Storms on 14-15 December

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Fingal
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Storms on 14-15 December

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According to the BBC news there was a bit of a blow on Friday night, harbour walls on the east coast damaged etc.
See here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-n ... d-20746956
I'm surprised there hasn't been any comment on here so far.
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Re: Storms on 14-15 December

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Perhaps we are just a bunch of self interested lushes. When the season is over, who cares about the weather?
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Re: Storms on 14-15 December

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I can't say I noticed much but reports from the north are of very high tides and big onshore seas. If it happened darn sarf I expect a national emergency would have been declared.

Meanwhile the Queensferry RNLI have continued their humanitarian work. When not rescuing OAPs from flat calms they are saving lives.
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Re: Storms on 14-15 December

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The 'severe' storms were on the east coast.



It can only have improved the place.....
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Re: Storms on 14-15 December

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A severe storm completely devastated Fleetwood in February 1947.
It caused 8/- worth of damage.
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