Answer to Question #162702 in Geomatics for Taouz

Question

explain why Helen’s house flooded and Graham’s didn’t

Thousands hit by floods and power cuts at Christmas

25 December 2013

Flooding is causing difficulties for thousands of people in southern England after stormy weather lashed the UK.

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Risk of flooding

The River Mole in Surrey has burst its banks in several areas and an Environment Agency severe flood warning - which means a danger to life - has been issued for Leatherhead.

§  Some 150 properties have been flooded in England, mainly in Surrey and Kent, with numbers expected to rise - the EA has said.

§  In Surrey residents were evacuated from their homes in Dorking, Leatherhead and Guildford, while more evacuations occurred in Tonbridge, Kent.

§  On the roads, many major routes were flooded or blocked in Kent, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and Cornwall.

§  Tim Field from the Energy Networks Association said engineers were working to restore power to some 50,000 people still cut off in the east and south-east of England.

§  Southern Electric said some 19,500 customers, most in south Hampshire, Surrey Bernal sent this picture of the roads around Dorking, in Surrey  

The Environment Agency has more than<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">100 flood warnings in place for England and Wales</span> - signifying that flooding is "expected", and more than 200 flood alerts, where flooding is "possible".

Winds are expected to ease today, before heavy rain and gales pick up again on Friday.

 

CV: Helen

LOCATION: Bridge Street, Leatherhead, Surrey.

AGE: 65

GENDER: Female

FAMILY: Two daughters and one son, all with their own families. Helen’s family do not live in Leatherhead.

EDUCATION: 10 GCSEs including English, Maths, Art and French. 3 A-Levels and a degree in Art History.

INTERESTS: Painting, Britain’s Got Talent and walking the dog.

WORK: Retired, but volunteers at a local charity. 

CV: Graham

LOCATION: Forty Foot Road, Leatherhead, Surrey.

AGE: 40

GENDER: Male

FAMILY: Married with two teenage children living at home.

EDUCATION: 10 GCSEs including English, Maths, PE and Geography, 3 A-Levels and a degree in Environmental Science.

INTERESTS: Football, reading the paper every morning and travelling. 

WORK: Environmental Surveyor for the Met Office. 

look at the location and tell me why

Answer 1

Helen lives at the Bridge Street, Leatherhead, Surrey.

This location falls on the possible areas where the Environment Agency issued a severe flood warning.

-First, the River Mole in Surrey had burst its banks in several areas and this must have included the bridge street

-In Surrey residents were evacuated from their homes in Dorking, Leatherhead and Guildford, while more evacuations occurred in Tonbridge, Kent.

CV: Graham lives at : Forty Foot Road, Leatherhead, Surrey. Forty foot road is not mentioned in the evacuation list.

Since no alert was mentioned for this areas, flooding was unlikely to ocuur due to location