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STORM OF CENTURY: Britain to be smashed by hurricane-force wind and SIX-STOREY waves
express.co.uk ^ | December 9, 2014 | express.co.uk

Posted on 12/09/2014 11:54:01 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

The deepest and most powerful low pressure system for A CENTURY is currently hurtling towards the west coast where mammoth 50-ft waves threaten mayhem.

While waves the height of six-storey buildings are believed to be forming in the North Atlantic, according to the BBC.

These terrifying images show a gigantic sea swell on a direct collision course with Britain with landfall expected to hit tonight and through tomorrow.

(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Germany; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: britain; storm; uk; unitedkingdom
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To: Charles Martel

41 posted on 12/09/2014 12:35:03 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Maybe the former Archbishop of Canterbury and Druid Priest, Rowan Williams, can summon the magicks of his Druid ancestors, or some other crap, to “thwart the onslaught”.


42 posted on 12/09/2014 12:35:36 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: steve86

The tipoff: “the most brutal attack since last winter”.

I think they’ll survive.


43 posted on 12/09/2014 12:35:43 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Meanwhile, somewhere on the other side of the pond...


44 posted on 12/09/2014 12:37:15 PM PST by Hatteras
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To: nascarnation

Yup. That’s the message.

Deniers must be vanquished! The money has to come!


45 posted on 12/09/2014 12:38:41 PM PST by Regulator
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Paging Superman...


46 posted on 12/09/2014 12:38:59 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: dfwgator

Maybe not but it can turn upside down

:)


47 posted on 12/09/2014 12:42:12 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I found this little snippet interesting:

“The eye of the system, which will pass over the north of Britain on Wednesday, has a pressure of 952mb and will rival the historic storm of 1987 which was driven by a low of 951mb.”

That’s nothing I’d laugh at, personally; the Great Storm of 1987 did quite a bit of damage and killed 22 people in England and France.....it was pretty serious. Apparently, it was an extratropical cyclone with hurricane-force winds.

You can read more about the 1987 storm here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Storm_of_1987#United_Kingdom

Interesting reading for natural disaster buffs.


48 posted on 12/09/2014 12:45:50 PM PST by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad; Berlin_Freeper
Seems that this could be a problem for the North Sea oil fields.

Anyone have any idea how they fared last winter’s storm.

49 posted on 12/09/2014 12:52:45 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
"Replacing the building would close the business for months.
50 posted on 12/09/2014 12:57:45 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Pontiac

I am assuming the white cliffs of Dover are only 4o feet high?


51 posted on 12/09/2014 12:58:50 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (You can't spell liberal without label.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
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52 posted on 12/09/2014 1:00:55 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: EQAndyBuzz

I believe that Dover is on the East Coast of Britain while this storm will strike the West coast.


53 posted on 12/09/2014 1:08:06 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
stunning palette of colour
54 posted on 12/09/2014 1:10:16 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

Whilst in Scotland that weekend, nothing.

I remember going to a major soccer match in replica soccer shirt and jeans. It was sultry warm.


55 posted on 12/09/2014 1:11:40 PM PST by the scotsman
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To: henkster

That just goes to show you that we have actually been on a 100s of years long cooling trend. Exactly what you would expect at the tail end of an interglacial period. The El Ninos of the late 1900’s were just noise during the fall. Nature’s head fake if you will.


56 posted on 12/09/2014 1:12:00 PM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: null and void; GeronL

Brace yourselves, sharknado is coming!


57 posted on 12/09/2014 2:06:17 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: bramps
Look out for Linoge.

Just give him what he wants; he'll go away.
58 posted on 12/09/2014 2:09:07 PM PST by FroedrickVonFreepenstein
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To: Berlin_Freeper; Slings and Arrows; GeronL; null and void

Storm of the century??

It’s not on this guy’s radar yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U9xbkcEgcE


59 posted on 12/09/2014 2:11:41 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: Hatteras
Meanwhile, somewhere on the other side of the pond...

Of course, the "Butterfat Effect". ;-D

60 posted on 12/09/2014 2:12:05 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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