[MD] Rough seas

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Hi folks
For once I stray from the MOQ. There is a German writer - Bernard 
Kellermann  - who wrote a book called "Das Meer" ('The Ocean' or 
'The Sea' in English) about his stay on the French island Ouessant off 
the Bretagne coast. This was in the early twentieth century, when the 
population were fishermen and sailors and as this region is notorious 
for its extreme ebb/flood difference (8-10 meters) and rough weather 
they had many narrow esapes.  I found this video clip of a storm 
around there and as a "stormbird" and dabbler in seascape paintings I 
was absolutely fascinated. Take a look at this address:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2LeNBY_5gk&feature=related

The waters around there are spotted with lighthouses, two on the 
Ouessean itself - Creach and  Stiff (both described by Kellermann, the 
former the world's strongest lightwise ) - and  some on rocks off the 
island and. If these are manned they surely had a tough time during 
this storm.  BTW Kellermann has written another novel - "The Tunnel" 
- about a project to connect Europe and the USA under the Atlantic, 
this somehow reminded me of Ayn Rand.

Bodvar