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Sea Continues To Erode Wall and Cliffs At Walton-on-the-Naze – Dec 2015
The sea wall at north east end of the Naze is being eroded away and the sea will soon break through threatening the sewage works which serves Frinton, Walton and surrounding villages. Environment Agency plan to let sea wall fail … Continue reading
Posted in Beaches, EA, Frinton, Groynes, Kirby-le-Soken, SMP, Walton-on-the-Naze
Tagged breakwaters, EA, environment agency, flood, groynes, managed realignment, managed retreat, sea defences, walton beach, walton-on-the-naze
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Thanks to Godfrey Bartlett EssexWalks.com
Godfrey sent me this email Hi, Just a note to say I find your analysis of temperature and sea level records fascinating. As much as I love nature reserves for leisure purposes, I’m getting an increasing sense that the big … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, CO2, Coastal Squeeze, EA, SMP
Tagged CO2, coastal squeeze, DEFRA, EA, environment agency, flood, global temperature rise, global warming, sea defences, sea level rise, wivenhoe
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How To Create A Flood In Somerset In Pictures – Feb 2014
Then and now pictures of bridge at Burrow Mump show how easy it is to create a flood by not dredging. Photos originally from Richard Norths eureferendum.com If you don’t know where Burrow Mump is here’s a map courtesy … Continue reading
Posted in Dredging, EA
Tagged dredging, EA, environment agency, flood, somerset flooding
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Dawlish Sea Wall Network Rail Build Breakwater In A Week – Feb 2014
Dawlish sea wall supporting railway line washed away 4 February 2014. By 12 February a breakwater had been built. Why wasn’t this done before? The Problem The Solution The Questions If Network Rail could come up with a solution, even … Continue reading
Posted in Beaches, Breakwaters, Climate Change, EA, Groynes, SMP
Tagged breakwaters, dawlish, EA, environment agency, flood, groynes, network rail, sea defences, tdc, tendring district council
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John Redwood Writes About EA Again – 10 Feb 2014
John Redwood has another post about EA on his blog today. I left a comment which wasn’t approved so I’ll post it here. The post is titled Independent Bodies Can Cause Worse Problems Than Elected Ministers. The post starts of … Continue reading
Posted in DEFRA, EA, Politics, SMP
Tagged EA, environment agency, flood, john redwood, managed realignment, managed retreat, sea defences, somerset flooding, thames flooding
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Tidal Surge Breaches Sea Wall Levington – Feb 2014
Mark Johnson of EA, in a witness statement to Information Tribunal, talks about sea wall damage at Shotley but amazingly fails to mention an actual breach across river at Levington Worst damage on west side of River Orwell near Hill … Continue reading
Posted in EA, SMP
Tagged EA, environment agency, flood, sea defences, sea wall breaches
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Somerset EA Spend £31million Flooding Farmland For Bird Sanctuary – Jan 2014
EA says it can not afford £4million to dredge Somerset Rivers but has spent £31million in Somerset knocking down sea walls (managed realignment) to flood farmland in order to create intertidal habitat for birds. 29 January 2014 Daily Mail has … Continue reading
Posted in EA, SMP
Tagged EA, environment agency, flood, natural england, rspb, somerset, somerset flooding
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Tidal Surge And Sea Wall Near Hill House Farm Shotley – Jan 2014
The sea wall near Hill House Farm, Shotley has been damaged, presumably as a result of tidal surge. 6 weeks on why has EA not started repairs? Here is a picture take from near southern end of the sea wall … Continue reading
After Days Of Fawning Praise For EA In Media Sky News Airs Complaints – Jan 2014
Media has been awash with praise for EA in wake of recent storms and floods, from politicians and media itself. In particular media has been full of shock horror stories about cuts to EA staff and budget. They can’t have … Continue reading
Posted in EA, Media, Politics
Tagged EA, environment agency, extreme weather, flood, flood forecast, met office, weather forecast
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UK May 2012 Rain – Holland Brook Floods Despite The Drought
On Monday 30 April I posted about EA plan to breach sea wall between Frinton and Holland. During the week it rained a lot and by Friday there were floods all over Tendring. 5 May 2012 From Holland Road, Great … Continue reading
Posted in EA, SMP
Tagged drought, flood, flood frinton golf club, Holland Brook, sea wall between frinton and holland, uk weather may 2012
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