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Wow. The Thames Barrier has been closed 150 times since 1983—and 28 times since December 6th http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26133660 …pic.twitter.com/pgnKt8lt8k
Thames Barrier closed:
* 16x in 2000
* 0 in 2010
* 0 in 2011
* 0 in 2012
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Barrier …
Cherry picking
@tomstandage @burritojustice
@MorlockP @burritojustice It was also closed 24 times in 2000/01 and 20 times in 2002/03. However you look at it, this is the worst year yet
@tomstandage @burritojustice "was closed" doesn't tell us anything about underlying climate or weather; did models/policy/decision change?
@MorlockP @burritojustice Yes, no doubt the explanation is a policy change, and I am imagining the huge floods across England at the moment!
@tomstandage @burritojustice I didn't say it was; I said that "days closed" is not a useful metric. "actual sealevel" IS a useful metric.
@MorlockP @burritojustice My point is simply that "days closed" in this case is a proxy for the severity of the current flooding
@tomstandage @burritojustice I think we may not disagree.
@MorlockP @tomstandage @burritojustice did anyone else have to look up fluvial, or am I the only dunce
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