Priory Sea Level Rise Lesson Two Did you

Priory Sea Level Rise Lesson Two

Did you find the website? • On your tables discuss what you found, if you accessed the website, about the effect of sea level rise on infrastructure. Write down 2 examples.

This is what happened to the infrastructure of Lewes in 2000. • • • All rail connections lost. Roads under water and town cut in half. 13 electricity sub stations stopped working. The fire station was flooded. Gas supplies failed. Main Lewes sewage pumping station out of action. Infrastructure

So what can we do?

Quick exercise Who do you think might GAIN from planning for the future? What jobs needs doing? What skills might we need? What inventions could help us? What education programmes might we need?

Preferable actions Easy Hard Probable actions

Preferable actions Easy Hard Probable actions

Remember this? Sea level rise at Sheerness (Kent) since 1834

What’s the difference between the 1953 storm and predicted sea level rise? We can plan!

We know about high tides – this was Newhaven on 17 Oct 2012

These are the next high tides • • • 17 Oct 2012 23 Aug 2013 10 Sep 2014 28 Sep 2015 27 Oct 2016 5 Nov 2017 7. 17 m 7. 07 7. 24 7. 32 7. 28 7. 14

But we can’t predict very heavy rainfall and tidal surges PLUS sea level rise effects. That’s the reason for this programme and we thank you for trying the last two lessons.

23 24 36 19 37 35 74 Easy 1 11 2 12 13 8 66 - 69 Preferable actions 38 56 57 72 50 51 73 61 31 22 62 58 70 33 25 71 39 32 20 26 34 28 64 60 27 52 55 18 21 29 54 65 59 63 53 30 75 Hard 17 16 \ 49 3 \ 15 5 40 \ 9 44 48 \ 7 10 \ 42 47 46 14 \ 4 41 43 6 Probable actions 45

23 24 36 19 37 35 74 Easy 1 11 2 12 13 8 66 - 69 Preferable actions 38 56 57 72 50 51 73 61 31 22 62 58 70 33 25 71 39 32 20 26 34 28 64 60 27 52 55 18 21 29 54 65 59 63 53 30 75 Hard 17 16 6 Swimming lessons for all \ 8 49 Don’t ignore it 3 13 We should not panic \ 15 5 14 Give out flood warnings 15 Make 40 sure people are educated in what to do in \ 9 44 that situation 48 \ 16 Have someone assigned to sort out the impacts of 7 10 \ the flood e. g. 47 emergency accommodation 42 17. First aid courses 46 14 \ 21. Make a flood line and flood team in Lewes! 4 41 courses 43 24 First aid 6 Probable 35 Have adverts on the TV about how to save lives and what to do in a flood. 60 Flood help line like ambulance, police or fire brigade 74 Call a flood brigade that would help after a flood actions 75 Flood brigade 45

Preferable and hard Preferable actions 50. Move the 23 important buildings away from the river 57 72 24 the 38 56 51. Divert water to move river 36 52. Move fire station away from the river 61 31 53. Move the ambulance 22 station to higher 19 70 ground 33 25 71 54, Train tracks built higher up 39 32 20 26 as water proof 55. Make 37 some buildings 34 35 28 as possible 60 27 74 build anything 18 52 29 56. Don’t else in 21 low-lying 54 59 63 53 areas 30 75 Easy 17 16 57, Build flood defence walls to protect key areas from flooding\ 3 49 \ to 15 58. 1 Reinforce infrastructure make it 5 more resistant 40 \ 9 44 59. Flood barriers 2/3 metres \ 60. Flood help line like ambulance, 7 police 11 10 \ 47 or fire brigade 61. No building new 14 houses \ / 4 41 constructions on the flood plains 62. Try and avoid building railway lines / 6 plain 12 stations on the flood 2 63. Move 8 houses away from the river 13 Probable actions 66 - 69 51 50 73 62 58 64 55 65 Hard 48 46 42 43 45