West Kirby flood defences - 10th Apr 2024 9:45pm
The unsightly and expensive new wall built along South Parade seems to be another engineering triumph for Wirral council.
Not only was it useless, something we have come to expect, it appears to have been WORSE than useless, keeping the water that splashed over in place it to excitingly flood the property it was supposed to protect. The staff in the Cafe were rescued by the RNLI. What fun that must have been!
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2024-04-09/cafe-workers-rescued-by-rnli-after-storm-causes-flooding
A better solution might have ben to have a gentle slope into the marine lake, with obstacles along it to break the momentum of the waves heading for the shore. Just a thought. It's all temporary anyway. When we have melted the Greenland and Antarctic the whole area will be under 70 to 100 metres of water.
Not only was it useless, something we have come to expect, it appears to have been WORSE than useless, keeping the water that splashed over in place it to excitingly flood the property it was supposed to protect. The staff in the Cafe were rescued by the RNLI. What fun that must have been!
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A better solution might have ben to have a gentle slope into the marine lake, with obstacles along it to break the momentum of the waves heading for the shore. Just a thought. It's all temporary anyway. When we have melted the Greenland and Antarctic the whole area will be under 70 to 100 metres of water.