Storm Babet

[Sprites]

That's Ratcilffe power station in your drone video? 

[matty40s]

28 minutes ago, Sprites said:

That's Ratcilffe power station in your drone video? 

Yes, it's the junction of the River Soar, Trent and Erewash Canal. The boatyard and basin at the top of the Erewash was badly flooded over Friday and the locks were like Niagara falls apparently.

[alexisj9]

1 hour ago, Methuselah said:

But when we were kids, we'd follow the lorry thingy, what cleared the gutters, all along the road. Whatever happened to them?

We still have them here.

[weatherobsuk]

Met Office to review warnings after East of England floods

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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The national weather forecaster says it will conduct a "full review" after major flooding hit Suffolk.

 

[Sprites]

7 minutes ago, toggerobz said:

Met Office to review warnings after East of England floods

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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The national weather forecaster says it will conduct a "full review" after major flooding hit Suffolk.

 

I thought  water throughs had disappeared from the railway. 

[matty40s]

Met office report into Babet

 

https://t.co/vJoJfeXwYE

 

[Jo Farrow]

I've just been to the EDF Torness nuclear power station annual chat. It was interesting, it's an update looking back and forward by local station chief.

He spoke about Babet, and the seaweed issues. They do protect their seawater inflow from seaweed and seals but in certain directions of swell and wind, they can get loads of seaweed coming up against the inflow. the wild seas rip the seaweed off the sea floor in the Forth. The easterly of Babet was problematic, a northerly is worse for them. They have to remove it all in baskets and hose it off the drum screens. 

They also reduced the water inflow and overall production whilst the storm was raging, so that the seaweed clearing could keep up. This kind of storm happens every few years and rips the seaweed off the sea floor in the Forth, dependent on Wind strength, wind speed and wave height so they can predict that it will happen.