Gareth wrote: >> On Jul 25, 10:32 am, James Annan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Since everyone is talking about the "worst floods for a generation" it >>> seems pretty clear that we are seeing the typical one in 50 event that >>> most people can expect to see in their lifetimes > > And I've just seen this in the Independent: > http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_change/article2795635.ece > > "According to the Environment Agency, even the previous worst case, > the extensive floods of spring 1947, which were aggravated by the vast > snow melt that followed an exceptionally hard winter, has been > surpassed. "We have not seen flooding of this magnitude before," said > the agency yesterday. "The benchmark was 1947, and this has already > exceeded it." And the 1947 floods were said to have been the worst for > 200 years." > > The odds are shortening, perhaps?
Maybe, but it's important to recognise that flooding is a function not only of rainfall, but of vulnerability: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6911119.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/6900636.stm The EA has at least two very large axes to grind on this subject. James --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "globalchange" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
