Friday, November 09, 2007

The almost floods

It's like living in Holland. Well, in some ways but not in so many others. The whole 'living below sea level' thing is a distinct similarity.
This can get slightly awkward when the perfect storm of tides/winds/heavy rain/swell etc threaten the fragile coast.
Luckily the threatened catastrophe was avoided this morning as the winds weren't quite as bad, the tides not quite as high, the rain eased a bit and the swell was, well, just different.
Fortunately the coast was saved the worst effects.

And us?
We live 30 miles away on a hill.
Phew.

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5 comments:

  1. Maestra4:16 am

    nice pic!

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  2. Mondale8:32 am

    stolen from the local paper!

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  3. Wisdom Weasel12:49 am

    I've seen Cromer like that before: granddad used to make us take day trips in January as everything was cheaper off-season. We'd always go on Saturday afternoons for the half price batteries at Bennett's Discount as "its easier to park in Cromer than in St Andrews, and its free".

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  4. Anonymous4:52 pm

    Eee lad that's nuffink. When I were a lad in Lincolnshire in 1953 we 'ad a REAL flood with waves 30 foot 'igh. Me dad were part of the folk that went to t'coast for weeks to 'elp clear up t'mess.

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  5. Mondale6:42 pm

    I am restrained by an outstanding legal action from writing anything about Lincolnshire.

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