London under threat? (Re: Re: By the way, Bill)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Moes" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [CAT23-Achat] Re: By the way, Bill


>> that NOTHING was going to save New Orleans ....
>
> Well, that's not entirely true. Nature can kick us in the goolies
> sometimes but then nature also usually has it's own protective box/cup
> in place to soften the blow. In this case, the miles of swampland that
> will take the brunt of the water when the Mississipi floods.  But 20
> odd years of development on the swampland have removed natures natural
> defence for New Orleans. Sure, it was assumed that the levees would
> replace it as a defensive barrier but that has proved misguided. It's
> time for developers and planners and governement regulatory agencies
> to seriously review their thinking.  And this is by no means only a
> criticism of the US, the UK government needs to have a good look at
> it's huge plans for developing the Thames gateway, much of which is
> several metres under sea level.

Sky News ran a feature on that yesterday. They came up with some "statistics" and reckoned that 500,000 people 
could get their homes flooded, 38 tube stations, and a number of hospitals could get flooded if the Thames 
barrier failed.

Can't find anything new about it on the net from a quick search, this article is quite old 
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/15855108?source=Evening+Standard&ct=5

Still, seems that Paul better sell his fridge before his garage gets flooded. :-)

Regards
Peter 



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