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Whoa! Now this is a WAVE! Pic taken at a harbour in Wales: (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 OP
Looks like a group of possible Darwin nominees. hobbit709 Jan 2014 #1
My thought too Sanity Claws Jan 2014 #2
Not counting the getting smashed by the waves, the water temp gives you minutes hobbit709 Jan 2014 #4
Woo L0oniX Jan 2014 #3
Holy crap! City Lights Jan 2014 #5
The coast was deviated by storms recently yeah? Nt abelenkpe Jan 2014 #6
And it's not as if they know they're safe on the other side muriel_volestrangler Jan 2014 #7
NY right now Ichingcarpenter Jan 2014 #8
hmmm - sorta reminds me of the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" . . . ConcernedCanuk Jan 2014 #11
Holy crap! HappyMe Jan 2014 #9
Heh, Eddie would go. DiverDave Jan 2014 #10
Other pictures show equally amazing waves csziggy Jan 2014 #12
Look at Lahinch, Co. Clare AngryAmish Jan 2014 #13
I hope the damage to lives and property is not too great. PA Democrat Jan 2014 #14
My mom was from Clare AngryAmish Jan 2014 #15
My family and I spent a week in County Clare in August PA Democrat Jan 2014 #17
Yeeow. progressoid Jan 2014 #18
Wow! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2014 #16

Sanity Claws

(21,822 posts)
2. My thought too
Mon Jan 6, 2014, 11:00 AM
Jan 2014

You wouldn't catch me anywhere outside near that lighthouse. Go watch the storm from inside.

csziggy

(34,119 posts)
12. Other pictures show equally amazing waves
Mon Jan 6, 2014, 01:32 PM
Jan 2014

More pictures accompanying the story:

UK faces more flooding in wave of stormy weather
By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, January 6, 11:40 AM

LONDON — Britain’s coastal residents were bracing Monday for more flooding with lashing winds, rain and high tides expected.

Waves of up to 27 feet (8.2 meters) have been recorded at Land’s End, the most southern tip of the U.K. In Aberystwyth in Wales, seafront homes, businesses and student residence halls were evacuated as high tides hit the Welsh coast.

Weather forecasting body the Met Office warned of wind gusts of up to 70 mph (113 kph), accompanied by exceptionally large waves, along the coasts of Wales, southwest England and Northern Ireland.

At least seven people have died in a wave of stormy weather that has battered Britain since December, including a man killed when his mobility scooter fell into a river in Oxford, southern England.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/uk-faces-more-flooding-in-wave-of-stormy-weather/2014/01/06/fa2d8d62-76c3-11e3-a647-a19deaf575b3_story.html
 

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)
15. My mom was from Clare
Mon Jan 6, 2014, 01:49 PM
Jan 2014

Other side, outside Kilrush. The family house was about three hundred yard up the coast road because the high tides/storm surges were so powerful. But there has been more and more building closer to the water and there is not a wall there (well, there is a wee one but I wonder if anyone got flooded out).

Lahinch is completely breathtaking.

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)
17. My family and I spent a week in County Clare in August
Mon Jan 6, 2014, 03:35 PM
Jan 2014

and were enchanted by the scenery and fell in love with the people. We drove through Kilrush on the way to the Dingle Peninsula.

I loved Lahinch and also recommend Fanore (northern part of County Clare) and Kilkee which is south of Lahinch. I hope your Irish relatives are all safe.



Kilkee, County Clare

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