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I was very disappointed by that report on BBC Look East.

I lived the first 22 years of my life in Great Yarmouth, but the only
floods then were a result of North Sea surges. Rainfall induced floods
did not occur. Full stop.

The report should have explained why a moderate - well certainly not
unprecedented - amount of rain causes such chaos today. Might it have
something to do with the ever increasing areas of concrete? (cynical
comment).


Not cynical, just a bit of realism.

I could never understand the EA conclusion that Boscastle 2004 was a 1
in a 400 year event, when 203mm of rain was recorded in 1957 (virtually
identical to 2004), and photographs clearly show water levels just as
high in 1958.

They point to the particularly rapid rise of water in 2004, glossing
over the fact that the flood plain just above Boscastle has been turned
into a nice large tarmac car park to serve the NT museum that Boscastle
harbour has become. Much of the structural damage was caused by cars
swept into buildings.

Graham
Penzance