Scotland Selkirk £19m flood defence scheme agreed

A £19m preferred design for flood defences to tackle problems in Selkirk has been agreed by Borders councillors.

The scheme will be unveiled at a public exhibition in May and final approval is hoped for in the autumn. Source BBC News

Essex flooding

News from ITV Anglia 4.09PM   Tue Jan 18 2011

Motorists and homeowners across Essex have been left counting the cost of heavy rain. Many drivers had to abandon their cars on this morning’s commute, while some homes have also been affected by flooding.

Fire crews were called to nearly 60 flood related incidents across the county, from Loughton in the south to Halstead on the Suffolk border.

http://www.itv.com/anglia/essex-flooding90818/

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Essex Flooding Jan 18 2011

Volcano is an opening, or rupture on the Earths surface or crust, which allows hot magma, volcanic ash and gases to escape from below the surface, not nice if your near one; did you see Dantes Peak?

Don’t talk to me about carbon emissions; one of these babies kicks out more crap into the atmosphere than we ever could.

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Tidal Wave and Tsunami

If we are going to get more earthquakes we are going to get more tsunamis and tidal waves. Move inland NOW.

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Keep out of the valleys away from rivers.

Tsunami waves raging, buildings burn after 8.9 Japan earthquake

Cruise ship almost tips over

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As it rains more the alraedy saturated ground shifts or liquifies under the strain.

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Nature at Work Shaping Our World

The frequency of earthquakes are increasing, we have even had a few rumbles this year 2011 in North Yorkshire.

Major Earthquake has hit Christchurch, New Zealand

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Some folk still believe the Earth is hollow; if you spin a lot of loose matter the crusty bits will form on the outside with a hollow middle, is the crust of the Earth a matter of a few hundred miles thick? I bust my Hilti so I aint gonna dig to find out.

Haiti still in rubble one year after earthquake trouble

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• 25,000 more homes to be better protected from flooding
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• Unwanted Christmas trees provide festive flood defences
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Floods swamp the town of Kerang in Victoria, Australia 19th Jan 2011

Apparently this has happened before so why rebuild in a place that floods every decade or so?
People in the south-eastern Australian town of Kerang have been told to leave their homes, as rising river levels threatened another community in the worst flood crisis in decades. From BBC News.