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Tell a lie, my in laws live on the Norfolk broads and suffer pretty badly from flooding.
Sometimes the odd whirlwind.

The worst are the channel and North Sea storms. They're like a sea state 9.
Aug 24 2016 02:07 AM

SPECTRE

Was in a commandeered ferry coming back from an ex.
Pretty rough storm.
Was standing in the middle of the deck and was thrown sideways to the port side, up 4 feet and astern 3 feet. Landed on my arse.

Private muppet still had his helmet on, was thrown from one side to the other and into a bulkhead. Helmet was a write off but he was OK.

Saw the same swell smash into, our destroyer escorts T42, a T45, was at least 2/3rds out the window water.
A t23 rolled a...
Aug 24 2016 02:24 AM

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... About 60 degrees and a patrol vessel was thrown up and almost out of the water.

Never understood the navy types.
Aug 24 2016 02:25 AM