Cantata
Well-known member
Well, I presume the surge did precede HW for most of us after all, as the tide gauge data suggested mid-evening. HW Sheerness ended up with 'only' a 1m surge, Harwich with about 1.3m. Thank goodness for that.
I really don't think that the EA should have been telling everyone that the flooding they described was definite, though. Put the frighteners up a lot of people. e.g. BBC headline last night: "People living in east Kent have begun to evacuate their homes as the county prepares for the worst floods in more than half a century." The word 'possible' in that sentence might have been useful?
Commiserations to those who have suffered, and thanks for the vast majority who were let off this time.
I really don't think that the EA should have been telling everyone that the flooding they described was definite, though. Put the frighteners up a lot of people. e.g. BBC headline last night: "People living in east Kent have begun to evacuate their homes as the county prepares for the worst floods in more than half a century." The word 'possible' in that sentence might have been useful?
Commiserations to those who have suffered, and thanks for the vast majority who were let off this time.