2026-10-07 09:09 UTC
@BashStKid@mastodon.online @Fasgadh@mastodon.scot @pthane@toot.wales @alexf24@mstdn.social @nobrainnopain@social.tchncs.de @kibcol1049@mstdn.social @tiggy@mastodonapp.uk I lived in Fordham in Cambridgeshire and the flood map showed that if defences failed the water would reach my door. Not sure if the Prickwillow drainage engine museum still going.
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@tiggy@mastodonapp.uk 2026-10-07 09:21
@John_Loader@ohai.social @BashStKid@mastodon.online @Fasgadh@mastodon.scot @pthane@toot.wales @alexf24@mstdn.social @nobrainnopain@social.tchncs.de @kibcol1049@mstdn.social The ground floor flat below me when I lived at the edge of London flooded for the first time after they finished the Thames barrier. Every time they raised the barrier tons of water were forced up the small stream slightly downhill from us. Where did they think the water would go?