There is currently a lot of talk about this for obvious reasons, but haven't humans always developed these areas over the centuries? Towns spring up typically at important river crossings and estuaries, so usually a flood area as well. Flood plain areas are also flat and easy to build on. Surely this isn't going to change and we're going to migrate to the hills? Isn't the answer in more...

Dear All, He thorough annoys me most of the time, but on this evening's "BBC Flood Special" he spoke about the jetstream, it's unusual position, why it's been giving all the wet weather, and where it would be in a typical summer. It's the sort of thing I've seen time and again on the Weather Channel and so refreshing to see. Further to Martin's email, maybe we are ready for the Jetstream,...

Climatologists are building evidence that crops, particularly corn, are driving up dew points as they put water into the atmosphere through evaporation. They also may make corn-growing areas cooler and alter rain patterns. Some say the extra moisture could even add energy to thunderstorms, with one study arguing that a 2001 tornado in Benson got a power boost from corn evaporation. "I...

0850z NW F3-4 18km 7Cu014 15.4/11.4 1008.2 RMK: Mod rain 1740-1900 on Mon, then intmt light rain ... a striking mostly yellow and red rainbow at the point of sunset thanks to a rift in the clouds in the far northwestern sky. Present cloud cover has increased from 1 okta at 0700. 09-09: Tx 17.2 Tn 11.1 Tg 10.1 RR 0.9 sss 0.0 Philip Eden

Folks,

Folks,

No one seems to have mentioned the obvious idea of constructing buildings on "stilts". A quick Google search brought these examples: http://digitalgladrags.com/photofocus/images/20060804174731_boat-house.jpg http://www.hbp.usm.my/conservation/Measured%20Drawings/malaysun.jpg http://www.forgotten-ny.com/YOU'D%20NEVER%20BELIEVE/Broad%20Channel/ROCKWYHS.JPG

.... with contribution from Dave Wheeler ... most interesting:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2007/promsbroadcast/radio/ Select: 'Listen Again to the latest Prom', and '20 Minutes - 60 Degrees North' (most confusing title!) Martin. --

30.8mm of rain in Penzance in the 24 hours up to 18:00 yesterday. I realise this isn't much compared to recent events, but it is the wettest 24 hour period in Penzance this year. It was split equally over 2 of my normal 24 hour recording periods (09:00-09:00). Up until this rainfall amounts over recent days have been very smalll. 17th 0.7 18th 0.0 19th 3.3 (1 isolated brief sharp shower)

Although not quite in the severe weather warning region there was 11mm of rain here during the late afternoon and evening. Judging from the radar parts of Kent must have had more. Fortunately it has fallen in an area which is still relatively dry and not in the West Midlands. Dave, S.Essex.

I notice that in Ancona, on the Italian Adriatic, the temperature at 0700 CET was 28C and seems to have been similar for much of the night, while here in NE Scotland it is so cold that we are having the central heating on in July. No wonder there's a jet-stream over the top of us with that temperature contrast. Given the moisture feeding in from a warmer-than-usual North Atlantic acting on such...

Chalfont St Giles - Tuesday 24th July 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------ 0530z NW F1-2 5000 HZ 1St005 12.5/10.9 1004 RMK: A fine morning. Norman. (delete "thisbit" twice to e-mail) --

Here is a summary of the NWP output for 12z on Saturday. Issued 0519z, 24th July 2007 There are signs of a change on the way. The weekend will see low pressure and rain clearing eastwards, followed by a ridge from the Atlantic. The jet stream will head north and there should be a few largely dry, sunny and warm days across much of the UK next week. Analysis and evolution to T+120 via...

Ok so I go to http://one.revver.com/watch/194543 , and nothing happens when i click the video, of course, however....at the very end when a flash kind of ad comes up, and I clicked, my CD drive opens and my monitor shuts off. Whats going on? How can a flash application do that?! Please Reply, maybe i can use the code in some of my applications idk if it works with Mozilla, I was using Internet...

You couldn't make it up. After seeing remarks elsewhere relating to building homes on arrears that are easily flooded -just plain mad- and a post about John Prescott ; I just had to mention this. Story from yesterdays Telegraph: "Taxpayers face a massive bill to repair flood damage in Hull after the local council admitted that its properties were not...

Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Monday 23rd July http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/METEOSAT-8-1200-EUR.jpg NOAA 18 satellite picture from DLR at 13.29 UTC on Monday 23rd July http://fr.allmetsat.com/images/noaa_dlr_uk2.php Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC on Monday 23rd...

My July mean temperature is currently at 15.4C, the same for June 2007. Min Max Mean July 11.4C 19.4C 15.4C June 11.1C 19.6C 15.4C I wonder how many times in the past has June ended up being warmer than July. Anybody currently recording this July's mean temperature as less than June

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070722/tts-uk-china-floods-648bc60.html Kinda puts our flooding problems into perspective. We think airlifting over 100 people is a big deal, how about over 100 dead? And to my knowledge this hasn't even made it to the TV news. -- Col

Looking at the latest reports of flooding started me wondering how many of the incidents (excluding those from rivers bursting their banks and people ending up with metres of floodwater coming into their homes) were due to ill-maintained drains and gulleys, already been mentioned in the Press, and whether the general drive to conserve water may now be having an effect. All drainage systems...

First day of the month to record over 70ºF here, I feared we might not reach the seventies all month. Lovely day, third warmest of the year in Wishaw as it stands. Such a welcome change from the torrential rain I experienced in Birmingham on Friday. Mind you up here it's only been slightly cooler and wetter than average all month - but very dull, just like...