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The Valley to flood?

cafcfancafcfan
in General Charlton
This is the map from the Environment Agency web site.

maps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/wiybyController?ep=ajaxmap&topic=fwa&layerGroups=2%2C&minx=539792.552083333&maxx=543761.302083333&miny=176779.50000000006&maxy=179425.33333333337&scale=8

Might effect the takeover value if the ground gets washed away ;-)

Comments

  • DizzleDizzle
    You have spilt ribena on a map havent you
  • oohaahmortimeroohaahmortimer
    i think if you spit on the pitch it would flood with the lack of drainage
  • RothkoRothko
    Only if the Barrier is overtopped. If you live along the Thames going down towards the coast, by the Medway, or Kent coast, it'll be worth checking the latest news, as tonight and tomorrow look like it'll be pretty nasty on the Thames/Medway with the storm coming down the North Sea
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    Why is that little arm of water reaching out across the Woolwich road to the Valley alone?

    I reckon the flood is all part of a cunning plan to make us leave the Valley for a ground upriver from the Thames Barrier

    : - )
  • RothkoRothko
    http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/sport/kent-on-flood-alert-ahead-9812/
  • stilladdictedstilladdicted
    We're right on the creek edge and the Swale is on red alert. Still at least the roof was mended in time for us to sit on it!
  • richie8richie8
    Must be a spanner in the flood department as a bit of wishful thinking!
  • Weegie AddickWeegie Addick
    Growing up in Belvedere when the Barrier was being built always puzzled me - so the Barrier would protect central London, but where would all that water go? Back out to flood SE2 and Kent, surely...
  • stilladdictedstilladdicted
    I'll tell you on Saturday Weegie! Getting bombarded with flood alerts now, must get my Charlton scarves to higher ground.
  • Weegie AddickWeegie Addick
    Keep safe, SA, and anyone else affected...
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  • Karim_myBagheriKarim_myBagheri
    Weegie Addick said:

    Growing up in Belvedere when the Barrier was being built always puzzled me - so the Barrier would protect central London, but where would all that water go? Back out to flood SE2 and Kent, surely...

    i presume a lot of that area is a flood plain.
    I never understand how they get planning permission, I noticed there are new blocks of flats (been there a couple of years now i guess) called the belvedere park on the road to Erith. cheap and affordable with a small deposit to get hold of one but they are smack bang in the middle of a flood plain.

    god knows what will happen to Thamesmead if it flooded.
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    Karim_myBagheri said:

    Weegie Addick said:

    Growing up in Belvedere when the Barrier was being built always puzzled me - so the Barrier would protect central London, but where would all that water go? Back out to flood SE2 and Kent, surely...

    i presume a lot of that area is a flood plain.
    I never understand how they get planning permission, I noticed there are new blocks of flats (been there a couple of years now i guess) called the belvedere park on the road to Erith. cheap and affordable with a small deposit to get hold of one but they are smack bang in the middle of a flood plain.

    god knows what will happen to Thamesmead if it flooded.
    Thamesmead would become a place of legend, like Atlantis .. and .. surely the valley is too high above river level to be in danger unless there is a tide of Tsunami proportions
  • RedroboRedrobo
    I must say I was quite shocked when I first saw theThames barrier. I automatically thought that it would be built along the South bank so the flood would go north.
  • F-BlockerF-Blocker
    Henry Irving said:

    Why is that little arm of water reaching out across the Woolwich road to the Valley alone?

    I reckon the flood is all part of a cunning plan to make us leave the Valley for a ground upriver from the Thames Barrier

    : - )

    That'll be because of the pathway & foot tunnel under the railway. The rest of the area is partly protected by the railway embankment.
  • RothkoRothko
    You struggle to get planning permission for flats now, unless you build the car park on the ground floor and design it to flood
  • RothkoRothko
    For those east of Dartford, now upgraded to Severe

    http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/34681.aspx?area=064FWC1A&page=1&type=Region&term=Southeast
  • cfgscfgs
    Some high volume pumps being moved into Kent from other not affected Fire Services, so if it does come then hopefully it will get dealt with quickly.
  • MiserableoldgitMiserableoldgit
    Environment Agency ‏@EnvAgency
    Three new SEVERE FLOOD WARNINGS for Kent. Be prepared. Map of warnings http://ow.ly/rtPsX Follow @EnvAgencySE. #floodaware #alert
  • MuttleyCAFCMuttleyCAFC
    My first thought was this is nosense, then I realised on that map that the flooding seems to have gone out of its way to find the Valley, which given our recent luck, suddenly makes it plausible.
  • stilladdictedstilladdicted
    Safe as houses at the moment ;-)
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  • Rock SpectacleRock Spectacle
    Quality!
  • Alex WrightAlex Wright
    If the worst happens, will the Donny squad come down to help with the clean up?
  • rananegrarananegra
    I believe that the Toolbox is more likely to flood than The Valley, as Bermondsey is flatter and The Valley is at least a bit uphill.
  • BedsaddickBedsaddick
    edited December 2013
    Apparently this is what London would have looked like last week if the Thames barrier was never built.


    image

    http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/12/09/london-flooding-thames-barrier-picture_n_4411086.html?utm_hp_ref=uk#comments
  • MrLargoMrLargo
    Looks like Millwall, West Ham, Orient and the Olympic Stadium all wiped out. We need to brick up Ransom Walk.
  • stilladdictedstilladdicted
    Here's what it looked like just down our road because the Thames barrier was built.


    image
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