As you may or may not be aware, the Southern UK has been getting hammered by storms the last few days.
Guess where I live?
On Saturday morning I decided to wander down to the Common to see what it looked like and yep, there were now a couple of really, really big puddles. See below for the photos.
This is the first "puddle" next to the Southsea memorial and as you can see, it's a fair size.
To put this into context, for this water to get here, it would have to get up the shoreline, over a three - foot seawall and then across the pavement and a main road. How high were these bloody waves?
Bear in mind this is what the flooding looked like in the morning after the storm. During the night it was apparently a lot wider and deeper. I do know that when I was there there were tidemarks of debris several meters away from the ponds themselves.
It was at this point that I finally realised that coming out without a coat was a bloody stupid idea because the freezing wind was getting downright unpleasant.
On my way home I did pause long enough to take a couple of bonus pics though.
A closer look so you can see more detail. If anybody knows who this artist is, tell them I am a big fan.
looks damp.
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