It's 30 years to the day since the Great Storm of 1987 hit southern England, with winds of up to 120 mph (193 kmh) causing the loss of 18 lives. Fortunately, it all happened overnight, otherwise the death toll may well have been somewhat higher.
It is coincidental that Hurricane Ophelia is also going to cause problems in the UK today, but not on the scale of 30 years ago. However, weather warnings are in place and the fringes of the storm are predicted to hit where I am around 2pm.
There is little sign of coming events as I stand on Southbourne beach, Dorset, to photograph today's sunrise.
24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S Nikkor. 1/160 second at f/5.6 Matrix metering. ISO 100
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