David Gray's pictures of the week 11-12-2006

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The weather this month has been pretty rough, so it seemed appropriate that the picture feature should be about some Brighton storms in recent years. Nothing as dramatic as the tornado that hit Kensal Rise (of all places) last week, but the seas and winds on the South Coast can be pretty spectacular. A combination of gale and high tide tends to cause the most damage, as in December 2002 when the central section of the old West Pier collapsed into the sea and hundreds of people turned up on the beach to collect the bits. Global warming is going to increase the severity of winter weather in Brighton and everywhere else in Britain, so beach huts may not be the best of long term investments.

Waves come in under the West Pier in January 1991 (image 736-1b)

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