Haha, now that would make the headlines! 'Hearts of croak are our ships' etc... I do NOT envy your friends, at sea in this weather. There was a particularly violent squall with very heavy rain late this morning; my friend in the Midlands seemed to receive it early afternoon - they lost three fence panels. Don't know if the high tide overtopped any defences round Wirral - hope not. Flooding is certainly a problem elsewhere in the country, Yorkshire in particular.
Looks like certain areas have been badly hit. We here, do escape a lot of the vile weather conditions and feel very lucky.
This is an interesting map. I can go all around the world in my front room.
https://earth.nullschool.net/Forgot to say, if you click on any given point it gives wind speeds in MPH , left hand corner