Hi guys Just thought rather than resurrect the old thread I'd add this one. Along the North Norfolk coast from Weybourne to Blakeney as many of you will know there's a huge shingle bank. Anyway between Cley and Salthouse it's GONE it's been totally destroyed. The tide came in tonight up to the coast Road (A149) if the EA don't change their "managed retreat" policy we're totally screwed, when a "normal" tide comes right in again. Some people keep removing the road closed signs and driving down there (have my suspicions it's fishermen) someone had to be rescued tonight as got caught out by the tide. Anyway thought some of you might be interested. I must get some photos.
Here's a statement from the NWT which mentions repairs to the shingle bank. http://norfolkwildlifetrust.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/cley-marshes-new-year-update.html
It is bad and I do feel sorry for those effected but what would you like to see done other than a managed retreat?
Maintain the bank, simple really. They've been neglecting it for years. It was seriously depleted in the 2007 storms and it was never repaired. Thing is once that bank is breached there's nothing stopping the tide progressing miles inland. Sent from my BNTV400 using Tapatalk
Rich, I just saw this where he points out that bulldozing the shingle bank back into shape is no longer sufficient :-( http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/storm_s...elicopter_crash_says_wildlife_chief_1_3188232
Its hard but they will never be able to protect it completely, nature always wins out eventually and the best you can do is manage it. Flood defences cost a huge amount of money, certainly the more effective ones but sadly from their point of view why build a £20 million defence to protect a lower value of property? It is a tough situation but we have to accept that sometimes an area can't be protected forever.
Some think that sea dredging exacerbates the process, not too long ago they were talking of dredging off the coast of Great Yarmouth. It's all inevitable in the end, lack of investment and sea level rise will eventual destroy the Norfolk coast, the Fens will return to their original state as well. It's a bit ridiculous really when you look at countries like the Netherlands who have reclaimed from the sea, I think that's what we should have been doing, but this is England where it's regress and not progress.
No one's asking for complete protection but retreat wasn't the answer either anyway EA are quoting hundreds of thousands not millions. I expect it will happen because one house here can be worth over a million courtesy of our London second homers. Sent from my Sony Xperia Z1
It is actually possible to completely defend an area with offshore defences but this just diverts floods elsewhere....
I was referring to flooding in general, I don't know much about the specific case. As others have mentioned you have to be very careful with putting in any large flood defences as often the just effect other areas. Generally it is possible to put in some form of protection but it may only be for your average storm. They pretty much will always be breached eventually.
Have to agree with this, all the good work they have done at sea-palling i believe has made the situation further down at hemsby and winterton worse, and possibly going up towards walcott aswell. Its a real delicate situation on what to do for the best.
Not being funny, Guru, but I do believe that the majority of Orford Ness was once part(s) of Norfolk. Eccles, Happisburgh, Walcott, etc. Eroded by tidal movements and carried from N.E. Norfolk down to Suffolk where it resettled. And continues to silt up, I believe? Sad, but mother nature has - and always will win in the end.
Agreed but these flood defences were already there and have been for decades all we were talking about was maintenance not retreat Sent from my Sony Xperia Z1
Oh yeah i expect you are probably right, i just find it pretty alarming that everytime i go up there, probably once every 3 weeks that you can see the landscape changing so dramatically. I just can't believe that is all mother nature. Until there is a proper look at how to help the whole coastline, just doing little bits here and there isn't helping.
