Protecting London a matter of ‘national security’ if extreme weather hits

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1. The idea of not paving gardens is amusing – tokenism at its best. London is a city of two parts. North bank climbs up fairly quickly, south bank a quasi flood plain. The problem London faces is:
   a) rising tides – which the Thames barrier is supposed to stop
   b) cloud rivers which dump water into the Thames valley. The Thames collects water from a massive catchment area. If/when a high tide (barrier up) coincides with very heavy rain/cloud river then the bit of London that goes underwater will be the South Bank & some bits of the North bank. This is a “when” scenario – not an “if”. Not paving gardens in this context is – amusing.
   There is no protection to the above.  & when it happens it will be interesting to see what houses prices do, come to that – how will they pump out the underground.

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   1. You are right. Unfortunately, the Thames barrier will probably have to be replaced because they need a bigger one soon. I lived in Chiswick and about 20 years ago after serious rains, we had sewage on our streets. It was disgusting. Unfortunately, living lately in Maida Vale, people paved their front gardens to park their oversized cars that ended up part way on the pavement. There is a lot every city must do to better adapt. Paving gardens may be one of the minor ones.

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