Flood
- Year:
- 2007
- 110 min
- 707 Views
Malcom? Have you got the
latest tidal readings from Wick?
Lost the signal from the
monitoring station.
What was the last reading
before we lost the signal?
What? That's got to be a mistake.
(Woman on TV) Despite attempts to limit
loss of life and property damage...
the residents of Maine
on the east coast face
the grim task of cleaning
up a shattered state.
- The storm unleashed...
- (Woman) It's a few more days.
And your dad's really been
looking forward to having you over.
Yes, he has!
I am not patronising you.
- (Dialling tone)
- Mel? Mel?
She hung up on me.
- Please tell me I was never like that.
- (Chuckles)
- More tea?
- Please. Preferably with a sedative.
(Gran) How about with a biscuit instead?
There's water pouring through the door.
(Creaking)
Mum!
Mum!
Oh!
Oh, no!
Open!
Oh!
Open!
Open!
Your sister's going to kill me.
I promised her you'd be on time.
You need to review this. Pressure's
continuing to drop in the North Sea.
Press offices are pushing for further
updates. We're inundated with requests.
- I need to run the shipping forecast
by you. - OK. OK. Quiet, everyone!
This storm we've been tracking for the
last few days, I need everything on it.
Where it's headed, how fast.
Get me the latest atmospheric
pressure reports for the Northeast.
Everything you've got
from the British Oceanic Data Centre.
In 40 minutes, I'm briefing
(Woman) The Thames Barrier
became operational in 1983
and is the largest fixed tidal
defence system in the world.
It has ten moveable gates stretching
and is capable of holding back
billions of gallons of water
that would otherwise
flood London.
- The Barrier is what...
- Lets you sleep safely at night.
Good morning.
(Computer voice) Samantha Morrison
(Woman) You're clear.
Miss Morrison, these came for you.
Ha. Thank you.
- (Samantha) Good morning, Frank.
- Boss.
See the news?
If you're referring to football,
I don't want to talk about it.
I'm not.
This will be what you're
interested in, then.
Figures for the tidal gauges
at Moray and Aberdeen.
Things aren't looking too clever
with this storm in Scotland.
Ten hours to high tide.
Recalculate the tide's expected height
when it reaches London Bridge.
- I'll activate the protocol for a
high tide closure. - No problem.
(Woman on TV) The rescue
operation continues in Wick.
Despite hazardous conditions
air rescue support is being called in
but those in need of rescue
far outnumber available resources
leaving many stranded on rooftops
The figures from Wick show the current
death toll at 21. Another 15 are missing.
We can expect those
numbers to rise.
We're still waiting for reports
The Prime Minister is calling in
from Australia in ten minutes.
- So I need to know why
we had no warning. - Sir.
Isn't this the storm that hit
the east coast of the US?
Sir, forecasting is not
an exact science.
Haven't you been tracking it for five
days? - The storm is constantly changing.
- You have models.
- With respect, sir...
moving this fast, there's
no means of predicting
exactly what it will do.
By the time we have new data,
it's already out of date.
- Well, based on the available data...
back into the North Sea.
- So, the worst of it's over?
- I believe so.
Though actually you can't predict what
this storm is going to do at all. Can you?
I'm confident about this, sir.
Deploy full emergency services
within a 50-mile radius of Wick
and use all available resources to
check the sea defences below Wick.
Already under way.
Best try do everything we can, and
hope this time you might be right.
(Phone rings)
Kate?
Hi, Dad. Just calling
to remind you
it's your granddaughter's
christening at ten o'clock.
- I haven't forgotten.
- Please don't be late.
And, uh... Dad, just so you know...
Rob's coming.
- I see. - I didn't think he'd
be able to make it but...
(Baby cries)
Yes. It's been a long time.
Are you sure this is a good idea?
Yes. I do.
But does Rob know I'll be there?
Dad, I want you there
and your granddaughter wants you
there. It's a big day for her, you know.
So no excuses, please.
- Ten o'clock, then.
- Don't be late.
(Reporters) Deputy Prime Minister!
Good morning.
Good morning, Reverend.
How you holding up?
Well, we're used to turbulent
weather here in Scotland.
But this... this was something else.
We... we just were not prepared.
And why weren't
we given any warning?
Sir, do you have any idea of the
fatalities we've experienced today?
Sir?
No. No, I haven't.
(Reporter) Do you have
any advice for us?
What's your name?
What's her name?
- Her name is Kirstie. - Kirstie?
That's a... very pretty name.
A very pretty name.
Why wasn't I informed
about Arbroath?
Set up a meeting with Hopkins
from the Met Office
and Fuller from the
Environment Agency.
They better damn well have
an explanation!
- (Woman) Hey, Kate. - Look,
you'll have all the help you need.
- Just in time.
- I've gotta go. Bye.
- Minute to spare.
- You didn't have to come back for this.
- What kind of uncle do you take me for?
- Thank you.
(Church bell)
- Waiting on someone?
- It's probably just as well.
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