I walked past a few hours after this happened and Victoria Square looked like an utter warzone. I've never seen anything like it in all my time on the Island o.o
wow that was some wave....I was Based in Portland when I was in the Navy 30 years ago..never observed such a sea state locally back then....I feel so sorry for all the poor people who have had their homes flooded during this horrible unending weather cycle we seem to be stuck in at the moment
It just shows how things are changing,I bet those houses are about 100 years old and had a "sea view" when they were built,look how high the sea wall is in front of them now. It's a good job it is there!
I remember the night (1979?? I think.) the waves were so big they came over the top like that and swept most of Chesil Beach Motors' cars and others until they were stacked amid tons of pebbles at the back of the Taxi office and other houses. There are photographs of this on the WWW a website about Portland. A chap I know was working nights in the Taxi office and when the sea crashed through the back door, carried an older Taxi driver, waist deep in water, across the Square to safety on the other side. Well done Ken!
This winter's weather has been absolutely phenomenal. I live in the northeast of England where, although we have had unusually high amounts of rainfall, we have had nowhere the amounts that people are seeing in Somerset and South Wales. More to come next week too. I don't know how you can cope but my heart goes out to you.
My, that's scary stuff! And I believe the bank is 50ft high as well, so how damn big is such a wave! I imagine you could feel the roar of the sea through the bank. Let's hope things are not so bad this weekend, and that everyone gets through it safely.
Yes, never ever go up that shingle bank at Chiswell in a storm. I've seen buildings like the Cove Inn with the sea coming over the roof and smashing down into this street behind.
My heart goes out to those poor people living in the south of England, they seem to have taken more than their fair share of extreme weather in recent years. It must be so damaging to small businesses, particularly those working in the tourist industry, I know they will have insurance, but it's the growing reputation there for bad weather that will do the long term damage.
remember this happening years ago when i worked on the airstation,used to be a car showroom there somewhere,all cars were washed into the square,late 70s early 80s
Brilliant flood defences , the town would of been wiped out with that wave power , still a bit creepy when the wave came over the top ..thank you for sharing ..
The sea levels are rising. I reckon we've got a couple of hundred years before our little island is fully submerged. The Island's getting smaller, but the population continues to get bigger.
This looks like this video was recorded from my old flat, looks like it was taken upstairs, which was my living room back in 1993? You at number 12 or one of the neighbouring houses? And my mum owned the little ship beginning of the 2000s and would be having kittens if she still owned the ship now
This isn't a house it is a public house and has been there for near 150 years and survived bombing during WW11 (unlike the Lord Clyde next door..... Which gave us our car park incidentally!) Victoria Square/Chiswell does not flood anywhere near as ofter, nor as badly as once it did.
Was there in 1979 ish on HMS Brighton same thing happened , ships company helped out in Castletown sandbagging ect. causeway was closed due to gas leak, I was unable to get back to the ship after spending the night in Preston entertaining a local female ha
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It's not that much of a big deal guys its a normal happening but other countries get bigger waves that cause more destruction but this is quite amazing still
At first I was puzzled because there was no evidence of where a wave might come from, since the ocean isn't visible in this view. Then, when I did see waves, I was puzzled by the hill/berm/whatever they wash over, because much of the water sinks in and disappears.
It’s shingle, look up “Chesil Beach”, this is at the Portland (eastern) end. Started life thousands of years ago as a gravel bank in the sea and gradually migrated by the currents/tides onto the shore to form a huge barrier beach. Probably can’t grasp how high/wide it is from this footage, but it’s really quite something. I’ve been past where this is filmed hundreds of times and I still can’t comprehend how that much water, enough to do all that damage, can overtop the beach in quantity and sweep down to the road. Really incredible.
Although it's bad that people are being flooded out of their homes, maybe now the people who live there will realise just how shitty this Conservative government really is. The tories have been cutting money from the inner cities for years yet we can find billions to spend on war and the military meanwhile poor people are being made destitute, homeless and forced to rely on food kitchens. So although we all agree the rivers should have been dredged to avoid this degree of flooding, money should have also been spent to create proper jobs and a social infrastructure that allow poor people to live with dignity.
Cruyff1987 Of course Labour took us to war but so did the Tories or did you miss Libya or Cameron's failed attempt to get us fighting in Syria? and I didn't notice the Tories trying to stop UK involvement in Afghanistan until they realised the potential of drones or the billions they are spending on new weaponry. (7 billion for a new stealth destroyer!!) Probably not a good idea not to fall for the Labour v Conservative bullshit. ALL politicians are scum and will always do the bidding of their corporate masters.
Dredging is complicated. It can make the rivers flow better but it causes much heavier flow downstream, which can cause even worse floods somewhere else. So yeah, it can be helpful, but if it's implemented without much thought (as this govt. seems to be quite likely to do, see online porn ban) then it could backfire.
I don't somehow think that any government, of any colour can do much about Mother Nature in all its fury. Certainly not here. Dredge rivers all you like, it will not prevent Storm force winds and tidal surges doing this kind of thing- this is the SEA, not a river, and people, rich or poor, dignified or not, are powerless against it. King Canute found this out to his cost.
our government could have done nothing, these are the biggest cases of flooding and rain since records began. how can our government build defences and protect us from things that they don't know and have no way of knowing will happen. also the cuts are made because our economy is weak, we are coming out of something called a recession. if you don't know we have no money, the only way to get money is to reduce what we spend, then save up and start spending again.
Moaning Dilley People aren't saying consistent dredging would have stopped the flooding but had the rivers been anually dredged the flooding wouldn't have been so bad. No-one disagrees with that. As to the recession, it was caused by banker greed yet the poorest in society have been made to pay the major cost until now. Lack of dredging has flooded the land and homes of people who would traditionally vote conservative and therefore support the bank bailout.
Man this is terrible. I feel for all of you at the brunt end of the crazy weather. I can only hope it changes for the better very soon and we can all get back to some level of normality. Why oh why have Councils stopped being pro-active during the summer months... clearing drains and gulleys and ensuring the drainage systems are working at 100%... I know it wouldn't stop weather like this, but it would at least speed up the recovery time. Councils just seem to be reacting and "fire-fighting", but it's about time Central Government stop sending our tax payers money abroad to help others and start investing it in our own country and ensuring our friends and families are protected as a priority. I mean come on... we all pay enough tax left right and centre, what the feck are we getting in return! Poor roads, bad drainage, inadequate flood defence, un-dredged rivers and harbours... it doesn't take much and we're all suffering the effects of government savings!
I walked past a few hours after this happened and Victoria Square looked like an utter warzone. I've never seen anything like it in all my time on the Island o.o
wow that was some wave....I was Based in Portland when I was in the Navy 30 years ago..never observed such a sea state locally back then....I feel so sorry for all the poor people who have had their homes flooded during this horrible unending weather cycle we seem to be stuck in at the moment
It just shows how things are changing,I bet those houses are about 100 years old and had a "sea view" when they were built,look how high the sea wall is in front of them now. It's a good job it is there!
Has the shape of the beach changed recently then? I don't remember it looking that steep when I've been in the past?
I remember the night (1979?? I think.) the waves were so big they came over the top like that and swept most of Chesil Beach Motors' cars and others until they were stacked amid tons of pebbles at the back of the Taxi office and other houses. There are photographs of this on the WWW a website about Portland.
A chap I know was working nights in the Taxi office and when the sea crashed through the back door, carried an older Taxi driver, waist deep in water, across the Square to safety on the other side. Well done Ken!
This winter's weather has been absolutely phenomenal. I live in the northeast of England where, although we have had unusually high amounts of rainfall, we have had nowhere the amounts that people are seeing in Somerset and South Wales.
More to come next week too. I don't know how you can cope but my heart goes out to you.
This is normal for Portland I use to live in this house as a kid. Good to see the house is still standing 😎
My, that's scary stuff! And I believe the bank is 50ft high as well, so how damn big is such a wave! I imagine you could feel the roar of the sea through the bank. Let's hope things are not so bad this weekend, and that everyone gets through it safely.
I used to like in Wyke ... don't ever remember seeing waves that big as Chesil... crazy!
I do love us Brits, the way we just carry on as if nothing has happened!
What amazes me more than anything, is how those benches stayed put
My dad showed me this vid yesterday. I couldn't believe it. I never imagined that the waves could come that far over the hill.
crazy seeing a video of the place I live on the homepage of RUclips, especially the top vid :3
Nice product placement 0:40
Yes, never ever go up that shingle bank at Chiswell in a storm. I've seen buildings like the Cove Inn with the sea coming over the roof and smashing down into this street behind.
My heart goes out to those poor people living in the south of England, they seem to have taken more than their fair share of extreme weather in recent years. It must be so damaging to small businesses, particularly those working in the tourist industry, I know they will have insurance, but it's the growing reputation there for bad weather that will do the long term damage.
That guy at 1.11 is like: 'just going to the pub!' hahaa
Time to move inland!
Thanks for sharing, I wish You a long comfortably dry life, chin up.
LOLThe van was like '' IM GETTING THE FUCK OUTTA HERE '' xD
Great bit of advertising by TEK construction! 0:39
It's not a wall, it's an actual beach covered in pebbles that is naturally like that. It's called Chesil beach and is about 10Ft tall.
Hi, is this your own video? I'd like to use just a few seconds in a (non-commercial) documentary I'm making. Is that OK?
Would'nt fancy living there during these storms. Squeaky bum time.
Would that be for Beach Casting or casting from a top window in the town centre ?
man in the van is like fuckkkk that im off lol
Yh lol alright mate. Is this still yer account? We should hang out again soon.
Tell you what, the amount of times i went down to Weymouth and Portland, I have never seen anything like this in my life, too bazaar to believe
Looks a bit choppy...
.......yeh.......bit windy
remember this happening years ago when i worked on the airstation,used to be a car showroom there somewhere,all cars were washed into the square,late 70s early 80s
Brilliant flood defences , the town would of been wiped out with that wave power , still a bit creepy when the wave came over the top ..thank you for sharing ..
That's not a man made flood defence, that's a natural mother earth made shingle beach. Thank mother nature for such a beach!!
The sea levels are rising. I reckon we've got a couple of hundred years before our little island is fully submerged. The Island's getting smaller, but the population continues to get bigger.
How is Pulpit rock doing? Still standing? Haven't been there since I was a kid.
Amazing footage. Hope everyone's ok. Stay safe
This looks like this video was recorded from my old flat, looks like it was taken upstairs, which was my living room back in 1993? You at number 12 or one of the neighbouring houses? And my mum owned the little ship beginning of the 2000s and would be having kittens if she still owned the ship now
No fish, which is a shame! Nice one :-)
Imagine the damage that would've done if the bank wasn't there!!! Mother nature has an immense amount of power!!
This isn't a house it is a public house and has been there for near 150 years and survived bombing during WW11 (unlike the Lord Clyde next door..... Which gave us our car park incidentally!)
Victoria Square/Chiswell does not flood anywhere near as ofter, nor as badly as once it did.
First time wave comes in...BEAST!
So did I Luccardi. That's some crazy stuff to have happening on your doorstep
Daayum! if you have been there then you would understand how high that beach goes and for a wave to fly over over it like that...must have been awful.
Unbelievable, i know how long that walk is down to the sea from there, mental!
How many tons of water were in that wave!!!
any fish cast away such as bass or maybe just whiting
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Was there in 1979 ish on HMS Brighton same thing happened , ships company helped out in Castletown sandbagging ect. causeway was closed due to gas leak, I was unable to get back to the ship after spending the night in Preston entertaining a local female ha
New garden for The Little Ship, Portland this year! :0)
Woah! Where'd that come from?
The sea.
onenarrowdoor
Oh ah!
wow. power of mother nature
is that brown thing a giant wall (were the wave first appearers)?
That brown thing is Chesil Beach!
jesus!
If someone was to be on that beach they would of been a goner. I only live about 50 miles away and the weather not that hard
I suppose the cool thing about giant waves and flooding etc is that they happen far from where I am, in places I couldn't give a fuck about.
this is just like nightmares i have all the time
This is insaaaaane!!!
well guys did you know its now possible to trick your luck? I mean seriously just find this video *"Andrew B Cloverfield"* and see how its done xD
Santa Outten
You're better off getting a job and being useful to society.
sammythesnake1986 And you're better off learning how the language English works so as to be able to distinguish between 'your' and 'you are' = you're.
Fuck off Kevin, was that better?
sammythesnake1986 You're 27/28 years old and you don't know the difference between "you're" and "your". What an idiot.
I like the biffer walking across at 1.10!
i am the biffer!!! walking across and yes i agree its mad but i wanted to get to my son and house the wave hit
Sorry Sue but your blonde and the biffer is brunette. I like brunette biffers! :-)
hahahaha this biffer is me i use to be blonde with long hair but alas no more, it still is blonde but looks brunette because its rather wet lol :)
I thought the wall was a huge wave hue hue hue.
That is not a wall, it is a pebble beach 100m wide by 15m high
Steve Porter Yep, that protects the inland areas of the coast. Without it that pub would be washed away.
Where is it ? Is it West Bay?
hehehe i havn't noticed that ;-) Sorry
Thank you mate ;-) Have a good evening
now thats a wave, that is a high bank of beach stones
Hope somebody made the calor driver a cup of tea.... Out delivering in that weather!
Did you know that Chesil Beach is composed entirely of Cadbury's Mini Eggs?
oh my god this sent shivers no wonder they tell ppl to stay away from portland
Note that this beach is about 50 feet high.
Lmao I remember 9 year old me crying because I didnt know what tf was going on
Love this beach
The guys actually laughing :D
What did we do to make Poseidon so mad?
1:10 that woman walked through like f### yea!
In Siberia a lot of snow!
Wow a wave from the sea, big deal. I'm just thinking at least it wasn't filmed in portrait mode.
dont worry ? ameeting with cobra has been attended by cameron and invitations for proposed plans to resolve this problem will be discussed in next meeting scheduled in june. nb any bedrooms not covered by the recent tax changes (bedroom tax) cannot be included in any compensation claims
Note the disappearing wall!
Well spotted.
0:24 for actual wave
What no fish??
It's not that much of a big deal guys its a normal happening but other countries get bigger waves that cause more destruction but this is quite amazing still
At first I was puzzled because there was no evidence of where a wave might come from, since the ocean isn't visible in this view.
Then, when I did see waves, I was puzzled by the hill/berm/whatever they wash over, because much of the water sinks in and disappears.
It’s shingle, look up “Chesil Beach”, this is at the Portland (eastern) end. Started life thousands of years ago as a gravel bank in the sea and gradually migrated by the currents/tides onto the shore to form a huge barrier beach. Probably can’t grasp how high/wide it is from this footage, but it’s really quite something. I’ve been past where this is filmed hundreds of times and I still can’t comprehend how that much water, enough to do all that damage, can overtop the beach in quantity and sweep down to the road. Really incredible.
Oh crikey. Hope the building and everyone in it was ok.
Wowzers!! That is mad!!!
It's meant to be worse tomorrow morning! Good luck everyone else in underhill and keep safe
Bloody Hell!
What was it like down the Bill? Is Pulpit Rock still standing??!!!
The guy driving the tek vans my dads next door neighbour lol
the guy driver the van is my dad lol ur ian sons i take it?
Tek property maintenance now "Flooded" with calls.
didnt you grab the keg, free beer for days
This is summer for England
It could have been worse. Thank God for that barrier. This video should make you more proud of Britain as it stands up against Mother Nature.
Zero fucks given at 1:10
Hope those gas canisters don't go boom, mind you plenty of water to douse them.
its not exactly a tsunami is it just a big wave . move inland . surly if you live near the sea you have to except this sort of stuff.!
i went there in august
Fancy a pint in the beer gard... Oh.
The power of christ compells you
Quick ....grab that beer keg it might be full !
Looks like water in the gorter .
It,s like a veritable tsunami
wouldnt like to live there,at sea level with just a bank of shingle between me and 30 ft waves.
Wow
Although it's bad that people are being flooded out of their homes, maybe now the people who live there will realise just how shitty this Conservative government really is. The tories have been cutting money from the inner cities for years yet we can find billions to spend on war and the military meanwhile poor people are being made destitute, homeless and forced to rely on food kitchens. So although we all agree the rivers should have been dredged to avoid this degree of flooding, money should have also been spent to create proper jobs and a social infrastructure that allow poor people to live with dignity.
Cruyff1987
Of course Labour took us to war but so did the Tories or did you miss Libya or Cameron's failed attempt to get us fighting in Syria? and I didn't notice the Tories trying to stop UK involvement in Afghanistan until they realised the potential of drones or the billions they are spending on new weaponry. (7 billion for a new stealth destroyer!!)
Probably not a good idea not to fall for the Labour v Conservative bullshit. ALL politicians are scum and will always do the bidding of their corporate masters.
Dredging is complicated. It can make the rivers flow better but it causes much heavier flow downstream, which can cause even worse floods somewhere else. So yeah, it can be helpful, but if it's implemented without much thought (as this govt. seems to be quite likely to do, see online porn ban) then it could backfire.
I don't somehow think that any government, of any colour can do much about Mother Nature in all its fury. Certainly not here. Dredge rivers all you like, it will not prevent Storm force winds and tidal surges doing this kind of thing- this is the SEA, not a river, and people, rich or poor, dignified or not, are powerless against it. King Canute found this out to his cost.
our government could have done nothing, these are the biggest cases of flooding and rain since records began. how can our government build defences and protect us from things that they don't know and have no way of knowing will happen. also the cuts are made because our economy is weak, we are coming out of something called a recession. if you don't know we have no money, the only way to get money is to reduce what we spend, then save up and start spending again.
Moaning Dilley
People aren't saying consistent dredging would have stopped the flooding but had the rivers been anually dredged the flooding wouldn't have been so bad. No-one disagrees with that. As to the recession, it was caused by banker greed yet the poorest in society have been made to pay the major cost until now. Lack of dredging has flooded the land and homes of people who would traditionally vote conservative and therefore support the bank bailout.
poor buggers that live there at the moment
Andy 1231 why they have had 25c all week lol?
You should add averts to this video and get paid by Google
at least its not snowing.
just as well no one parked a truck full of gas bottle near there.........
Like the film 2012
I know that pub.
Man this is terrible.
I feel for all of you at the brunt end of the crazy weather.
I can only hope it changes for the better very soon and we can all get back to some level of normality.
Why oh why have Councils stopped being pro-active during the summer months... clearing drains and gulleys and ensuring the drainage systems are working at 100%... I know it wouldn't stop weather like this, but it would at least speed up the recovery time. Councils just seem to be reacting and "fire-fighting", but it's about time Central Government stop sending our tax payers money abroad to help others and start investing it in our own country and ensuring our friends and families are protected as a priority.
I mean come on... we all pay enough tax left right and centre, what the feck are we getting in return! Poor roads, bad drainage, inadequate flood defence, un-dredged rivers and harbours... it doesn't take much and we're all suffering the effects of government savings!
Scary :/