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First Bad Storms For Europe

Discussion in 'General Yachting Discussion' started by Fishtigua, Nov 12, 2010.

  1. Fishtigua, Nov 12, 2010
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    Fishtigua

    Fishtigua Senior Member

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    Some really bad storms have hit Europe this week.

    A 34m Tug went out to guide a large ferry/cargo ship into Rotterdam harbour and was caught by big winds and capsized with 2 crew missing.

    The Kiel Canal was also shut down . A local large Freighter took 11 hours to pass 24 miles to get from our Island to another and had to anchor off overnight before making 3 attempts to dock.

    Not nice weather here.

    http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hi5CgFZH9nn0ZMVemsHGfD_1KLGw?docId=5102812
  2. K1W1, Nov 13, 2010
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    K1W1

    K1W1 Senior Member

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    Hi,

    It has been bad further to the east as well, I was stuck in traffic on Thursday evening on highway I like to use because there is never much traffic on it for an hour in pouring rain and high winds, I am very glad however that I was not driving in Holland at the time with things like this going on.

    Extract from posted Article:

    The windy weather also hit commuters on their drive home, with a total of 420 kilometres (The windy weather also hit commuters on their drive home, with a total of 420 kilometres (260 miles) of traffic jams on Dutch roads — double the usual amount, motorists' organization ANWB said.

    Remember Holland is only a very small country.