North Sea storm surge Nov 2007
The east coast of England was last week on flood alert as a low pressure system and north westerly winds caused a storm surge which raised the sea 2.5 metres above normal high water levels. Widespread flooding was predicted by boogly-eyed journalists, but the results were spectacular rather than catastrophic. The east coast erodes heavily all year round (in 1687, the entire village of Runswick Bay slid into the sea - bar one lucky house, which suddenly acquired a seaview), and in low lying areas the government may be preparing to let the sea have its way rather than spend billions on sea defences. That King Cnut knew his stuff.
At Whitby in North Yorkshire, everyone had a ball watching the waves crash over the piers. Another pic here.
November 14, 2007 at 5:03 pm
[...] Last storm surge post and pic here. [...]
November 23, 2007 at 2:38 pm
[...] of when they went through those pier ends? More pics of the North Sea at its worse here and here. If the reports are correct, that is something like what they motored [...]
November 25, 2007 at 5:07 pm
[...] a big northerly is blowing right in - this is not the day of the sinking, it is the storm surge (here) three weeks before, West Pier training wall to the left, pier extension to the right. According to [...]
March 21, 2008 at 11:06 am
[...] according to the Whitby Gazette, that powerful sheet. Rough weather in the North Sea is of great interest to Lunartalks readers, up there with General Musharraf’s wig and hairy breasts (which [...]