On 28/02/2014 18:31, exmetman wrote:
I wonder if this will finally free-up all the real-time gauge data from hundreds of sites across the country that the EA and the UKMO have access to?

What's the point of these organisations squirreling away this data, when some entrepreneur with a bit of vision, and who can put a team together with the requisite skills in Hydrology, GIS and mobile software development, can produce a flood alert system based on postcodes that really works?

http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...data-maps-apps


What is so difficult about keeping an eye on your local wwww-feed gauge
output, eg upstream of my local river
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...stationId=1054
and get familiar with what the gauge readings mean in relation to
actuality on the ground.
Be in a dedicated alliance with another local person for 2 sets of eyes,
for added assurance , and agree to inform a few other locals amongst you
for the jungle telegraph, when things get a bit hairy