Talk:Winter flooding of 2013–14 on the Somerset Levels

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A fact from Winter flooding of 2013–14 on the Somerset Levels appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 March 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that pumps (pictured) were brought from the Netherlands to help remove flood water during the winter flooding of 2013–14 on the Somerset Levels in South West England?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2014/March.

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O.D.?

"The Levels are a low lying area around 10 to 12 feet (3 to 4 m) O.D. which have been prone to flooding from fresh water and occasional salt water inundations."

"O.D."? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 154.5.155.44 (talk) 00:05, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It stands for Ordnance Datum. I will put in full on the article.— Rod ^talk 08:02, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't it be AOD - Above Ordnance Datum - or more commonly, "above sea level"? Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:45, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Could be - on Somerset Levels#Geography it says "mean sea level" as the tidal range in the Severn Estuary/Bristol Channel is so large that "sea level" varies considerably.— Rod ^talk 13:20, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"10 to 12 feet above O.D.", would be OK, but I think "10 to 12 feet O.D." is meaningless. Ghmyrtle (talk) 14:21, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Update on management since 2014 floods

There's a good BBC News article which could provide a number of updates to this article.

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Including the new Somerset Rivers Authority. Argovian (talk) 11:45, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]