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Originally Posted by Paul
All the sea defences Ive seen on the east coast are more than 35 cm high.
Still, I'm sure its not that hard to build an 18 inch wall (10cm to spare).  |
The problem with sea/flood defences is that water has a habit of going round the sides, its sneaky like that. Plus there's the little problem of tides, waves, and the increasing regularity of storms. An 18 inch wall even if it could cover the 11,073 miles of UK coastline, might not be much help.