Of Mice And Men

Flooding:
Cumbria 2009 (cockermouth)

Contents:

Chapter1: basic tuition.

Chapter 2: what happened?

Chapter 3: how did the runoff happened.

Chapter 4: effects after the flood.

Chapter 5: rescue, rep line of descent and prevention
Chapter 1:
* Cumbria floodings begun on the 18th of November 2009.
* Rainfall: up to 372mm an hour

* Flooding occurred in 5 of the 6 districts areas of Cumbria.

* A gist of 2,239 properties throughout Cumbria flooded (this figure is based on information including emergency service records, Council Tax lists, property use database, topical anaesthetic Council inspections, a database of members of the public reporting their properties as flooded and local anaesthetic knowledge).

* The floods stopped on the 20th of November 2009

Chapter 2:
What happened?
On thorium 19th November, the rivers Cocker and Derwent, which join in Cockermouth, rose to a level that flooded much of central Cockermouth, leaving coarse amounts of destruction, and most of the shops, restaurants and pubs in the townsfolk completely wrecked.
At midday the river was high, but the principal(prenominal) Street was dry. By three pm - the water was a foot deep in the Main Street.



By midnight a raging torrent was flowing everyplacemaster the Main Street and some of the side streets, including South St and Challoner St - somewhat 5 feet deep, and up to 8 feet deep in places.
The pictures on a lower floor give a brief idea of the mess the town was left in after this evening of excessive rain.
rough businesses have temporarily relocated - but most further have to wait until their properties are repaired before they can boodle trading again.

Chapter 2:
how did the floods happened
how:
1. A conveyor of warm, very moist sub-tropical air was carried towards Britain from south of the Azores
2. When this mass of warm air - which holds more wet than cold air - was blown by high winds over Cumbrias mountains it cooled, allowing the moisture to condense as heavy rain
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