I'm getting the feeling that we as gardeners are fiddling while the planet burns. Is it survivor's guilt? But what can we do apart from tend our little patch of the planet as best we can? If that storm had hovered near London, the Thames Barrier would definitely have been breached. Ken Livingstone 's "vanity project' has stood us in good stead so far but it could not have coped with climate change. I'm not sure that Johnson's garden bridge would have been as much use.
I think the central London flood level is about 4m above 'datum'. hard to say what the impact of a storm system like the German one would be. Based on what happened a few years back, the EA will allow areas west of London to flood in order to protect the city and then deny it when the west London residents cry foul. That strategy presumably has its limits
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
All the best people are barking mad - my wife was as daft as a brush and my dafter takes after her. Insanely, brilliantly, daft. So apt. She makes me laf as well.
sorry, B3, yes Environment Agency who manage the rivers. Datum I think is sea level, but it might be either 'normal' high tide or mid tide. I can't remember. I did a project that was close to the water's edge in Chelsea once. It got discussed a lot at the time but I've forgotten the detail
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
My dafter doesn't always agree with her mum so aptly named @steveTu
...I now feel vaguely justified in calling may dafter my dafter - I quote from a reliable source (who shall remain nameless to protect the innocent):
'....this pronunciation also led to phonetic spelling variants of words like dafter and daufter for daughter, which might be why Shakespeare rhymed after with daughter in this couplet from The Taming of the Shrew...
...So could I, faith, boy, to have the next wish after, / That Lucentio indeed had Baptista's youngest daughter.....'
Turned out the woman my son worked with in the pub on Thursday last tested positive. He hasn't been ping'd yet (and he wears a mask - actually wears it over his nose and mouth), but won't go in to work on Tuesday anyway to be on the safe side and will get a 'pukka' test on Tuesday/Weds at one of the walk ins - and I think I need to as well. C'est la vie - a bit frustrating after,what, nearly 18 months of being Covid aware, if it did catch up with our family. But if you're in a pub setting after Monday, you don't want/need the bar staff even potentially carrying the virus do you? Well, I wouldn't.
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But what can we do apart from tend our little patch of the planet as best we can?
If that storm had hovered near London, the Thames Barrier would definitely have been breached. Ken Livingstone 's "vanity project' has stood us in good stead so far but it could not have coped with climate change. I'm not sure that Johnson's garden bridge would have been as much use.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
...So could I, faith, boy, to have the next wish after, / That Lucentio indeed had Baptista's youngest daughter.....'