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Severe Flooding coverage

Predicted flooding nothing but a large puddle! (November 2007)

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NH
Nick Harvey Founding member
Square Eyes posted:
The first place I think of turning to when my home is at risk of flooding is TV Forum.

http://www.uncleblink.fsnet.co.uk/Store/Megaphone.jpg
SP
Sput
GMc posted:
Goodness me, Sput! You joined us way back in 1970... Shocked


It's been a while since I last posted, but I've been here for some time, quietly flirting with the British establishment. My posts were never about TV back then, either. I just like to call out Stu when he's wrong about science Wink
JA
jamej
fodg09 posted:
Sky News must have been at least a good half hour ahead of N24 when i was watching earlier.

Sky were on rolling coverage with JT while N24 carried the six o clock news from BBC ONE and then continued on with Entertainment 24(which is an appaling programme).


But then you get to the argument as to whether news channels should roll with a story about something that might happen or whether they should just keep updating when something new comes in and at the top of every bulletin...
:-(
A former member
This happened 55 years ago!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/1953_flood.shtml
IS
Inspector Sands
623058 posted:


Yes, this isn't un-precedented or particularly unusual, in fact it's just this sort of occurance for which the Thames Barrier was built.
CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
Steering things on topic Look East has is providing fairly informative bulletins this morning, using a different backdrop on their screen instead of the usual plain red.

http://www.rp-network.com/tvforum/uploads/lookeast_071109_01.jpg
http://www.rp-network.com/tvforum/uploads/lookeast_071109_02.jpg
http://www.rp-network.com/tvforum/uploads/lookeast_071109_03.jpg
DV
DVB Cornwall
... and so thankfully nothing serious occurred, maybe it's time for the news organisations to move on.
MW
Mike W
Charlie Wells posted:
Steering things on topic Look East has is providing fairly informative bulletins this morning, using a different backdrop on their screen instead of the usual plain red.

http://www.rp-network.com/tvforum/uploads/lookeast_071109_01.jpg
http://www.rp-network.com/tvforum/uploads/lookeast_071109_02.jpg
http://www.rp-network.com/tvforum/uploads/lookeast_071109_03.jpg

I recognise that sign!

Clicky
HO
House
BBCMIDSTODAY posted:
Charlie Wells posted:
Steering things on topic Look East has is providing fairly informative bulletins this morning, using a different backdrop on their screen instead of the usual plain red.

http://www.rp-network.com/tvforum/uploads/lookeast_071109_01.jpg
http://www.rp-network.com/tvforum/uploads/lookeast_071109_02.jpg
http://www.rp-network.com/tvforum/uploads/lookeast_071109_03.jpg

I recognise that sign!

Clicky
I really like the blue! Really suits it! Why do we have to stick to red?
DO
dosxuk
Looks like a different sign to me. The house in the background are different. Just a similar angle / distance used for the shot.
BR
Brekkie
Love the weather on that:


NEWS - Big floods, county closed, storm surge, gale force winds

WEATHER - Sunshine and showers, cold wind!


Brilliant.
GI
gilsta
Did anyone else find over the past few days the coverage of the floods in the 50s was a bit odd? Very few reports gave the fatalities from those floods, just the rather Newsround-esque reporting that "many" people died. But from what I've seen "many" means around 300. Was this figure not quoted to avoid mass hysteria or because such a figure is just too mind-boggling in our health and safety, risk assessment society?

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