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Environment Agency Plan For Tendring Coastline By 2105 – May 2013

Page 144 of Essex and South Suffolk SMP, shows Environment Agency’s plan for Tendring coastline by 2105, about half of it will have gone. A curious plan for a body charged with maintaining sea defences. Different colours are drawn on … Continue reading

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A Single Graph Shows CO2 Does Not Change Temperature Change – May 2013

On 24 July 2012 in a lecture at Sydney Institute, Professor Murray Salby clearly demonstrated  rising levels of  CO2 do not change temperatures, increasing temperature leads to rising levels of CO2.  Hockeyschtick shows it in one graph! How does this … Continue reading

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Piers Corby May 2013 – Do Sea Surface Temperature Records Support His Method

Last year I posted about Pier’s dramatic prediction for UK weather in May 2012. Piers’ method is based on motion of Sun and Moon and features a cycle of about 60 years. So when I saw a post by Bob … Continue reading

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Holland Haven April 2013 – Has Level Of Sand Risen Since 2011?

Comparing photographs of the beach at Holland Haven taken in 2011 and 2013 suggest the level of sand has risen . In 2011 I posted photographs of beaches and groynes at Frinton, Walton, Holland and Clacton, to show there were … Continue reading

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Groynes Repaired At Frinton, Beach Recharge Colwyn Bay, Holland Nothing

Yesterday, 20 April 2013, I noticed the groyne at the northern end of the whalings in Frinton had been repaired, presumably by Tendring District Council. You can clearly see the sand is level by the groyne. But in this picture … Continue reading

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Wind Power On The Daily Politics – What Happens When Wind Doesnt Blow

On 1 November 2012 Caroline Lucas and James Delingpole appeared for a brief debate about wind power during the last 5 minutes of the Daily Politics. A transcript is on carbonbrief.org and just in case the link stops working here’s … Continue reading

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Maintenance of Uneconomic Sea Flood Defences: A Way Forward

On 1 April 2004 Sarah Nason, sometime head of flood management at DEFRA, issued a letter and paper with the title Maintenance of Uneconomic Sea Flood Defences: A Way Forward. Basically the way forward was not to maintain the flood … Continue reading

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Money Tendring District Council Has Spent On Sea Wall Surverys Since 2002

Tendring District Council have spent £347,155.38 on surveys into state of sea wall at Holland since 2002 according to TDC’s reponse to a FOI request. Around £35000/year doesn’t seem that much compared to the £27million which is being touted as … Continue reading

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Holland Beach Feb 2013 TDC Answers To Trevor Brights Questions

Tendring District Council replies to questions  Trevor Bright asked on behalf of Holland Residents Association regarding the proposed sea defense works. You can download TDC reply which runs to 6 pages, or view images I have posted below. Quick Thoughts … Continue reading

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Holland Beach Jan 2013 Trevor Brights Questions Prompted By Latest TDC Report

Ten months after the last report TDC publish a 15 page appendix from latest report on the state of Holland Beach.  This has prompted the following questions from Trevor Bright a former engineering project manager. You can download a pdf … Continue reading

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