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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 14h

I want to hear it from all sorts of media now. I want lessons from the countries that had near misses with fascists, and the people who made peace treaties work. We know what happens when it gets out of control. How do we *stop* it?

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 16h

See also Bustimes.org

Bus Times

Bustimes.org

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 16h

Do, it's fantastic. I couldn't manage it all in one go, too emotional. Rammed full of memories.

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 18h

The word, the fog-laden bustling streets of words, ringing with the cries of market sellers and ... well I'm no Dickens 😆

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 18h

Wasn't Dickens mostly published this way too? All those cliffhanger chapter endings.

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 18h

I wish they'd shift immigration into a different department. Imagine what a different attitude would be brought by a ministry primarily concerned with Business, Education or Culture. Suddenly the story would be all about the benefits of immigration and how to make visa smoother.

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National Oceanography Centre @noc.ac.uk · 19h

🔔 Deadline extension! 🔔

UK primary school teachers, we'd love to hear from you.

Your response will help us understand the current 'sea'scape, so that we can transform who becomes a marine scientist within a generation! 🌊 🌈 📚

⏳Plus, it's a quick survey! Spread the word - survey closes 21 Oct.

National Oceanography Centre @noc.ac.uk · 14d

We want to hear from primary school teachers in the UK!

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Crowd of seven primary-aged children huddle around a microscope, led by an early-career female marine researcher, on board laboratory on research ship RRS Discovery.

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 1d

Were they ever painted? The oak would have been whiter before 4 centuries of dust and lamp smoke.

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 1d

Tolkien trying to remember how he was planning on getting frodo and sam back from mount Doom.

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 1d

Fumes in wgi!

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 1d

's funny how you remember people you met once at these classes though. Somewhere out there is a kid with a Christmas birthday, whose horticultural mum was primarily concerned about her timing being too close to sprout season!

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 1d

It's probably bad form for accompanying partners to stay behind for wine after antenatal classes whilst birthing partners glare at the logo of the crossed out bulging woman on the bottle.

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 1d

As usual, I focus on "still" water level, which averages out the effect of waves. It's the level you might get inside a really sheltered harbour.
On an exposed coast, you'll also get waves on top of that, reaching higher and further inshore due to the raised baseline.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pictures show effect of Storm Amy at Norfolk and Suffolk coast

The Environment Agency says flooding to businesses and homes is likely in some areas.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 1d

And a summary of the storm surges we saw last year can be found in www.rmets.org/metmatters/s...

State of the UK Climate 2024

Extreme weather events are now expected each year as a regular feature of our climate, bringing real impacts to communities across the country.

www.rmets.org

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 1d

You can see these plots and other tide gauge locations at NTSLF.org , or if you want quality controlled data for analysis it can be downloaded from BODC.ac.uk .

National Tidal and Sea Level Facility | National Tidal and Sea Level Facility

NTSLF.org

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 1d

We need to do some validation of the data (comparing adjacent instruments, looking for recording errors etc) before we can confirm this, but the total at Lowestoft was within a few cm of the highest level recorded in 2024.

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 1d

At Lowestoft, #Amy brought the surge a little later, on the 4th and 5th of October. Still a skew surge of just over 1 metre. But there's less difference between neap and spring tides, so the levels were much higher than the usual range expected before weather effects.

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Tide gauge data at Lowestoft, showing a predicted (without weather) tide ranging from 1-2m to 0.5 - 2.5m. But observations rose to about 3.5m twice, on the 4th and 5th of October.

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 1d

At Liverpool, #Amy raised the high tide, with a skew surge of around 1 metre on 3rd October 2025. But Liverpool in October has a huge range between neap and spring, so despite the calm weather today the tides were even higher! So the total won't be unusual there.
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A week of predicted (without weather) and observed tide gauge data at Liverpool, with a tidal range of 4-7m on the 1st October and about 2-10m on the 6th October 2025.

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 1d

Now Storm #Amy has passed, let's take a look at how big the storm surge was, and how much the low pressure and wind raised the high tides.
This is based on unchecked observations at the moment, the QC step happens monthly, but we can get a sneak preview.

Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 5d

Storm #Amy is expected to bring storm surges to the south east on the night of Oct 4th-5th, raising the high tide by around 1 metre. Fortunately it is not spring tides yet, but in areas with a smaller tidal range we can expect high total levels.
ntslf.org/files/ntslf_...

Ensemble of surge forecasts for Oct 2nd - 8th 2025. Storm surge starting north west England and Scotland on the 4th, then going down the east coast. This is surge residual so the peak (nearly 2m) will not coincide with the highest tide. Small triangles indicate the time of high tide at each site. Spring tides are a couple of days after full moon, which is not till the 7th.

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EGU Ocean Sciences @egu-os.bsky.social · 5d

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 2d

Bottom middle is very 1970s Doctor Who.

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 2d

Probably better than whatever they've buried behind 49 words of clickbait

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 2d

How apt! (Fwiw I have sympathy with overzealous auto modding, getting this right is Difficult.)

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 2d

Coates i don't know what racey doc you've posted but the automod service has decided it's too adult content for my delicate unverified sensibilities!

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 3d

My dad has turned up this photo from a visit "many years ago" to the Forth Bridge. I think it's taken from what he calls the howff, just below track level, used by the maintenance workers.

I guess when you're engaged in a proverbially endless task, you need a wee cup of tea once in a while.

Black and white photo showing a kettle on the sill of a very dirty window. Immediately outside the window is the very recognisable steelwork of the Forth Bridge.

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