On Wed, 08 Jan 2014 10:34:24 +0100, Martin wrote:

Yorkshire also has flooding and cliff erosion problems. It seems that
such problems get far more publicity from the media, when they happen in
the south of England.

There was minimal coverage of that storm surge (biggest for decades)
because some old fart had finally died in a foreign country ...

In December the sea went over the sea defences in Scarborough flooding
all the buildings on the seafront including the lifeboat building.

Not to mention Newcastle and Middlesbrough and countless other places
all down the east coast.

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Cheers
Dave.