Ian if you don't mind sitting up a bit later - I hope you've got your camera - You might be able to get some decent photos.

Send her out nstead then 😉  

Time lapse on a webcam would be good - thats not a suggestion by the way, just a pointless comment... 

Keep yourself safe  - that's the main thing.

Edit: lull before the storm if you know whatI mean.    

Can she not put a set of reins on you

I been down the Medway and bit worried for places round there for sure

Just seen some footage from my home area of Whitby! Power out and sea water flooding the harbour, looks bad. Hopefully everyone is ok.

My parents place is up on the moors and they have lots a few roof tiles they say but nothing too bad.

I'm not an oceanographer, but it looks like a negative trough effect similar to pre-tsunami approach.
The tidal dome has pulled water in from the forward slope. If this is correct, I would expect a rapidly rising todal surge in the next hour.

The Conservative MP for Great Yarmouth Brandon Lewis has told BBC Radio Norfolk in the past few minutes that the Army has been called in to help fight the floods in Gorleston. According to Mr Lewis, the Army is currently helping to erect temporary flood barriers.

It would be good if Ian could see this if it happens - But make sure you're standing in a safe area for heavens sake. Scary this is. Ian's descriptions of things where he is is indeed scary - I wonder if one heck of a wave will rampage through the area in the next hour or so.

That's an indication of what will happen further a long the coast I reckon.

http://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twocommunity/yaf_postsm556729_Possible-East-Coast-Flooding-Thurs-PM-Fri-morn.aspx#post556729

Just been down there again, and indeed, the sea water flowed in from the mouth of the harbour and into the inner harbour in five minutes flat - something that normally takes two to three hours. But because the weather is so calm and clear, it was a gentle flow at walking pace and it's all smooth, like a bath being filled up. But it was too dark to take any interesting video footages.
  I suspect once it'll hit the brim later on tonight, it'll be gently lapping over the edge and onto the road rather like a bath being overfilled instead of giant waves crashing over in storm force winds.

I've been tracking the flooding as part of my job and I didn't realise quite how bad the situation was along the coast. Middlesborough was under water at one point as well as Whitby and Scarborough.

This is a situaton that will get worse as it goes down the coast. Keep the reports coming in.

We have a very strange situation on the media now with the announcement that Nelson Mandela has died. All news channels covering this now just as a major sitution continues to unfold along the east coast.
What is more important? A debate best left for another day?

Does seem a bit odd, a tough call though do you lead with the death of a truely great man or the threat to lives in the UK???

Well I feel a bit guilty getting annoyed about it because of Mandela's legacy, but surely there are thousands of people along and near the east coast who woud much rather be informed about the risk of severe flooding tonight and leave the obituaries until tommorow.
Blanket coverage on all news stations about Mandela now for 25 minutes.
I assume the flooding is still ongoing?

Would lives be saved by continuous coverage? If they don't know to get out by now, then I'd've thought it was too late. Seems to me that it's more a case of gawping at this stage. Much more important to go with Mandela.

No disrespect to the very sad news of Nelson Mandella's death, but this isn't the thread to discuss how the media place their focus please. 

Why? He's been in a coma and virtually deceased for months. The mourning and opinion can wait a day surely?

I've requested very politely to keep this on topic and the topic has nothing to do with the death of Nelson Mandella.