I love Looe in all the years I’ve been going there I’ve never ever seen that. It has always been my favourite place from a child. In my seventies and it’s still holds it’s magic. I hope everyone is safe and not too much damage.
My son learned to walk on the beach in Looe 46 years ago, his dad worked at the water treatment plant at Crownhill in Plymouth. We rented Trefrew on Barbican Hill, such lovely memories from that time. Regards from Ireland🤗
Best wishes to all the people of Looe; horrible to see. Was there only 5 weeks ago, incredible difference. Let’s hope they get the help and assistance they need for their homes and businesses.
My partner and I know Looe and Seaton very well from having many wonderful holidays there. Our hearts go out to the people and owners of the businesses which we know and love. The flooding is terrible and all the more so when you know the places which are being devastated by flood waters. Thank you for being brave enough to film it.
Imagine living back before everyone had electricity and what this would've looked like back then! Thank you for showing us these places, most of us would've never known about these places. Seems like it would be a great little seaside community to live in.
This is noting new! Just look at 1.00min into the video with the timbers which have been put alongside the wall for the fishing boats to lean on when the tide makes more than normal they don’t float over the wall..the fisherman all understand with local knowledge! Big spring tides and a bloody great big gale blowing up from the SW.. it’s the same in my little village of Pill, Somerset and we would get it worse than this until they built a tidal defence! The locals just got on with it but instead of it being lovely blue Cornish water it was mud and silt left behind. That still leaks but it does keep the water out the houses and pubs.
@@PillSharks thanks! I just find oceanfront cities fascinating, most likely because I've grown up in the Midwest US my entire life. The closet we have to oceanfront property is Lake Erie.
@@donniev8181 my little village has flooded for hundreds of years and my family have come from the same place for 500 plus years.. over the last few years we’ve had the outsiders move in as we like to call them. It’s amazing how quick they all become experts in the topic and start spouting crap about it being sea level rise! An area in the river near Pill is called Hung road where the ships would moor up before either going into Bristol or being unloaded on barges (I’m talking in the days of sail). The original mooring rings the Pill men would use are still there and they’ve all been set at the HW mark so even on the highest tide they can still be accessible.. also, a little bit of History as we have close ties with America and have the American monument as in the 1700s Methodist sailed from here to the Americas.. another nice part of our history you might like is many people think John Cabot and the Matthew left from Bristol in 1497 but the river would have been impossible to navigate on one tide so in all probability he would have left from my little village of Pill, Somerset! The Pilot was a pill man called George James Ray... 500 years of piloting all staring at Pill.. my old Dad has been up the St Lawrence seaway a few times as a British seaman so he will know the area well.
We went down Looe last night, it was unbelievable!! Never seen it so high. Can’t believe Seaton too, seen the river there flood by the bridge but wow!!! 😮
As a regular visitor, I have seen this before, so we all know now what our lovely folks and businesses in Looe have to injure every year, I hope it never gets worse than this, thank for sharing this video.
Go to looe twice a year. It's floods alot xx. Been here when it's flooded ..it's so strange xx . I remember my mum paddling o get into Looe social club .lol
I love Looe. When I was a nipper, there was an amusement arcade with a pinball machine that gave out free games really easily. The last time I visited, I had 17 different flavours of absolutely wonderful pasties over the week, including tasty and well seasoned Cornish. I always thought it quaint that it took a boat ride across to get between hotel and town. (The bridge was too far for my toddler legs)
Great to see your out and about dude 👍 bizzar we was going to pop into looe last night but opted for brixham instead , which turned out to be far less Devastation than looe
Gosh, we walk round Looe frequently , usually West Looe , as the dog likes running up and down the steps , we also go to Seaton and Downderry but never realised how much flooding there was in these places, we live near Launceston and never see these kind of scenes , wow so scary , I think you were very brave walking around in the dark. Take care when Ciaran hits on Thursday it’s likely to be bad again.
Yes, the morning is the highest tide. I think that's when the wind is at its highest too. It'll be half a metre lower but the added wind could make it even worse?
are we? we can't afford to maintain ones we have and the Tories are just burying their heads in the sand. around 800 defences that were needed in last weeks storm had failled due to lack of maintenance... costing millions in repairs!
I remember in 1993 when I went Looe with my family. And we was awoken late at night by the owner of the hotel to evacuate because the bay was flooded. I hope the shops are well prepared for Wednesday and Thursday. Stay safe everyone.
Very interesting video, I've never seen such a high tide in Looe. I'm in S America just now, but have a house in Looe. Thankfully it's up 50-odd steps! Were the car park at Seaton and the Smugglers under water?
I was in looe on friday the 27th last day of my holiday in cornwall. The river that day was empty. Alot of the boats were literally sitting on the riverbed. What a difference two days makes
Hope everyone in Looe is safe. Very sad to see as i have holiday's down there quite regularly ever since I was a little kid. I'm going back in march so will be down to support the local businesses with my custom.
Oh my goodness this is so bad. I was only in Seaton last year and never thought anything like this would happen. The poor residents with businesses and homes must be quite scary 😟
Heart beats fast Colours and promises How to be brave? How can I love when I'm afraid to fall? But watching you stand alone All of my doubt Suddenly goes away somehow One step closer I have died every day waiting for you Darling, don't be afraid I have loved you for a thousand years I'll love you for a thousand more Time stands still Beauty in all she is I will be brave I will not let anything take away What's standing in front of me Every breath Every hour has come to this One step closer I have died every day waiting for you Darling, don't be afraid I have loved you for a thousand years I'll love you for a thousand more And all along I believed I would find you Time has brought your heart to me I have loved you for a thousand years I'll love you for a thousand more One step closer One step closer I have died every day waiting for you Darling, don't be afraid I have loved you for a thousand years I'll love you for a thousand more And all along I believed I would find you Time has brought your heart to me I have loved you for a thousand years I'll love you for a thousand more One step closer One step closer
Water from the north pole ice melt of course .... got to go somewhere i guess ... thanks for information of cornwall coast... the water is very clean ...
Hope everyone is ok. We stay at the old museum behind the lifeboat station most years, lovely place, hope it's survived the flooding. Recognise all the area's on the footage. Great bit of filming
@@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling Forgive me if you were joking, but a spring tide is nothing to do with the season. It's an extra high tide, and yes to do with the full moon.
I used to own a house right down in the harbour in Looe in the nineties. One morning we woke up to find the sea lapping one inch below the bottom of the house door, some of the shops in Fore street were flooded a little but our house was built a few inches higher, luckily it didnt come into our house. We sold the house pdq and bought a bungalow across the river up the hill in Looe. Dodged a bullet so to speak.
Yes throughout my childhood in the 70s. Spring tides linked to stormy weather. Always the worst recipe for dear old Looe. Hope you all dry out soon and keep safe.
had many happy holidays in looe back in the late 70s up to the late 90s my goodness it does flood a lot their l really feel for the residents,shop owners,and other businesses they really need to build the flood defences in the next few years not sure if that is progressing!
So was this just the culmination of a higher than normal tide and a strong yet persistent onshore wind? It's been a good 35 odd years since I was last down in your neck of the woods.
@@denisewarner8982 Technically, even though he was a complete _"wrist job"_ for saying it, he was right. The sun will firstly boil off the water and then the Earth will fry and burn up. But that's not for a few billion years when the sun expands as it dies and takes out all the smaller rock planets. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. So nothing to worry about just yet 8-))... _Unless, that is, you're planning to live for a very, very long time!_ ;-))...
A fair bit of flooding, but the new harbour gate did a great job at keeping the storm surge out. It was up the street as far as the chip shop and the water was level with Gina's art gallery windows.
Maybe wearing some waders could have been a better choice, lol, also our winter weather is really getting a lot worse where ever we may be. Sea foam or sewage ?
Last bit of the video was shot in Looe. I returned back that way after visiting Seaton. I've seen it go over the tracks before. That was the valentine's day storm.
Floods happen, this was a particularly high tide caused by the full moon. Lynmouth was flooded out in 1952, Boscastle in 2004, the Somerset Levels regularly flood as it's low lying land with inadequate drainage. When I was a teenager in the 1970s, the perceived wisdom was that the planet was entering a new ice age.
Every year when Winter time gets back,The floods getting worse every year,I heard in the next 30 to 50 years time,Most of the UK be deep under sea,Most of the lower land around the world also be deep under sea as well,Unless if any thing can be done about it before then,Mean while the ice caps are melting fast
You get this is one of our high spring tides over topping the harbour right? No amount of pumps is going to do diddly squat until the tide turns! It happens five or six times a year, not always this bad.. but that was because there where offshore sou’westerly winds at the time of high tide!
@@johnr1992 Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. The "spring" in "spring tides" has nothing to do with the season. It refers to the increased range of the tides - the difference between high and low water - that occurs every two weeks at new and full moons when the sun and moon are aligned and their gravitational effects are combined. A week either side of the springs the sun and moon are pulling perpendicularly to each other and the tidal range is less. These are called "neap tides". Do keep up, that way you can avoid looking foolish.
southerners THERES A STORM COMING PANIC!!, us northerneers, better put big coat on. we get this every winter up north here lol. this is a normal in lancashire cumbria and yorkshire lol.
Good luck to all the good people of Looe, this place has a special charm and remains close to my heart. 😗
suckers
I love Looe in all the years I’ve been going there I’ve never ever seen that. It has always been my favourite place from a child. In my seventies and it’s still holds it’s magic. I hope everyone is safe and not too much damage.
My son learned to walk on the beach in Looe 46 years ago, his dad worked at the water treatment plant at Crownhill in Plymouth. We rented Trefrew on Barbican Hill, such lovely memories from that time. Regards from Ireland🤗
Best wishes to all the people of Looe; horrible to see. Was there only 5 weeks ago, incredible difference. Let’s hope they get the help and assistance they need for their homes and businesses.
My partner and I know Looe and Seaton very well from having many wonderful holidays there. Our hearts go out to the people and owners of the businesses which we know and love. The flooding is terrible and all the more so when you know the places which are being devastated by flood waters. Thank you for being brave enough to film it.
That’s horrendous. Love Looe and Seaton. Heart goes out to all those with businesses and homes affected.
Grew up in Fowey this happened all the time… bloody loved it!
Imagine living back before everyone had electricity and what this would've looked like back then! Thank you for showing us these places, most of us would've never known about these places. Seems like it would be a great little seaside community to live in.
Ironically it's probably the the side effects of electricity production which leads to events like this.
This is noting new! Just look at 1.00min into the video with the timbers which have been put alongside the wall for the fishing boats to lean on when the tide makes more than normal they don’t float over the wall..the fisherman all understand with local knowledge!
Big spring tides and a bloody great big gale blowing up from the SW.. it’s the same in my little village of Pill, Somerset and we would get it worse than this until they built a tidal defence! The locals just got on with it but instead of it being lovely blue Cornish water it was mud and silt left behind.
That still leaks but it does keep the water out the houses and pubs.
@@garysmith5025 weird, Looe has been flooding for nearly 500 years now and people are still paying top dollar for oceanfront property?
@@PillSharks thanks! I just find oceanfront cities fascinating, most likely because I've grown up in the Midwest US my entire life. The closet we have to oceanfront property is Lake Erie.
@@donniev8181 my little village has flooded for hundreds of years and my family have come from the same place for 500 plus years.. over the last few years we’ve had the outsiders move in as we like to call them. It’s amazing how quick they all become experts in the topic and start spouting crap about it being sea level rise!
An area in the river near Pill is called Hung road where the ships would moor up before either going into Bristol or being unloaded on barges (I’m talking in the days of sail). The original mooring rings the Pill men would use are still there and they’ve all been set at the HW mark so even on the highest tide they can still be accessible.. also, a little bit of History as we have close ties with America and have the American monument as in the 1700s Methodist sailed from here to the Americas.. another nice part of our history you might like is many people think John Cabot and the Matthew left from Bristol in 1497 but the river would have been impossible to navigate on one tide so in all probability he would have left from my little village of Pill, Somerset!
The Pilot was a pill man called George James Ray... 500 years of piloting all staring at Pill..
my old Dad has been up the St Lawrence seaway a few times as a British seaman so he will know the area well.
Noooo! Not the pasty shop! :(
We went down Looe last night, it was unbelievable!! Never seen it so high. Can’t believe Seaton too, seen the river there flood by the bridge but wow!!! 😮
cant wait till you join the fishes
Wow! I grew up in Seaton and have never seen the water that high 😳 thank you for sharing
Another amazing video dude hope everyone stayed safe looks pretty bad that😢
As a regular visitor, I have seen this before, so we all know now what our lovely folks and businesses in Looe have to injure every year, I hope it never gets worse than this, thank for sharing this video.
Go to looe twice a year. It's floods alot xx. Been here when it's flooded ..it's so strange xx . I remember my mum paddling o get into Looe social club .lol
Sad to see lovely Looe under water- hope you all stay safe from storm Ciaran 😢
Loo is our favourite holiday town, really love the the place, go every year, so sorry to see this, hope there is not to much damage
A good few years back, I have seen it over that wall by Seaton beach!!!!
I love Looe. When I was a nipper, there was an amusement arcade with a pinball machine that gave out free games really easily. The last time I visited, I had 17 different flavours of absolutely wonderful pasties over the week, including tasty and well seasoned Cornish.
I always thought it quaint that it took a boat ride across to get between hotel and town. (The bridge was too far for my toddler legs)
Great to see your out and about dude 👍 bizzar we was going to pop into looe last night but opted for brixham instead , which turned out to be far less Devastation than looe
Gosh, we walk round Looe frequently , usually West Looe , as the dog likes running up and down the steps , we also go to Seaton and Downderry but never realised how much flooding there was in these places, we live near Launceston and never see these kind of scenes , wow so scary , I think you were very brave walking around in the dark. Take care when Ciaran hits on Thursday it’s likely to be bad again.
Yes, the morning is the highest tide. I think that's when the wind is at its highest too.
It'll be half a metre lower but the added wind could make it even worse?
Looe is one of the nicest places on the Planet.
My favourite place on earth 😊
Watching this while having a pint of beer 🎉
Wow, you can see why they are going to build flood defences in Looe! Thanks for the video.
nature takes no notice of bounderys. she will do as she wants ,when she wants there is no stopping her.
are we? we can't afford to maintain ones we have and the Tories are just burying their heads in the sand. around 800 defences that were needed in last weeks storm had failled due to lack of maintenance... costing millions in repairs!
I bet Polperro is flooded too😮
Thanks for this.. just sent it to my parents as they are coming down there at the weekend.. I suggested wellies and a 4x4! 😂
Kayak and snorkeling gear might be advisable too!
@@StreetZipsSZ 😂😂
I remember in 1993 when I went Looe with my family. And we was awoken late at night by the owner of the hotel to evacuate because the bay was flooded. I hope the shops are well prepared for Wednesday and Thursday. Stay safe everyone.
Very interesting video, I've never seen such a high tide in Looe. I'm in S America just now, but have a house in Looe. Thankfully it's up 50-odd steps! Were the car park at Seaton and the Smugglers under water?
Very lovely 👍
I was in looe on friday the 27th last day of my holiday in cornwall. The river that day was empty. Alot of the boats were literally sitting on the riverbed. What a difference two days makes
Was in Fowey in Friday, high tide about 5:30pm, and the main street was flooding then. Was going to be even higher on the weekend.
Wife and I were on our Honeymoon in 1958 - never saw anything like this!!!
The happened back in 2013. There's a dated mark on the wall to show the height. Hopefully all will recover from this again soon 🙏
Hope everyone in Looe is safe. Very sad to see as i have holiday's down there quite regularly ever since I was a little kid. I'm going back in march so will be down to support the local businesses with my custom.
Oh my goodness this is so bad. I was only in Seaton last year and never thought anything like this would happen. The poor residents with businesses and homes must be quite scary 😟
OMG. You could be in deep deep siht when Storm Ciarán arrives on Wednesday!
The tide should be a lot lower by then, they're returning to neaps now.
But it could still flood.
Heart beats fast
Colours and promises
How to be brave?
How can I love when I'm afraid to fall?
But watching you stand alone
All of my doubt
Suddenly goes away somehow
One step closer
I have died every day waiting for you
Darling, don't be afraid
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more
Time stands still
Beauty in all she is
I will be brave
I will not let anything take away
What's standing in front of me
Every breath
Every hour has come to this
One step closer
I have died every day waiting for you
Darling, don't be afraid
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more
And all along I believed I would find you
Time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more
One step closer
One step closer
I have died every day waiting for you
Darling, don't be afraid
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more
And all along I believed I would find you
Time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more
One step closer
One step closer
Water from the north pole ice melt of course .... got to go somewhere i guess ... thanks for information of cornwall coast... the water is very clean ...
'It's like a disaster movie' you said - it IS a disaster for all these people.
No it isnt really..The town is up and running again the next day.....business as usual.
@@ChristineFisher123 😁
Hope everyone is ok.
We stay at the old museum behind the lifeboat station most years, lovely place, hope it's survived the flooding.
Recognise all the area's on the footage.
Great bit of filming
Mother nature is a powerful force
Wow, is this the tale end of Bobit Jon or the next one on? Madness. Thanks for bringing it to us.
Fresh upload from earlier this evening.
An epic night!
New storm due this Wednesday I think?
@@StreetZipsSZ you should take your paddle board next time. But is it Babit? I am lost as to the current name Ciaran maybe?
A spring tide. Maybe made worse by the weather.
@@patchso it isn't spring. It was the tale end of the storm and a full moon.
@@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling Forgive me if you were joking, but a spring tide is nothing to do with the season. It's an extra high tide, and yes to do with the full moon.
and rain? where does the rain and wind come from? is it the weather by any chance
This is nothing new. Happens a lot
I used to own a house right down in the harbour in Looe in the nineties. One morning we woke up to find the sea lapping one inch below the bottom of the house door, some of the shops in Fore street were flooded a little but our house was built a few inches higher, luckily it didnt come into our house. We sold the house pdq and bought a bungalow across the river up the hill in Looe. Dodged a bullet so to speak.
Not…. the pasty shop!! 🤯😱
Great filming of event
Any of the older folks remember this happening before?
yep several times over the years, the Bullers pub has flagstones just for these events.
Yes throughout my childhood in the 70s. Spring tides linked to stormy weather. Always the worst recipe for dear old Looe. Hope you all dry out soon and keep safe.
had many happy holidays in looe back in the late 70s up to the late 90s my goodness it does flood a lot their l really feel for the residents,shop owners,and other businesses they really need to build the flood defences in the next few years not sure if that is progressing!
So was this just the culmination of a higher than normal tide and a strong yet persistent onshore wind?
It's been a good 35 odd years since I was last down in your neck of the woods.
Was only there a couple of weeks ago visiting family
is flood water just water or is it mixed with sewage?
Good video. Well done 👍
Brillant video😊
I've never known so much rain in 2023.
Yet a guy from the UN said a few months ago, the world is going to boil, really!!!
@@denisewarner8982 Technically, even though he was a complete _"wrist job"_ for saying it, he was right.
The sun will firstly boil off the water and then the Earth will fry and burn up. But that's not for a few billion years when the sun expands as it dies and takes out all the smaller rock planets. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
So nothing to worry about just yet 8-))... _Unless, that is, you're planning to live for a very, very long time!_ ;-))...
@@thezanzibarbarian5729less than a few billion years in about 600 million years humans won't be able to live on the planet
Is the Sardine Factory restaurant ok?
Hope everyone is ok and shops are ok ,I am coming down at the end of the month good luck
Imagine what it must have been like before people could buy a Tide Timetable …
Can the businesses still afford insurance for flood damage? It happens all the time now in Looe doesn't it?
I've been to Looe three times and two of them times it was flooded
Full moon, high tide.
Wow that’s awful feel sorry for the people that will have all that to sort out tomorrow
sadly this is the cost of liveing in flood plains and other low lieing areas.
thats not good....hope the businesses in looe are going to be ok...
Dont forget to get you car washed that sea water will be rusting them cars up good.
Thanks for the video mad to see it like this
How did Polpero hold up?
A fair bit of flooding, but the new harbour gate did a great job at keeping the storm surge out.
It was up the street as far as the chip shop and the water was level with Gina's art gallery windows.
Got to feel sorry for people who live there in Looe , hope they get something built soon , take it the drains cant take all that water away ?
The drains won't help, it's the high tide coming over, not rain
Not a sandbag to be seen? We're the keyholders not informed about the flooding?
Never forget boscastle flood
Maybe wearing some waders could have been a better choice, lol, also our winter weather is really getting a lot worse where ever we may be. Sea foam or sewage ?
Surely that's rainwater river flooding coming, not high tide sea level flooding?
All that money wasted on the folly of HS2 that could be spent to protect communities like this.
Good Luck👀
That's not train tracks at Seaton, it's a tramway. Trains haven't run there for at least 70 years.
Last bit of the video was shot in Looe. I returned back that way after visiting Seaton. I've seen it go over the tracks before. That was the valentine's day storm.
Not a good idea to walk down flooded roads if you get a drain or manhole cover lifted
Never walk in the flood, common sense .
Mad, meant to be 100+ mph winds wednesday/thursday, be safe people
And there's more rain to come this week according to the Met Office.
My family’s last 😊😊 name is Seaton ! 😊
Is it Seaton in devon
Seaton in Cornwall
Wait till Wen/Thur this flooding is nothing if we get those 70/90 MPH winds combined with the high tides
Incredibly sad.
We don't need slow motion because a wave is breaking
Its happerns often pard
Yes happens almost every year, nothing new for Looe or Seaton
Where do people think their toilets flush too? Under ground to the sewers. You are plodging in sewage.
OH MY GOD !!!! That is awful !
dont worrie international rescue will come to save you ,never fear.
These events are becoming more frequent and more extreme, it’s almost like the planet is trying to tell us something.
no they are not. don't please buy into the global warming nonsense.
Wait until late next week, huge storm coming.
It will unfortunately happen to all parts of country if not the world, might seem impossible but the planets warming up too rapidly..
Floods happen, this was a particularly high tide caused by the full moon. Lynmouth was flooded out in 1952, Boscastle in 2004, the Somerset Levels regularly flood as it's low lying land with inadequate drainage. When I was a teenager in the 1970s, the perceived wisdom was that the planet was entering a new ice age.
Also influenced by air pressure. High tide + full moon + low air pressure = higher water levels.
Just research the east coast floods of 1953!
Deny, deny.
Every year when Winter time gets back,The floods getting worse every year,I heard in the next 30 to 50 years time,Most of the UK be deep under sea,Most of the lower land around the world also be deep under sea as well,Unless if any thing can be done about it before then,Mean while the ice caps are melting fast
Clown.
This is why I live at the top of a hill.
Crikey my lovers
Another couple of years and that sea wall will disappear
1st world becomes 2nd world..
15 years time it'll be at ceiling level
Don't have you're own sandbags and water pump, drive and park in deep water, thats my top tip to achieve a Darwin award.
Sea level is going to rise one metre more with global warming and icecaps melting.
Somebody flushed the toilet...
You sound like a West London yuppie ?
Intrepid reporting.
God, you'd never know pumps had been invented...Just need to be shown how to use them I guess...
You get this is one of our high spring tides over topping the harbour right? No amount of pumps is going to do diddly squat until the tide turns! It happens five or six times a year, not always this bad.. but that was because there where offshore sou’westerly winds at the time of high tide!
Omg, this is proof of global warming!
No it isn't. It's very high spring tides coupled with an onshore wind. Happens regularly and has always happened.
@@Matthew-ut6ed lol, it is not spring!
It's still called a Spring tide.
@@johnr1992 Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. The "spring" in "spring tides" has nothing to do with the season. It refers to the increased range of the tides - the difference between high and low water - that occurs every two weeks at new and full moons when the sun and moon are aligned and their gravitational effects are combined. A week either side of the springs the sun and moon are pulling perpendicularly to each other and the tidal range is less. These are called "neap tides".
Do keep up, that way you can avoid looking foolish.
southerners THERES A STORM COMING PANIC!!, us northerneers, better put big coat on. we get this every winter up north here lol. this is a normal in lancashire cumbria and yorkshire lol.