UK Storms: Met office issues red warning for damaging winds

[malaise]

Damn - will the storms ever end in Britain?

http://www.theguardian.com/news/blog/2014/feb/12/flood-crisis-gales-and-more-heavy-rain-forecast-live-updates

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Met Office warns of destructive 100mph winds
Hurricane force winds expected in four shipping area
New concerns about flooding on the Wye, Severn and Thames
Army deployed to Thames Valley without wellies
Cameron says money is no object to flood relief

[democratisphere]

1. Climate change is accelerating throughout the world....

causing tremendous damage and costs.

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2. Shipping warnings were for Fastnet, Lundy . Irish Sea + another

Hurricane force 12 - now slipping away down to wind force 9 more or less.

Details here http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/marine/shipping_forecast.html#All~IrishSea

The Thames does flood occasionally - last bad lot was 2003. Most of the people who live in areas close to the banks in Surrey and Berkshire know its prone to flooding but then act all surprised when it does. The main areas affected are from Teddington Lock upstream into Berkshire. Upstream of that lock is non tidal. They could open the lock fully but that would risk flooding London if high tides were due..

105mph wind recorded as gales batter Britain http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/12/105mph-wind-gales-batter-britain-thames that was in Wales.

[malaise]

3. What's up with the abuse of folks involved

in emergency services?

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4. Damn!

Waves break over Porthcawl harbour, south Wales, as high winds and heavy rain continue. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Hundred-mile an hour winds buffeted Wales on Wednesday, leaving more than 50,000 people without power supplies, and caused chaos on the road and rail networks in north west England.

A high of 108mph was recorded in Aberdaron, as the Met Office issued a rare red warning for Wales and north-west England, indicating people should take action because the winds were so strong that there was a likely risk to life.

As more weather-related misery overwhelmed the country on the back of the devastating flooding, a Met Office forecaster, Kirk Waite, said: "Red warnings are a very rare thing for us to issue. We only issue them when we do think there is a need to take action to preserve life." He said the last such warning was issued due to snow in January last year.

[dipsydoodle]

5. Next one tomorrow morning

followed by another on Monday and a third later next week.

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6. They're washing Cameron away

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7. Not really

Last big floods in same area of the Thames was 2003. That maybe why Labour are quiet on the subject.

For comparison the current floods are not as bad as1947 or 1894.

Dont really matter who people vote for : Mother Nature decides what's what.