Thoughts of the day every day in 2014

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A severe storm with conditions described as "horrendous" has battered Guernsey's east coast overnight.

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BBC News



UK storms: Dawlish railway line 'like theme park ride'

The railway line at Dawlish in Devon has been left hanging in mid-air after severe storms ripped away supporting ballast.

Repairs to the track, which links Devon and Cornwall to the rest of the country, have been halted because of safety concerns.

Link to Video:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26044428

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Ireland last night



I have been planning to move - think I will relocate to halfway up a mountain

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Brittany was seriously hit again. Here it is windy, but not so much.

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6 January



Heavy rain again this afternoon and full-blown gales returning on Saturday - the west of England is going to sink beneath the floods and the waves

How is Brittany - is it still there

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Below is the link to some truly wonderful photos - many of them taken around Britain:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35972709@N03/

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Going Going and after tonight it will probably be GONE

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This would deter me from eating out

UK floods: Giant wave crashes over Cornwall restaurant

Amateur footage has captured the moment a giant wave crashed over the Schooners Restaurant in St Agnes, Cornwall.

The wave struck the restaurant and beach huts at Trevaunance Cove on Wednesday morning.

Link to Video:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26062343

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7 February

Watch this morning's video - one journey I would not wish to make

UK storms: Aerial pictures of train travelling through floods

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26084245

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Storm Charlie to wreak havoc: 100mph gusts to cause mayhem this weekend



VIOLENT storms are set to leave a trail of destruction this weekend with torrential rain and ferocious gales bringing more misery.

Storm Charlie’s hurricane-force gusts of more than 100mph were due to sweep in from the Atlantic on Friday night.

Forecasters have warned the downpours will lash swathes of the South, already crippled by devastating floods.

The bleak news comes as experts urged people to take extra care to ensure they stay safe during the deadly weather conditions.



Charlie is expected to pack a punch on a par with the Great Storm of 1987 which caused fallen trees and damaged buildings.

The main thrust of the storm is set to hit today as the centre of its deep low pressure system sweeps across the country.

And there will be no let up in the volatile conditions. After the squalls settle down tomorrow, further Atlantic lows are likely to roar in next week.

The Met Office issued Level 2 amber severe weather warnings until Sunday.

People have been told to expect travel mayhem, power cuts and damage to trees and buildings.

Met Office spokeswoman Laura Young said warnings had been extended because of the “significant impact” expected by the storm.

She said although things will calm down later tomorrow, another deep Atlantic low pressure system is following closely behind Charlie.

She said: “There is a risk that defences which have not already been flooded could be, with rainfall totals looking very high in areas already affected.

“It is looking unsettled over next week, but there is the potential for it to get better towards the end of the month.”



The Environment Agency has issued two severe flood warnings for the next few days indicating a “danger to life” particularly across Somerset.

There are also 160 flood warnings and 300 flood alerts across the UK as river levels surge and rain falls on saturated ground.

An Environment Agency spokesman said: “There is a high risk on the Somerset Levels. River flooding in this area is expected to be exacerbated by further rainfall.”

Jonathan Powell, forecaster for Vantage Weather Services, said: “This weekend has all the ingredients for a significant storm with the South most at risk. We could comfortably breach 100mph winds in some parts, this is shaping up to be a very serious event.”



This weekend’s storm has been named Charlie by The Weather Channel, after author Charles Dickens, born on February 7, 1812.

Forecaster Leon Brown said that in an added twist heavy rain will turn to snow with four inches likely in the North and on higher ground in Wales.

He said: “There will be more severe weather next week, a band of rain moving East early on Tuesday will bring snow.”

Official figures reveal England and Wales has had the rainiest December to January since 1876-77 and the second wettest since 1766.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/45 ... is-weekend

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I think that I am developing webbed feet

The ground has been saturated for about 2 months - for weeks now the water has just sat on the top of the fields because it cannot soak in - and in some areas everything for miles around is under several feet of water

I suppose people are starting to realise what this is going to mean - a sharp rise in food prices

Farmers are sharing their feed - people with lorries are donating them to transport donated feed - everyone is helping where they can

Unfortunately - some Londoners are going to the flooded areas to break into the empty properties and steal We know it is not locals because in the farming communities everyone knows each other - some of the looters are NOT ENGLISH

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8 February

Thunder - hail - gales - rain - flooding

Perhaps I will not retire to the coast - when it is time for me to retire there might not be any coast left to retire to

Gales are continuing across southern parts of the UK, with coastal areas facing west bearing the brunt of the strongest winds.

Forecasters said gusts reached 80mph along the coasts of Cornwall, the Bristol Channel and west Wales.

Coastguards in Devon said they were expecting "phenomenal" waves offshore, possibly reaching 45ft (14m) in height.

Western areas of the UK were also seeing the wettest weather, with heavy and at times persistent rain.

The BBC Weather Centre said high seas and big waves would continue throughout Saturday in many southern and western coastal areas.

But it said the tides were not as high as their spring tide peak last weekend.

The Ministry of Defence has put 1,500 personnel on notice to help with the aftermath of flooding in southern England if needed.

Late on Saturday morning, about 120 homes in the Bournemouth and Petersfield areas were without electricity.

More than 300 homes in Cornwall also had no power.

In Dawlish, where the key railway line between Devon and Cornwall has been destroyed by waves, concrete has been sprayed onto the cliff behind the track.

The aim is to make the area safer in the face of continuing high winds and large waves.

The Environment Agency says there is a significant risk of further flooding on Saturday throughout Devon and Cornwall.

This is NON-STOP and there is flooding in many inland areas across almost the entire country - if this keeps up much longer Britain will sink beneath the waves

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Google Earth Tours of Kurdistan Oil Field

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The problems are mounting up in the southern half of England:

Not only are falling trees and other items such as fencing falling onto railways lines beneath them - the embankments are becoming unstable and starting to give way - and there have been several landslips such as the one in the photo



NOW people are starting to become infected through the contaminated flood water - one boy has died and several people have become ill with vomiting and diarrhoea

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9 February

I strongly suggest you read

'The Enemy of My Enemy Turns Out to Be My Enemy'
An Extremely Written Article By DAVID ROMANO

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