Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 2:04 am Post subject: Windy weather, Floods, Jaywick....oooeeerr..
Over the last 24 hours, we all have been bashed, crashed and soaked by the weather.
Friday night it was horrific, yesterday at our Tower, it was a struggle just to get out the car door in the wind.
Then we have all the various regions on flood alerts....oooeeerrr.
About a week ago, i was given an old but still good, landrover discovery 4X4 Diesel...
I wonder how much it is to fit the high level "snorkel" air intake that sits as high as the roof ?
You can drive them old diesels almost underwater, with water flowing over the bonnet then..
As i looked over the sea wall in jaywick today at high tide, i saw wild waves bashing over our new sea placed rock armour, and snarling at our new placed beach.
We are coastal,
It will happen.
Then i started to think about other coastal areas that have had problems in the past.
I looked on wikkipedia for results:-
". Lying below sea level it is prone to flooding at exceptional tides,"
When i read about Canvey being below sea level, it worried me, it worried me for many reasons, the shear amount of housebuilding going on in the past, and its locale with petrochemical plants.
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I`ll have to give that drive a go one day amenity, on high tide.
As i`m still a newby to all things coastal, it never ceases to amaze me of the seas hight at spring high tides with low air pressue.
Looking over the sea wall with binocculors out to the curverture between us and Kent, you can see how high the waves are at that point.
You can understand why our seafaring ancestors belived the world ended at that point.
If you are lucky enough to be driving (or walking) up Low Road towards Harwich when a large container ship is leaving Felixstowe port, an optical illusion can be seen, the ship appears to be riding on the top of the sea wall.
This is only apparent when you are placed further back than the boating pond.
I'll make a specific note of the position next time and post.
when i was just a tourist, i always knew when in "was" in clacton as i drove down that road towards the big sea.
now i know a bit more about our area, your comment of,
" what on earth is keeping all that water up there."
brings on a new meaning as you look at a zone 3 flood risk area, as you drive towards it.
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Funny enough, theres a place in Fronks Road Dovercourt where you get that impression Vicar, makes you wonder how scientists used to believe the world is flat.
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