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What's only likely to happen once every 30 ish years?
Hope you're warm and tuck tin

The combination of the exceptionally high tide with winds strong enough to breach the sea wall.

I'm lead to believe fairly predictable. I could be wrong.

Tucked up great thanks, just finished watching a film in front of our open log burner under a thick duvet, now I'm listening to the strangely soothing sound of the wind and rain hitting the windows.

Not sure I'd be so calmed by it all should I have to be up later for work!!

Only pleased you are not in a caravan as you would know about it sooner rather than later.
Breaching sea walls is one thing, how about the ferry terminals ? They too get flooded and is more frequent than you might think.

It's been a long time since I've been to one of Wirral's ferry terminals but I do recall pictures of them being flooded. I guess reason being they need to be a little lower than the sea wall?

I think anyone around the Wirral's coast can be fairly happy that they won't be seeing scenes from a few weeks ago, if my boffin of a friend knows his stuff, which i think he does.

No caravans here, thank God! Although there is one in the field next door, a couple in fact; static and small pull along. Both still standing in place atm, hope they stay that way as my bedroom is on the end of the house and I'd know about it first,

The first one is quoted as AOD, which stands for Above Ordnance Datum. Ordnance Datum is the mean sea level roughly half way between the average low and high tide. I assume the tide times site gives the actual depth of water at a specific point on the dock.

Either way, it's going to be a biggun!

Thanks you for explaining Cobby.


Live update to follow :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25580722

The wind is in a different direction to the last one, so although we'll see some big waves hit the sea wall, I don't think we'll see damage like last time.

Keep an eye on the webcam:

http://www.wirralcam.org/newbrighton.shtml

Storm just been downgraded across the country apparently (bbc news 24). Looking across the marsh in Neston and its sunny , large patches of blue sky ,and not much wind -----so far and what there is is Southeasterly! The wind needs to be strong Northwesterly to bring even a 10.2 tide high up the Parkgate sea wall .Hopefully the high tide will be done before any severe storm kicks in . Cant imagine what it must feel like to be flooded out even once, never mind a second time. Fingers crossed for all living close to the waterline.

Looking on the New Brighton Webcam its just starting to go onto the fort car park.

Just been to morrisons, and waves are high

I have been trying to look at New Brighton on Wirral Webcams but I am unable to get any pictures!

I think everybody is doing the same, the site is struggling.

Definitely less than last time.
Currently Marine Lake is filling and Fort car park
is flooded but not very deep. Less going into the Fort
and nothing into Morrisons as far as I can see.

Thanks Tedmus I never thought of that. I will keep trying.

Do they have a live feed of coast from moreton to derby pool so you can watch the waves .