Stormflodssøjlen i Nordby - Nordby, Denmark - High Level Marks on Waymarking.com

Stormflodsøjlen på Langelinie, ved færgelejet i Nordby Havn har mærker der viser, hvor højt vandet har stået ved de fem værste stormfloder, som har ramt Fanø. Den efterligner en af havnens gamle fortøjningspæle. Stormflodsøjlen er nyopsat, men en tidligere version
har siden 1969 mindet de mange sommergæster på Fanø om, hvor barsk Vadehavet også kan være.

VANDET KOM IND FRA OVEN - en beskrivelse af stormfloden i oktober 1981

Den 24. oktober 1981 ud på aftenen rasede en storm med næsten orkanagtig styrke. Der blev slået stormflodsalarm og Fanø Ugeblad skrev efterfølgende om begivenheden: ”Den højeste vandstand i mands minde under en stormflod indtraf i tirsdags med katastrofale følger for mange i Nordby.

Højvande skulle indtræffe kl. 13.18, men allerede ved 10-tiden var vandet over kajkanten og al sejlads med færgerne havde været indstillet fra om morgenen. Langs hele Langelinie har vandet været inde i husene. Kældre er fyldte, ruder både i døre og vindueshøjde er knuste… Krogaardens kælder og marinestue blev oversvømmet. Vandet kom ind fra oven! »Fanø Fisk« - forretningen på Havnevej er efter ejerens udsagn totalt ødelagt. Her har der været vand i 1,50 meters højde… I hele den Østlige del af byen … op til Vestervejen er der sket enorme skader på inventar, indbo, bygninger og installationer... Den danske Bank fik bankboksen fyldt med vand, der ikke kunne holdes ude, men kom gennem dørene. I private beboelser kunne vandet holdes væk fra dørene og sås gennem vinduerne, men det vedvarende pres gjorde, at så kom vandet blot op gennem gulvet…. En tur i Hovedgaden, da vandet var på sit højeste måtte foregå i vaders,.. En ubeskrivelig rædsel, der spændte fra panisk løben omkring, for at følge med vandets indtrængen og redning af ejendele, til håbløs opgivelse, hvor TV, fryser ja bohave i det hele taget flød rundt i stuerne. - På en gård i Rindby, hvor vandet til sidst i springvand stod op gennem gulvet opgav man og tog et par flasker rødvin med op på høloftet ingen steder kunne man komme, og der kunne intet mere gøres.”

English: The storm surge column on Langelinie, by the ferry berth in Nordby Havn, has marks that show how high the water has been at the five worst storm surges that have hit Fanø. It imitates one of the port's old mooring poles. The storm surge pillar is newly installed, but an earlier version
has since 1969 reminded the many summer visitors to Fanø of how rough the Wadden Sea can be.

THE WATER CAME IN FROM ABOVE - a description of the October 1981 storm surge

On the evening of October 24, 1981, a storm raged with almost hurricane force. A storm surge alarm was sounded and Fanø Ugeblad subsequently wrote about the event: "The highest water level in living memory during a storm surge occurred on Tuesday with disastrous consequences for many in Nordby.

High tide should occur at 13.18, but already at 10 o'clock the water was over the edge of the quay and all sailing with the ferries had been suspended from the morning. Along the entire Langelinie, the water has been inside the houses. Cellars are full, panes in both doors and window height are broken... The tavern's basement and marine room were flooded. The water came in from above! "Fanø Fisk" - the business on Havnevej is, according to the owner, completely destroyed. Here there has been water at a height of 1.50 meters... In the entire eastern part of the city... up to Vestervejen, there has been enormous damage to fixtures, contents, buildings and installations... could be kept out, but came through the doors. In private residences, the water could be kept away from the doors and seen through the windows, but the constant pressure meant that the water simply came up through the floor... A walk in Hovedgaden, when the water was at its highest, had to take place in waders,.. An indescribable horror that ranged from panicked running around, to follow the water's intrusion and rescue of belongings, to hopeless abandonment, where the TV freezes and household in general flowed around the living rooms. - On a farm in Rindby, where the water eventually rose through the floor in a fountain, you gave up and took a few bottles of red wine up to the hayloft, nowhere could you go, and nothing more could be done.

Natural or man made event?: Natural What type of marker?: Collum display in public When did this occur?: 24th of october 1981 Website related to the event..: [Web Link]

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A picture showing the level along with any markers telling of what had occurred can be used. Better yet would be a picture of you or someone standing next to the high level mark, that would show if you would have been just wading or completely submersed.

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