The Floods HMMMMMM?

[NorthernRaider]

Excellent point Charles about roofs, in the great storm of 1953 huge swathes of low laying land in the south east were flooded.

"The surge raced down the East Coast into the southern North Sea, where it was exaggerated by the shallower waters. In Lincolnshire, flooding occurred from Mablethorpe to Skegness, reaching as far as 2 miles inland.
In individual incidents, 38 died at Felixstowe in Suffolk when wooden prefabricated homes in the West End area of the town were flooded. In Essex, Canvey Island was inundated, with the loss of 58 lives. Another 37 died when the seafront village of Jaywick near Clacton was flooded. Reis Leming, a US airman, was awarded the George Medal for his bravery in rescuing 27 people in the South Beach area of Hunstanton."

In Holland they got it even worse than we did.
They estimated that flooding killed 1,835 people and forced the emergency evacuation of 70,000 more. Floods covered 9% of Dutch farmland, and sea water flooded 1,365 km² of land. An estimated 30,000 animals drowned, and 47,300 buildings were damaged, of which 10,000 were destroyed. Total damage is estimated at 1 billion Dutch guilders.

On a TV documentary / docudrama about this flood some people downed in their lofts/ roof spaces / attacks after they climbed up to avoid rising flood water and got trapped because they could not get out onto their roofs.

We must continue to learn from history or we will end up having to learn those dreadful lessons again.