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Floods in 1894?Impossible, Surely!

August 16, 2020

By Paul Homewood

 

h/t John Cooknell

 

 Flooded railways in the days before global warming!

   

 

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‘Great Western Railway between Oxford and Kennington – Floods going down after closing the line 3 days’

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw233124/Great-Western-Railway-between-Oxford-and-Kennington—Floods-going-down-after-closing-the-line-3-days

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12 Comments
  1. Thomas Carr permalink
    August 16, 2020 8:50 pm

    Notorious place for floods. Nice picture all the same. Not often can one see quanting as a means of propulsion on the railway.
    You Tube is now taking Global Warming frighteners ( atmospheric pollution this time) from the usual quarters. First sign that their cause may be losing traction.

  2. Phillip Bratby permalink
    August 16, 2020 9:51 pm

    Surely the weather was perfect and stable before we used lots of fossil fuels. I think that photo has been photo-shopped! It’s fake old news.

  3. C Lynch permalink
    August 16, 2020 11:22 pm

    Back in those optimal climate days the seasons occured correctly with mathematical precision. Winter was frosty with just the right amount of snow. Spring was pleasant with just the right amount of soft gentle rain. Summer was sunny and warm but never too warm. Autumn was cool and breezy.
    There was never any extreme weather events – your story is obviously fake news.

    • StephenP permalink
      August 17, 2020 10:45 am

      Just like Camelot.

  4. Graeme No.3 permalink
    August 16, 2020 11:55 pm

    Obviously propaganda for the coal free future climate. Note the carbon-free means of travel, the ideal climate you can expect once all that “warming” CARBON© has gone.

  5. igsy permalink
    August 17, 2020 9:55 am

    Early signs of climate change. The Industrial Revolution had been going for over 100 years by the time this photo was taken.

  6. Bill Jamieson permalink
    August 17, 2020 11:38 am

    There are a number of bridges over the Gala Water on the recently reopened Borders Railway which have the flood level chiselled into the abutments along with the year of what was obviously considered to be an exceptional event. I forget the exact year but it was definitely in the 1890s.

  7. Kevin Jacklin permalink
    August 17, 2020 6:11 pm

    It floods at Hinksey (suburb of Oxford where the image is taken) every year.

  8. It doesn't add up... permalink
    August 17, 2020 9:22 pm

    I thought the caption was “Railway travel on HS2 in 2050”

  9. daveetchell permalink
    August 21, 2020 12:41 pm

    Hi Paul I have tried to re post a couple of your recent posts on face book they have been blocked . It said there had been complaints that they were avbusive???

    Sent from Mail for Windows 10

    • Paul Homewood permalink*
      August 21, 2020 2:06 pm

      It blocks me too if I click on the Facebook link. But I can copy the URL directly onto a Facebook post

    • Paul Homewood permalink*
      August 21, 2020 7:17 pm

      Strangely it all works normally now!

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