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[Dan Stevens (IAmAI)]

> seems to be beyond their ability to comprehend.

I bet you, it's more beyond their *will* to comprehend.

On 12/01/06, John Winters <john at sinodun.org.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 12:19 +0000, Dan Stevens (IAmAI) wrote:
> > > The fastest flow, and the greatest scouring, occurs on the inside of the
> > > bend, which is why rivers meander and change their paths during floods.
> >
> > True, there is a different risk next to cliffs of erosion and land slides :P
> >
> > I thought the government, or someone, had defined 'flood zones'
> > throughout the country; in other words, specific areas that are of
> > high flood risk.
>
> Indeed they have, and I'm happy to see that they're now more accurate
> than they used to be.  The last time I looked the "flood zone" was just
> a strip of constant width either side of each waterway, which bore no
> relation to the real flood risk.  I've just checked the map for where I
> live -
>
> http://maps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/wiybyController?topic=floodmap&ep=map&lang=_e&x=460651.0&y=188803.0&scale=5&layerGroups=1,&layerGroupToQuery=1&location=OX10%209DT
>
> and the map now reflects the actual flooding characteristics.
> Nonetheless, some insurance companies seem only to be interested in
> whether you are close to the area which actually floods.  Saying, "But
> I'm not *in* the area which floods for the simple reason that the lowest
> point of my house is 12 feet higher than the highest point which flood
> water has reached, *and* in order to reach that existing high-point the
> river has to flood an area over 500m wide, and in order to get any
> higher it would have to go at least another 500m in the other direction"
> seems to be beyond their ability to comprehend.
>
> Fortunately some more sensible companies just ask whether you are *in*
> the areas identified as being at risk of flooding.
>
> > I'd image they would take into account locations that
> > although are close to risky rivers, they are unlikely to flood for
> > whatever reason (high up on a cliff, for example).
>
> It appears they do now.  They certainly didn't the first time I looked
> at that map.
>
> John
>
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