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(Message started by: mummymac on Mar 11^th, 2008, 2:57pm)

Title: Time and Tide wait for no man
Post by mummymac on Mar 11^th, 2008, 2:57pm

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

Before

http://www.promarketer.co.uk/PICT0010.JPG

After

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/mummymac1/Jersey/DSC_5250-3.jpg?t=1205260815

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/mummymac1/Jersey/DSC_5250-4.jpg?t=1205261118

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/mummymac1/Jersey/Image015.jpg?t=1205261178

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/mummymac1/Jersey/Image025.jpg?t=1205261238

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/mummymac1/Jersey/DSC_5250-6-1.jpg?t=1205261287

Title: Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
Post by kayarr on Mar 11^th, 2008, 3:33pm

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!

Title: Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
Post by Jackie on Mar 11^th, 2008, 4:13pm

Wow.....that looks violent! And a big mess too.... :(

Agree with kayarr....Mother Nature is mean when she gets pissed.....

Title: Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
Post by Annette on Mar 11^th, 2008, 5:00pm

Wow ! Wouldnt have thought the waves had that much force !

Title: Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
Post by George_J on Mar 11^th, 2008, 5:39pm

on 03/11/08 at 17:00:39, Annette wrote:

Wow ! Wouldnt have thought the waves had that much force !

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.

Best wishes,

George

Title: Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
Post by Charlie on Mar 11^th, 2008, 9:50pm

Great pictures.....

A tad on the soggy side. 8)

Charlie

Title: Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
Post by sailpappy on Mar 12^th, 2008, 5:06am

;;D ;;D 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.
John
(PS-Did I mention that Liz worked for NOAA and I have seen the data!)
http://usasearch.gov/search?affiliate=noaa.gov&v%3Aproject=firstgov&query=globalwarming

Title: Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
Post by sandie99 on Mar 12^th, 2008, 6:16am

Powerful pictures... Mother Nature is powerful force indeed. That pic with those waves... it's quite scary actually.

Sanna

Title: Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
Post by andrewjb on Mar 12^th, 2008, 7:51am

:), 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.

Title: Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
Post by aloneuk on Mar 12^th, 2008, 1:46pm

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 !

Title: Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
Post by LeLimey on Mar 12^th, 2008, 2:18pm

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! ::)

Title: Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
Post by Guiseppi on Mar 12^th, 2008, 3:20pm

Crap, some of those boulders are as big as cars! :o

Guiseppi

Title: Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
Post by Jonny on Mar 13^th, 2008, 5:35pm

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=238_1205345799

Title: Re: Time and Tide wait for no man
Post by Emily on Mar 13^th, 2008, 5:42pm

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.