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Some strong winds combined with some very high spring tides (40') caused some spectacular seas and a fair amount of damage on Monday 09/03/08 and Tuesday 10/03/08.

These are not very good technically, most were taken in hurricane force winds, but they do hopefully show the surprising power of the sea!
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Carlcam5 > The sea wall takes a battering as tons of water crash rythmically against it every 10-20 seconds.
Carlcam5 > Car drivers try to make their way into work on the main road that runs parallel to the sea wall...
Carlcam5 > The sea wall continuously takes a pounding, all through the night....
Carlcam5 > Next morning, only smashed pieces of granite are left. Cranes were used throughout the night to lift these stones off the road and back into the sea-front parking area,
Carlcam5 > A closer view of some of the pieces of the wall. 

Some of the pieces of granite measured over 3 feet in length, but were thrown over 40 feet to the other side of the road.
Carlcam5 > Re-enforcements are brought in, in the shape of sand bags. Each of these weighs 1 ton and measures about 1.2 metres in diameter..
Carlcam5 > As the tide comes back up - the sand bags are put to the test....
Carlcam5 > And some more ....
Carlcam5 > Again, workers try to get past as the sea smashes into the remains of the wall. they glance nervously over and try to keep moving...
The sea wall takes a battering as tons of water crash rythmically against it every 10-20 seconds.
 > The sea wall takes a battering as tons of water crash rythmically against it every 10-20 seconds.
The sea wall takes a battering as tons of water crash rythmically against it every 10-20 seconds.
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