1. Priory Sea Level Rise Lesson Two

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. So what can we do?

5. 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?

6. Easy Hard Preferable actions Probable actions

7. Easy Hard Preferable actions Probable actions

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

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

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

11. 17 Oct 20127.17 m 23 Aug 20137.07 10 Sep 20147.24 28 Sep 20157.32 27 Oct 20167.28 5 Nov 20177.14 These are the next high tides

12. 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.

13. EasyHard Preferable actions Probable actions 1 2 3 4 6 5 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 17 \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ 20 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 41 40 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 5455 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 - 69 70 71 72 73 74 75

14. EasyHard Preferable actions Probable actions 1 2 3 4 6 5 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 17 \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ 20 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 41 40 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 5455 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 - 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 6 Swimming lessons for all 8 Don’t ignore it 13 We should not panic 14 Give out flood warnings 15 Make sure people are educated in what to do in that situation 16 Have someone assigned to sort out the impacts of the flood e.g. emergency accommodation 17. First aid courses 21. Make a flood line and flood team in Lewes! 24 First aid courses 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 75 Flood brigade

15. EasyHard Preferable actions Probable actions 1 2 3 4 6 5 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 17 \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ 20 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 41 40 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 5455 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 - 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 Preferable and hard 50. Move the important buildings away from the river 51. Divert water to move the river 52. Move fire station away from the river 53. Move the ambulance station to higher ground 54, Train tracks built higher up 55. Make some buildings as water proof as possible 56. Don’t build anything else in low-lying areas 57, Build flood defence walls to protect key areas from flooding 58. Reinforce infrastructure to make it more resistant 59. Flood barriers 2/3 metres 60. Flood help line like ambulance, police or fire brigade 61. No building new houses / constructions on the flood plains 62. Try and avoid building railway lines / stations on the flood plain 63. Move houses away from the river