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Time and Tide wait for no man
« on: Mar 11th, 2008, 2:57pm » |
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Jersey and the Mainland Uk have been suffering a tiddly bit from gusting winds. A couple of photos to share.
Two more tides and we should be ok and no more damage expected
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Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
« Reply #1 on: Mar 11th, 2008, 3:33pm » |
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Mother Nature is a vindictive biotch. Man, that is some force. Easy to be lulled into false security when playing in the waves.
Wow!
Glad it's almost over!
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Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
« Reply #2 on: Mar 11th, 2008, 4:13pm » |
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Wow.....that looks violent! And a big mess too.... 
Agree with kayarr....Mother Nature is mean when she gets pissed.....
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Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
« Reply #3 on: Mar 11th, 2008, 5:00pm » |
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Wow ! Wouldnt have thought the waves had that much force !
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Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
« Reply #4 on: Mar 11th, 2008, 5:39pm » |
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on Mar 11th, 2008, 5:00pm, Annette wrote:
Wow ! Wouldnt have thought the waves had that much force !
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Moving water is incredibly powerful. Think how much weight and inertia a gallon jug of water has when it's lifted or thrown--then multiply that by hundreds, thousands, or millions.
I'm not a mariner, but I've spent a pretty fair amount of time wearing waders and floundering around in rivers of varying size. A person quickly learns to respect how powerful that force you lean against really is. Although it appears to be evanescent, it can fling you down and away as if you were only a doll.
It's one of the first things I try to get across to kids when I'm teaching them to flyfish--so many of them have little experience with unforgiving natural forces. It raises the hair on my neck. The world's not a video game--the real world can reach out and kill you if you don't know what you're doing.
Great photographs, MM. I'm glad to hear that it's subsiding.
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Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
« Reply #5 on: Mar 11th, 2008, 9:50pm » |
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Great pictures.....
A tad on the soggy side. 
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Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
« Reply #6 on: Mar 12th, 2008, 5:06am » |
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 Better get ready to see much more of this, Global warming is real and within 25 years many popular coastal towns will be dealing with 3 to 5 feet of intruding water daily. Head for the High Ground.
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(PS-Did I mention that Liz worked for NOAA and I have seen the data!)
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Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
« Reply #7 on: Mar 12th, 2008, 6:16am » |
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Powerful pictures... Mother Nature is powerful force indeed. That pic with those waves... it's quite scary actually.
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Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
« Reply #8 on: Mar 12th, 2008, 7:51am » |
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 , i lived on alderny for a year in 1972, one of the smaller channel islands and a great place to see 'weather'. the power of the sea never ceases to amaze. stay safe, andrew.
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Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
« Reply #9 on: Mar 12th, 2008, 1:46pm » |
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Great pics, were getting owned here too but without the water lol winds of 85mph lots of falling trees lorries going over and i think every house on our street has lost some fencing lol looks like a bit of a war zone !
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Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
« Reply #10 on: Mar 12th, 2008, 2:18pm » |
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Same here, branches down everywhere and I have no garden fence left either! Thankfully that was it. No roof tiles or anything. Some friends of mine lost their entire roof when a few tiles came off and the wind got underneath and lifted the rest. Another friends car is a write off. It's going to be an expensive time for a few people. I'll bet the price of fence panels goes through the bloody roof too! 
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Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
« Reply #11 on: Mar 12th, 2008, 3:20pm » |
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Crap, some of those boulders are as big as cars! 
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Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
« Reply #12 on: Mar 13th, 2008, 5:35pm » |
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Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
« Reply #13 on: Mar 13th, 2008, 5:42pm » |
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That's scary!
We're not getting it too bad here. The wind is pretty bad - keeping us up during the night - and the rain has been incessant since Sunday night.
Nice pics MummyMac.
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