Looks like a Sea around the Mump

Yes, please

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I read in a tabloid today Cameron blaming Labour in the 90's for NOT dredging , its 2014 !!!!

 

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Jack McH

 

Not heard the estimates for this flood yet, but the 2007 floods cost the economy £3.2 Billion.

Wonder how much they saved by not dredging?

 

Pot calling the kettle black, The Coalition has reduced spending even further

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/06/new-storm-floods-uk-london-south-east-wales

 

Has anyone any real proof that dredging a river that is very nearly at sea level, would actually make much difference?
I can understand that for those concerned this is a terrible time, but, everyone seems to have just latched on to the dredging effect, has anyone noticed its been raining a lot more than usual?
I cant remember such a sustained wet spell of weather before now, it was very wet in autumn 2000, but it was not this long as I remember.

 

Yeah, but I'm still struggling with this below sea level thing.
Am I right in thinking that the rivers are tidal and are banked up to stop flooding during high tides, the water then being pumped out at low tide?

 

Like the Thames ? Seems to.

None of the levels are below sea level, like London, we've got tidal rivers that are banked against flooding. I'm sure if you checked the spot heights in London they would be similar to down here.

 

Here's an experiment that every kid that grows up on the coast has (or should have - if they're not stuck indoors nowadays) done many times over.

You go down onto the beach, below the hide tide line, and the sand is clearly wet, with the water just marginally below the surface. You dig a hole, and it fills with water as fast as you can dig it. You then start digging a trench from the 'well' towards the water's edge at low tide. Lo and behold, you get so far and suddenly your well starts to drain, with the water heading down the trench. After a short time, sand being quite unstable, the trench fills back up with sand, and lo and behold, your 'well' fills up once again as water held in the sand surrounding it seeps into it.

As far as I can see, dredging the rivers is just a giant version of the same trick.

 

Ok, so they are not actually below sea level.
So why is it only happening in Somerset?
We have flooding here, lots of fields are under water, but not on the same scale, there must be something very different with the levels, as I understand it, not all Somerset is flooded.