Flood Page #4

- (Knock)

Oh, look at this.

It must be my lucky day. They've sent

the big boss for me to push around.

How are you, Rob? - You're

looking lovely as ever, Frank.

Right. Uh... well.

Shall we go?

Our guys don't think

it's anything major,

but with this early closure,

and seeing's how we pay you

guys so much just to sit around,

I thought I might call

on your services.

- What do you reckon?

- Could be corrosion.

- Or?

- A wear problem on the main bearings,

which will affect lift capacity.

Yeah, we thought as much.

Leave it with me. I'll run

some ultrasonic tests.

- If it turns up positive... - We wait

nine months for the parts to arrive.

(Man) Frank...

I'm at a detail on Pier 3 There's a

hydraulic problem. I need you to look at.

On my way. Sorry.

All right.

Get your paper!

There you go, darling. Thank you

very much. Storm body count rises!

Storm body count rises!

Late Standard!

I want to know we're not gonna

need any more body bags today.

Latest figures have the

storm heading east

into the North Sea, towards

the Hook of Holland.

You told me this morning.

What about Arbroath?

Sir, the storm is not behaving

within expected parameters.

(Snorts) Has the danger passed?

Yes or no?

It's difficult to say.

If the prevailing winds

were to drive the storm south,

the surge would be squeezed between

the British coastline and mainland Europe.

Now, this creates a funnelling effect

and raises sea level.

But that's just a worst-case scenario.

Most surges lose momentum before

that. They... they just peter out.

Not always, though?

No. Not always.

So? What do you think?

Nothing of immediate concern.

She's pretty tough.

- How much longer do you need?

- What's your deadline for closure?

We need you out of here

in two and a half hours.

Well, well.

In that case...

.. I'll get out of your way as

soon as possible, then, shall I?

(Sighs)

- You know I didn't mean it like that.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Well, you can manage till Frank gets back?

- Oh, yeah. Don't worry about me.

His name is Duncan. We've

been out a few times.

I don't need to explain myself to you.

- Yeah, that's right. So why are you?

- Cos you asked.

- No, I didn't.

Cos you wanted to know.

(Sighs)

- He's an architect.

- Really?

England are two-nil up!

Two-nil...

Oh, you're Canadian. Why would you care?

Two-nil.

Is it possible that this storm

could change its course?

If we did see the storm change its current

course and a severe rise in sea level,

there could be flooding

down the east coast of England.

- Damage estimate? - The last time

we saw something similar was...

The storm that hit East Anglia and

Canvey Island killed 300 people on land,

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