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Rising sea levels & where you live
ollywood68
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This is a type of MSE based on, dont buy a house in certain areas as if sea level raise, certain areas will be flooded and wiped out. This link uses google maps. identify where you live on the map by zooming in, then raise the sea levels up to a maximum of 14 m http://flood.firetree.net/ Its not just areas by the sea, but areas in-land also that disappear - from a quick glance, for example, parts of central Belfast disappear. A key driver is the level to which you think water levels will rise to . Put on the Satelite imagery as well 
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Sod it, I'll just buy a boat
Don't see the point anymore in offering advice to people who only want to be agreed with...0 -
Yippee!! :j
What with that and most of the South East becoming a desert I reckon my des res on the lower foothills of the Pennines will be worth 5000% more! Just hope I'm around long enough to cash in! :rotfl:0 -
Rats, still around 30 miles (2 minutes) from the beach...0
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One of the best sites for this is the Environment Agency's Flood maps
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/flood/826674/
Put in your postcode and see where the water is....0 -
Poor Holland. They'll need more than a lad with his finger in a dyke.0
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ManAtHome wrote:Rats, still around 30 miles (2 minutes) from the beach...
Count yourself lucky, I'll need to trade my car in for an amphibious vehicle. :eek:0 -
Biggles wrote:One of the best sites for this is the Environment Agency's Flood maps
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/flood/826674/
Put in your postcode and see where the water is....
doesnt work for Northern Ireland
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We are high and dry here....but many of our neighbours have now gone:j0
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Takes too long to load on my MuleBand dial-up! My UK house is in the very centre of England and above sea level, so I should think we'll be safe if anyone is.
My Spanish house is 1000 metres up a mountain (about as high as Snowdon), so I think that's safe and southern Spain is going to turn into the Sahara anyway.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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Interesting but isn't 7m-14m a lot of sea level rise?
Still it explains why Hull is so cheap doesn't it? :rotfl:
And South Shore to Lytham could become the new Miami Beach.A house isn't a home without a cat.
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