Bob W wrote: >>> We had an unusually high tide on the Thames today. I took >> some photos >>> with my mobile phone: >>> >>> http://www.web-options.com/Tide/ >> Was it not high enough to justify raising the barrier? >> >> - Dave > > I guess not. I don't know what their criteria are for raising it for > real, rather than just a test. This tide was high, but not dangerously > so. The pictures were taken in the 10-15 minutes around the high tide, > according to the tide tables, so it wasn't going to get any higher. > > I have often seen it washing over the riverside path - that's not > particularly unusual, and at its deepest it will lap around your > ankles. Yesterday though it was knee deep at its deepest - the highest > I've seen it in the 13 years I've lived in this area. That's quite a > volume of water. > > -- > Bob >
From the documentaries I have seen,I gather the risk comes when these high tides coincide with a storm surge from the north sea. I live in Peacehaven, a few miles due south (literally) from Greenwich, driving through Newhaven I too noticed it was a really high tide, but sadly my 320x240 camera phone is not worth taking pictures with. Nice shots btw... Drew. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
