sean neill wrote: > Canals and waterwaysEdgbaston Reservoir (Rotton Park) and were > provided with full access > to the reservoir's last two independent inspection reports. Their > interest in this reservoir appears has less to do with safety but > more concerns to do with its proximity to a large built-up area. > > Lawrence Hogg > > This sort of issue was one discussed at the SOW meeting yesterday - > the concern being that if a canal structure was seen as being at risk > of breaching, the 'lay' response would be to dewater the canal and > remove the risk. However, it was pointed out that in many cases, the > affected canal has become integrated into local drainage or water > supply arrangements so dewatering would not be possible. > > Actually, I can only assume that the Blow-up Bridge incident is not > part of Al-Qaida's bedtime reading. If I was Osama bin Laden, I'd > hire a boat (probably under a different name), take up the ballast > slabs and stack them against the windows to provide shrapnel, fill > the cabin up with fertilizer mix, moor it up outside the Mailbox, > light the blue touchpaper and retire before BW slapped an overstaying > notice on it. Should make the local news. > > Sean
Thats a bit mild...why not make international news? If TNC were going for attack we would pack a remote controlled narrowboat with Semtex and run it into the Thames Flood Barrier, just before a high springs was expected. He we are on a trail run! ;-) http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Scot_Imag/Dscn5207.jpg -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest - Shannon Reg 7410 Read about our Irish travels at: http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Tour_07/index.html
