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MRT144
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Seattle Washington
Oct 2002
time: 21:22
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haw haw. I live in seattle and weve had sun 6 days straight
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MRT144
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Seattle Washington
Oct 2002
time: 21:22
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plus it never rains like that here. Its a constant drizzle
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Oerdin
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of Internet Music.
Sep 2001
time: 21:22
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Santa Paula is built in a very narrow valley and just about every bit of flat land there is part of the active flood plain. Who ever authorised a town to be built there should be shot. BTW the most rain in 115 years isn't just LA but for all of Southern California. They're saying that based upon expected storms we should top the 115 year old record and make it the most since Spanish missionaries started taking rain fall data in the 18th century.
Last edited by Oerdin on 24-02-2005 at 02:50
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Starchild
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a raving alcoholic drama queen with a penchant for the biosciences
Jan 1970
time: 00:22
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quote:
Originally posted by Oerdin
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Cry me a freeking river about the rain. Try living in England.
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So you're telling me England frequently floods and has massive mudslides where houses and even airports just float away? |
Well, aside from the village of Boscastle nearly being washed away last year, it's estimated that 5 million people in the UK live in flood risk areas. We didn't have the luxury of building our cities in deserts after all, we built them along rivers or, later, canals. Also, no point in the UK is further than 200 miles from the ocean (Atlantic) or the North Sea. Reports of major flooding goes back 800 years
There have been huge investments in the Thames Barrier to make sure the City of London doesn't end up underwater one day. That said, in my town of Felixstowe, everyone is just more or less waiting for the seaside section of the town to be wiped away. The sea defenses built since the last big flood in the 50's won't stop a determined storm and we've got nothing to stop the Rivers Deben and Orwell if they break their banks.
So, yes, England frequently floods. Thank the gods that someone decided to make the main flood defense (the Thames Barrier for London) nice looking as well as functional.
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molly bloom
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Lundenwic
Oct 2001
time: 15:22
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Originally posted by DeathByTheSword
oh cry me a river england isnt worse of than the netherlands if we are talking about rain and water...i think more than 40% of the country is BELOW sealevel...and like 3 of the biggest rivers of europe end up in the netherlands... |
So who decided to go and build there ?
The Dutch.
Don't complain if no one else wanted you.
In any case, Great Britain had some fairly severe flooding in the North West in January, and as Starchild mentioned, Boscastle in Cornwall experienced an extremely unpleasant flood recently. North West Wales had severe flooding a few years ago, as did Yorkshire.
Parts of the North East coast of England are being eaten away by the North Sea, and as anyone who has been to places like Aldeburgh or Dungeness can tell you, on high tide in wintertime with the wind rising, it seems very flat and very exposed and makes alpine living look a wise choice.
The issue wasn't in any case does Great Britain have it worst of all (Bangladesh can beat the Netherlands and California and Great Britain for flood damage) but does Great Britain experience bad flooding on a scale comparable to California.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weather/S...91001%2C00.html
http://www.freefoto.com/browse.jsp?id=35-02-0
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This has been downloaded 30 time(s).
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23-02-2005 05:52
We're just a couple of inches away from our all time record. 
and there's no more rain due in until new Tuesday. 
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