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Title: flood in Cornwall
Post by: cecilia on August 17, 2004, 11:29:37 PM

I just saw this flood (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/3571844.stm) on the BBC news!
jesus! that was something! i'm glad no one was killed!

having lived through the 6.9 earthquake in LA i can tell you "Mother Nature" does what she likes and you have no say!

Title: Re: flood in Cornwall
Post by: X-ray on August 17, 2004, 11:35:34 PM

There was a picture of the most bedraggled and bewildered little cat in all the papers today...that was a symbol of how lucky that community was not to have lost any lives. Truly remarkable.

Title: Re: flood in Cornwall
Post by: blobrana on August 17, 2004, 11:45:11 PM

Hum,
we may never kow what happened to the goldfish though.

But it was very lucky it happened during the daytime...

A `freak` occurance that may not happen for another fifty years they say...

Title: Re: flood in Cornwall
Post by: smithy on August 18, 2004, 12:19:43 PM

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jesus! that was something! i'm glad no one was killed!

It was thanks to the Air Force and the Coastguard that nobody was killed.  With Sea King helicopters they rescused over a hundred people in a few hours.

These helicopters came from the same RAF and Coastguard bases (among with many other bases around the country) that the Labour Government is planning on shutting down.

Title: Re: flood in Cornwall
Post by: Cyberus on August 18, 2004, 12:35:22 PM

Britain is getting sore from the shafting this government is giving it. And people wonder why I want to move abroad!

Title: Re: flood in Cornwall
Post by: PMC on August 18, 2004, 12:44:39 PM

Exactly 52 years to the day after the last major flood to hit the town.

I have a friend who holidays there quite regularly and she's shocked to see the damage caused there.  The local economy is going to be hit quite badly.

Title: Re: flood in Cornwall
Post by: Karlos on August 18, 2004, 01:54:44 PM

The way the weather seems to be turning in this country, I expect this kind of thing will become more common in future :-(

Boscastle, situated on the cornish coast has steep hills and narrow gulleys surrouding it that funnel the rainwater into the river pasing through it. Normally this isn't a problem, but when a months worth of rain falls in just 2 hours, you get a truly unstoppable force.

Title: Re: flood in Cornwall
Post by: Morley on August 18, 2004, 04:02:20 PM

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X-ray wrote:
There was a picture of the most bedraggled and bewildered little cat in all the papers today...that was a symbol of how lucky that community was not to have lost any lives. Truly remarkable.

I heard on the news that 14 or so people was reported missing? If they turn up, this should be called a miracle and RAF and the Coastguard should be given all honors. I watched the flood on the news and the strength of the flood just took me away! Those cars were drawn down like papercups by the water! :-o