I am delighted to see that someone has come up with some realistic figures
for this. It annoyed me to see in the media 60 mm (just over 2 inches in 2
hours). It was damned obvious from this damage that it was much more than
this.
I would like Philip Eden to make something of this important issue in
his next column in the telegraph as I feel ( as I am sure other do ) that an
event like this is extremely important and significant.


Gavin Staples.




"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
...

"Graham Easterling" wrote in
message ...
The Environment Agency have reported 133mm of rain in 7 hours just
inland
from Boscastle. This is the highest figure I've seen so far.

This looks much more realistic ... given that at Slaughterbridge
14mm fell outside the main downpour, that would suggest
115-125mm in 2 hours. My estimate last night was that
100-125mm may have fallen over the catchment as a whole,
possibly with a highest point rainfall of 150mm or more.

(Slaughterbridge is 10km south of the Valency catchment.)

Any location name for this report, Graham?

Philip Eden