That's an interesting memory, Gordon. It's amazing how perspective changes things. Thanks for sharing your memory and I'm glad you were safe.
Mel -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gordon Keen Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 4:12 AM To: Just Chat; Where Anything Goes ... Almost! Subject: Re: It's really quiet Hi The East coast took some flood damage due to a combination of storm force wind and exceptional high tides in the North sea, two people died as far as we know but in most places the sea and flood defences stood up well. In London the Thames barrier kicked in so the members of parliament kept their feet dry. Here on the West coast we had some rain and a stiff breeze but that was about it. The surge tide in the North sea was the highest recorded, I remember in 1953 when we had a similar event hundreds of people were killed and thousands made homeless and during the Queen's coronation our street party had several orphans of that storm who all the grown ups made a huge fuss of naturally. However Britain had not so long ago been at war and sudden loss of life was no stranger, my friends and I used to play on the bomb sites in the streets where houses had stood before the blitz and so we just got on with things. No one thought of compensation claims then. Regards G >From Bridgerule in glorious Devon, England. On 8 Dec 2013, at 00:14, Melissa Wobschall <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a note to say hello. I hope all are well. I heard there were > some bad storms in the U.K. this past week. Is everyone there OK? > > Mel ======================================== The Just-chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/just-chat> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the just-chat group at either of the following: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/just-chat/index.html> or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> You may subscribe with your RSS reader at the following URL: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> --------------------------------------- ======================================== The Just-chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/just-chat> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the just-chat group at either of the following: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/just-chat/index.html> or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> You may subscribe with your RSS reader at the following URL: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
