I'm not going to copy and paste them here as the guy is obviously a professional photographer so don't want to steal his photo's, but there are two cracking shots of the West Pier from last night doing the rounds on facebook
https://www.facebook.com/maxlangranphotography
It's at times like this I really miss living towards the top of Freshfield Road. We used to have a brilliant view from our bedroom facing east. Right over the hospital and out to sea. I used to love watching storms at night from up there.