North Wales Storm Surge - Dec 2013

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  • Опубликовано: 7 дек 2013
  • Raging north-westerly winds, a high spring tide and an extremely high storm surge brought destruction to many parts of the UK during the 4th-6th December 2013. The coast of North Wales took a beating with a storm surge adding a full metre on top of high tide, flooding out a few hundred homes in the Rhyl area. We set up to film the incoming storm surge in Colwyn Bay. Whilst this area had some protection from the north-westerly wave trains, meaning that the waves themselves weren't huge, the shear elevated height of the sea surface poured over coastal defences.
    To address a few points before they're inevitably raised:
    We are aware that filming during large waves and storm surges is very dangerous. We took all precautions to plan escape routes and avoid high risk but accept there will always be dangers.
    There was a 60-70mph wind which was impossible to cut out of the footage without making it silent. The wind-noise may therefore annoy you!
    We know that salt water wrecks cars - a nice jet-wash sorted that out later.
    Filming storm damage and flooded properties carries a moral risk. We were discrete in our filming and also lent a hand in the clean-up, wherever we could.
    Music at the end is a short section of "Heart in the pipes" (Kauf Remix)
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Комментарии • 168

  • @kjbaker8722
    @kjbaker8722 3 года назад +12

    Fabulous footage of the power of nature - great job. Hope you didn’t get to wet and cold!

  • @MrDazP1adv3ntures
    @MrDazP1adv3ntures 10 лет назад +44

    Very good footage. Thanks for sharing.

  • @EggnogonthebogProductions
    @EggnogonthebogProductions 10 лет назад +4

    This was well filmed. The wind & high tide helps. Some impressive footage.

  • @Will170392
    @Will170392 11 месяцев назад +1

    Remember driving to work along this very road on that very morning. Scary stuff.

  • @kacieblair1455
    @kacieblair1455 8 лет назад +16

    I also remember this happening in Rhyl too. I was driving past there at the time as well. I lived in Rhyl at the time but not that area. Then the asda in Kinmel bay flooded and I lived down the road from there and loads of people from my school got taken out to go to their houses and prepare incase of flooding. We had dozens of sandbags and it actually nearly flooded our house. I remember my mum kept panicking about the furniture because we'd only just moved in.

    • @salomebholaram8136
      @salomebholaram8136 4 года назад

      😘😘😘😘😘

    • @yeda458
      @yeda458 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@salomebholaram8136ye dirty nonce

  • @jesslouise9756
    @jesslouise9756 3 года назад +7

    God, it's weird seeing somewhere so close to home. Also the first two smallish waves can happen quite often in bad weather.

  • @notsure1115
    @notsure1115 4 года назад +1

    Great video. It sorted of looked like Galveston Texas 12 hours before Hurricane Ike came ashore. Never seen surge like that in GB and I was born in Cardiff. I now live 20 miles north of Galveston, Tx.

  • @TheDyIan
    @TheDyIan 7 лет назад +12

    I love seeing the storms, beautiful views of the sea only problem is that ugly watersports building.

    • @TheDyIan
      @TheDyIan 7 лет назад +2

      Good job on the video.

  • @fp30e
    @fp30e 9 месяцев назад

    Excellent video. Thank you. Spoolbox.

  • @kengbrissy3074
    @kengbrissy3074 4 года назад +7

    The speed the tides comes in, you almost forget which part didn't have water before...

  • @mark1968
    @mark1968 3 года назад +1

    This is so cool. Thanks for sharing.

  • @skyhelper2755
    @skyhelper2755 4 года назад +7

    I feel soooooo bad for the cars parked sooo close there :’( 😢

  • @H9Gamings
    @H9Gamings 6 лет назад +51

    I feel bad for all them cars being parked there during that storm, that will reduce their live expectancy :(

  • @peppiposha2500
    @peppiposha2500 10 лет назад +5

    Well done for being there at the right place at the right time ready and prepared. :)

    • @didibolter9362
      @didibolter9362 3 года назад

      I so love your precious and beautiful kitty! Please give him /her lots of hugs and kisses for me, thank you! ❤ 😍😚😙🐈😻❤💋💋

  • @petertunny
    @petertunny 10 лет назад

    Brilliant footage brenpebbs

  • @user-om2bw1cj1r
    @user-om2bw1cj1r 6 лет назад +1

    I used to walk home every day from Eirias along that prom, only once do I ever remember it like that, must have been 2009

  • @RichieRouge206
    @RichieRouge206 8 лет назад +12

    God bad news leaving a Merc Vito anywhere near saltwater - they're rotboxes in dry air!! Know Colwyn Bay very well

  • @cindygoodwin1
    @cindygoodwin1 10 лет назад +3

    Great footage thanks stay safe

  • @CheshireCat6639
    @CheshireCat6639 6 месяцев назад

    Ty for sharing ❤

  • @StevenBaileyZurgena
    @StevenBaileyZurgena 10 лет назад +1

    Great bit of historical record. Well done!

  • @skioloszzz3060
    @skioloszzz3060 4 года назад +1

    Really Great Video!

  • @wavehorsee81
    @wavehorsee81 10 лет назад +2

    I really adore this vid!! beautiful:)
    gud man, well done!! I love it!!

  • @StealthyyyHD
    @StealthyyyHD 10 лет назад

    Best footage right here

  • @kacieblair1455
    @kacieblair1455 8 лет назад +1

    I remember driving past there. It scared the crap out of me and my nan kept saying "we're going to be swept away! We need to leave now!"

  • @Katie-pg2ts
    @Katie-pg2ts 8 лет назад +4

    Amazing footage you were very dedicated to stand in the cold and get it! :)

    • @kris8742
      @kris8742 9 месяцев назад

      They would have rusted to nothing by now

  • @metafis2490
    @metafis2490 6 лет назад +7

    great footage!..and very well shot. Are you a professional?..or a very good amateur?.

  • @KRABI_TM
    @KRABI_TM 10 лет назад +8

    That's an interesting video. Thanks Bren.

  • @dawnbetts400
    @dawnbetts400 5 лет назад

    beautiful video of the sea at its worst

  • @johnwilliams3667
    @johnwilliams3667 10 лет назад +3

    I live at Pensarn and the sea was 12 to 15 feet higher than normal. I walk my dog there most days

  • @Snowwie88
    @Snowwie88 9 лет назад +8

    Why do people park their cars like that? It's not that they do not know a storm is coming. Salt water and cars are bad combination.

  • @helenshan1497
    @helenshan1497 3 года назад

    This is a well good capture

  • @ithewonder
    @ithewonder 7 лет назад +1

    I remember watching this on Rhyl seafront. Never saw anything like it, it was chaos !

  • @Etiennenchasse
    @Etiennenchasse 5 лет назад

    Music in the end of video?

  • @MikeBuckley
    @MikeBuckley 9 лет назад +1

    I was at Parkgate on Wirral. Never seen it that bad in many a year!!

  • @topseyshakehands
    @topseyshakehands 10 лет назад +1

    cracking footage boyo,,it was just as bad in rhos on sea town,,,,,,,,,,,wish..

  • @MonthlyFailsOutreaching
    @MonthlyFailsOutreaching 3 года назад +1

    Hey! Is there any way I could possibly contact you (like through email)? I would love to discuss getting permission to use this video in a video production if possible. Thanks!

  • @andykelly7367
    @andykelly7367 4 года назад

    Excellent footage matey! Cheers for ya efforts! Hopefully you didn’t get too wet? 🤞👍 Andy Kelly 🇬🇧

  • @kerry4257
    @kerry4257 8 лет назад

    Where was that in Wales

  • @milkoverdose4156
    @milkoverdose4156 4 года назад +1

    Very good footage but why would you just stand there?

  • @didibolter9362
    @didibolter9362 3 года назад

    INCREDIBLE!! 🤗

  • @me2tez230
    @me2tez230 3 года назад +1

    Love that coast line

  • @Aini11Messi87
    @Aini11Messi87 3 года назад

    Scary but beautiful. Like fountain

  • @wavehorsee81
    @wavehorsee81 10 лет назад +1

    love this vid:):)

  • @sammyboiii2703
    @sammyboiii2703 7 лет назад +3

    Wyt ti'n siarad cymraeg?

  • @ronbronb
    @ronbronb Год назад

    person A: did you go to the ocean?
    person B: no, but the ocean go to me...

  • @gennarobasile2771
    @gennarobasile2771 3 года назад

    Potremmo sapere il posto

  • @anni50ful
    @anni50ful 10 лет назад

    ''I think we should go' was good advice ..

  • @lightningbrowndog
    @lightningbrowndog 4 года назад +3

    1:05 😱

  • @telemachus53
    @telemachus53 9 месяцев назад

    And I'm just about to order 5 days at Rhyl Travelodge.

  • @ladyflibblesworth7282
    @ladyflibblesworth7282 2 года назад

    think this time was the last time I saw snow in winter, we drove to London in half the normal amount of time and spent the whole day mildly drunk and stoned in every London museum staring at exibhits for far too long and laughing at the slipping ducks, getting attacked by a quirrel, watching cars sliding and crashing with 6ft snow drifts all the way there only to just write a rude name in the snow upon arrival.....was a genuinely fun day

  • @npdoughty1405
    @npdoughty1405 7 лет назад +4

    Wonder if they'll ever do anything with that pier, such a shame seeing it like this. I remember it when i was a kid, it was nothing special, but nevertheless, it needs to be fixed up.

  • @dylanstockdale5624
    @dylanstockdale5624 4 года назад

    Did you see how the water lifted up in the back

  • @oliverwilson183
    @oliverwilson183 3 года назад

    I remember this storm well it sounded like a ghost outside. I was only 8 but i don’t remember bryn williams being built that early on

  • @jackolinefowler8995
    @jackolinefowler8995 3 года назад

    I went there last week!

  • @therickman1990
    @therickman1990 5 лет назад

    That poor Vito van though :( That generation of Vito starts to rust in the showroom, can't imagine what it would look like 2 weeks after this storm

  • @aaronparkin1191
    @aaronparkin1191 4 года назад +1

    In Towyn where I live all the house's got flooded

  • @georgebamber6871
    @georgebamber6871 3 года назад

    Wow the pier was still there

  • @DogSerious
    @DogSerious Год назад

    Any one remember the Towyn flood from back in the eighties?

  • @075kzt2
    @075kzt2 4 года назад

    merci ;-)

  • @xxstranger._.thingsxx1303
    @xxstranger._.thingsxx1303 3 года назад

    I have been there! The waves where massive when I went aswell that's why I RUclipsd it

  • @ethangoddard1105
    @ethangoddard1105 7 лет назад

    looks scary as hell

  • @baypiano4526
    @baypiano4526 4 года назад +3

    2:38😁

  • @superzeros316
    @superzeros316 8 лет назад

    I remember this I live in Colwyn bae I love floods

  • @cumbrianrailspotter6154
    @cumbrianrailspotter6154 7 лет назад

    The drain is moving because it leads to the sea and when a wave hits the water backfires!

  • @danelysdelcarmenortegabedo8622
    @danelysdelcarmenortegabedo8622 4 года назад

    En qué país es ? España .Canadá o.francia?

  • @mbcmediagrupcorp3602
    @mbcmediagrupcorp3602 4 года назад +1

    the devastating storm north of wales resembles a tsunami wave

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh 8 лет назад +3

    That was exciting to watch, but it certainly seems to me that the area should've been entirely closed off - no pedestrians and no traffic. One unexpectedly large wave can knock people down immediately and injure or kill them, particularly because the water is so cold.
    Anyone ignorant enough to have left a parked car there - well - too bad for them. Presumably this surge was forecast in advance.

    • @brenpebbs
      @brenpebbs  8 лет назад +5

      I'm personally glad the area wasn't totally sealed off to pedestrians (that would be impossible to achieve anyway). Life is full of risks and the day we try to remove all risk by way of some omnipotent governance is the day we stop living. This storm was superbly forecast and gave everyone who witnessed it a marvel at nature (except the Mercedes van owner who clearly missed the memo...)

    • @brenpebbs
      @brenpebbs  7 лет назад +2

      Make sure you keep that in mind next time you cross a road on a shopping trip.

    • @thewilks8409
      @thewilks8409 7 лет назад

      hebneh

  •  4 года назад

    Dude from Japan: Nice spritz.

  • @randaneure
    @randaneure 5 лет назад +7

    man ..! im glad I turn the sound down during the political ads here is Australia!

  • @imperiozacatecanozacatecan1732
    @imperiozacatecanozacatecan1732 5 лет назад

    1:04 Sewerage:Ah Sh*t
    1:14 Sewerage:Here We Go
    1:43 Sewerage:Again

  • @FABCLOCKGAMERYTOFI
    @FABCLOCKGAMERYTOFI 3 года назад

    My God!!! That is a safety place...😬😳🥶😱

  • @makingithappen5178
    @makingithappen5178 3 года назад

    It looks a bit windy eeí.

  • @toxichastegmaing
    @toxichastegmaing 3 года назад

    😲🤯 This is nature fighting back

  • @Caz366
    @Caz366 3 месяца назад

    My home town

  • @Lesloi6227
    @Lesloi6227 5 лет назад

    Wow thats massive isn't it? Amazing they built a road so close to the sea. I'd hate to see what happens in a king tide. It gave those streets a bloody good wash down anyway. Here where I live in Australia we won't drive thru 6 inches of running water because we know we will get washed away.

    • @Lesloi6227
      @Lesloi6227 5 лет назад

      ps bloody great vid thanks for sharing with us all.

  • @ilovebusesfromkue8342
    @ilovebusesfromkue8342 6 лет назад

    That's like a car going in high waves

  • @maximus1891
    @maximus1891 10 лет назад

    Colwyn bay! Yay

  • @QCV_QBS
    @QCV_QBS 4 года назад +1

    OMG!!!😱😱😱😱

  • @stridersstuff665
    @stridersstuff665 7 лет назад

    Sadly, the pier is going to be demolished :(

  • @diasjoelalberto
    @diasjoelalberto 10 лет назад

    Some of a "don't waste your money in a cleanup when bringing a sponge is enough?"

  • @spiceitup5407
    @spiceitup5407 4 года назад

    4:43
    Wave: imma follow this bitch

  • @mandyjb65
    @mandyjb65 4 года назад

    The earth and the oceans are fighting back

  • @danw1374
    @danw1374 3 года назад

    1:04 The drain lid said "Sod this"

  • @rob3518
    @rob3518 8 месяцев назад

    Watching this in 2023 , those cars are now rust buckets.

  • @plasticpinoccio
    @plasticpinoccio 3 года назад

    One good parking spot>>>> 1000 waves

  • @tomdavies4828
    @tomdavies4828 10 лет назад

    Get storm serge every year I see waves like that lot around north Wales

    • @brenpebbs
      @brenpebbs  10 лет назад +1

      Don't confuse storm surge with waves. The video isn't showing impressive waves, they're pretty small in fact. It's the height of the tide itself that is very unusual, overtopping the walls even without any waves on top. Storm surge is the elevated height of the tide and nothing to do with waves themselves.

  • @kacieblair1455
    @kacieblair1455 8 лет назад +5

    The weather is always bad in Wales

  • @FABCLOCKGAMERYTOFI
    @FABCLOCKGAMERYTOFI 3 года назад

    Its mean a level tsunami!!!😳

  • @FUBAR762
    @FUBAR762 3 года назад

    I hear the rust on those cars.

  • @wavehorsee81
    @wavehorsee81 10 лет назад +1

    i LOVE this vid:)

  • @meghanparry6270
    @meghanparry6270 4 года назад

    Soaking a car in sea water is a sure way to cause rust.

  • @catherine144147
    @catherine144147 9 лет назад

    i live there then I went to Australia on 2013 December 6 so this wasn't long ago im going back to wales at 2014 December 19 wales rhyl cant wait to go back to the arcades and beach well not really the beach ? but the arcade is just behind him theres atleast 10 of them plus casinos behind him right now

  • @josephhiar6767
    @josephhiar6767 3 года назад

    2020 ?

  • @keirangeorge9046
    @keirangeorge9046 4 года назад

    Ronnie Pickering at 03:17

  • @djk2509
    @djk2509 4 года назад

    Its safe enough but when the water gets to a point it will move the parked cars.

  • @LaneyBaby1980
    @LaneyBaby1980 4 года назад +3

    I’d park my car there.
    Get a free car wash out of it.

    • @am0804
      @am0804 3 года назад

      Free rust as well by the Salt of the ocean over all the metal

  • @martinthatsall1518
    @martinthatsall1518 7 лет назад +1

    Brenbobs. Taping a blob of cotton wool over the microphone aperture would have killed the wind noise. Great video though, so much better than most with there OMGs and other inane comments. Why the horrible, distorted music towards the end?

  • @AG-636
    @AG-636 9 месяцев назад

    Need a dinghy to go to Asda

  • @itzhannah8993
    @itzhannah8993 4 года назад

    I Was 8 at this time

  • @salty4iha
    @salty4iha Год назад

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