been : experienced in Oxford overnight). : : > : > What time is the flood due to travel down from Oxford ? : : It seems to take between 24 and 48 hours for the effects at Oxford to : be felt here. :
When this sort of thing happens do they open all the weirs below the flood and reduce the river level to give a bit more room for the surge. I would have thought with the warning they have had they could have dropped the Thames by several feet before the surge arrived -- Brian Ancient Order of Sewer Ants Visit this site and help save our waterways http://www.savethewaterways.org.uk/: :
