The Bristol Channel Flood Of 1607

We are coming up on the 403rd anniversary of the Bristol Channel Flood.

On 30 January 1607 the Bristol Channel floods resulted in the drowning of an estimated 2,000 or more people, with houses and villages swept away, an estimated 200 square miles (518 km2) of farmland inundated and livestock destroyed,[1] wrecking the local economy along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary, in what was then the Kingdom of England.

The devastation was particularly severe on the Welsh side, extending from Laugharne in Carmarthenshire to above Chepstow in Monmouthshire. Cardiff was the most badly affected town.[2] The coasts of Devon and the Somerset Levels as far inland as Glastonbury Tor, 14 miles (23 km) from the coast, were also affected. The sea wall at Burnham-on-Sea gave way,[3] and the water flowed over the low lying levels and moors. Thirty villages in Somerset were affected, including Brean which was “swallowed up” and where seven out the nine houses were destroyed with 26 of the inhabitants dying. For ten days the Church of All Saints at Kingston Seymour, near Weston-super-Mare, was filled with water to a depth of 5 feet (1.5 m). A chiselled mark remains showing that the maximum height of the water was 8 metres above sea level.[4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Channel_floods,_1607

Now that we are all faced with the imminent danger of invisible, harmless, trace gas CO2 – we all long for the good old days where all we had to deal with was Smallpox, Plague, Tuberculosis, 50% infant mortality and an average life expectancy of 30 years.

Greens hope to bring us back to that paradise.

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  CUSTOMER:  I don't know.
  MORTICIAN:  Must be a king.
  CUSTOMER:  Why?
  MORTICIAN:  He hasn't got shit all over him.

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9 Responses to The Bristol Channel Flood Of 1607

  1. Scarlet Pumpernickel says:

    What about the 1228 Sea Flood in the Netherlands, it killed 100,000 people which sounds like a lot considering today it only has 20million people and that was 1228!!!

    http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/english/flooding/casestudies.shtml#3

  2. Scarlet Pumpernickel says:

    1935 Yangtze River Flood
    Death Toll: About 145,000

    In 1935, a July rush of heavy rain caused flooding along the Yangtze River, the longest river in China. Due to crop deprivation and diseases, China lost about 145,000 of its inhabitants.

    1530 The Netherlands – The St. Felix Day Flood
    Death Toll: Over 100,000

    On the official name day of St. Felix, November 5, 1530, the majority of Flanders and Zeeland were devoured by a flood. This date was later referred to as Evil Saturday as over 100,000 lives were lost due to flooding.

    1099 Flood in England and The Netherlands
    Death Toll: About 100,000

    A strange occurrence of unusually high tides brought flooding to low lying areas in England and The Netherlands in 1099. Due to starvation and an epidemic, about 100,000 lives were lost.

    1228 Holland Flood
    Death Toll: About 100,000

    You might also hear this tragedy referred to as a Flood in The Netherlands. Both are accurate in a manner of speaking. At the time of the flood, modern day Holland was part of The Netherlands. High sea waters caused this disaster, which resulted in around 100,000 deaths.

    yangtze Get Ready to Swim: the Worlds Worst Floods in History

    1911 Yangtze River Flood
    Death Toll: About 100,000

    The flood waters strike yet again from the Yangtze River in China, destroying crops and homes and killing about 100,000 people.

  3. Scarlet Pumpernickel says:

    Almost right though, just out by 60 years or so

    The Panic of 1524

    In 1499 the astrologer Johann Stöffler predicted that catastrophe would rain down on Europe in February 1524. As 1524 approached, mass hysteria engulfed Europe. Anticipating that the catastrophe would take the form of a flood, many people built boats or moved to higher ground. But by this time, a few people were growing more cynical of such predictions. The philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli responded to the warning by sardonically urging the women of Florence to run away to the hills and live with the hermits. Once again the catastrophe did not arrive.

  4. OT

    Reason for increase of US troop deaths in Afghanistan: Obama policy of social engagement, “rapport”, by troops, called COIN (i.e., counterinsurgency doctrine):

    “You guys don’t like building rapport? Chill. Have a conversation. Hang out with them.”……. “You’re going to drink lots of tea. You’re going to eat lots of goat. Get to know the people. That’s the reason why we’re here.”

    After customary tea was served by an Afghan border police…… one of the Afghan policemen opened fire, killing all six U.S. troops.

    http://bigpeace.com/dwest/2010/12/06/our-coin-strategy-in-afghanistan-is-killing-our-soldiers/

    http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/12/03/nato_reveals_new_details_on_slaying_of_6_us_troops/

    http://www.acus.org/new_atlanticist/will-coin-work-afghanistan

    http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1524/Chilling-with-Mullahs.aspx

  5. OT

    Time Magazine editor, Richard Stengel, on Wikileaks, “Our job is not to protect the US….”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Pa3PWGp00

  6. Scarlet Pumpernickel says:

    http://news.mongabay.com/2010/1205-hance_goodall_attenborough.html?utm_campaign=facebook-mongabay&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_source=SNS.analytics

    Time for Eugenics to make a come back, was wondering where they were they’ve been a bit slow this time round, it’s usually at the end of the BS cycle

    • Scarlet Pumpernickel says:

      Technique same as last time, last time they used Charles Darwin’s son. Now they have David Attenborough. Use a sort of respected popular scientist to make the cause more believable. I mean USA/UK started the Nazi Eugenics type of things, with mass sterilizations and other things in the 1900s-1940s. The German Nazis just took it to another level

    • Mike Davis says:

      Scarlet P:
      No They have just been not as well reported yet. Holdren is and has been part of the new Eugenics movement along with the Erlichs. Some see a link between the new Eugenics movements and the start of the Global Warming alarmist camp. It is said to be the leading force of the environmental movement. The Rio Summit was claimed to be the start and the major players were members of the modern day Eugenics movement just using different names for their organizations because of the negative publicity attached to the name Eugenics.

  7. Dave N says:

    Must have been all those horses they used causing too many methane emissions..

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