laimeduck Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Maybe just a smidgeon more dangerous..........? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teflon2 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Sitting in Suffolk just the odd shower and a bit of a breeze now and then think we've missed all the excitement. John B-) B-) (^) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliveH Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Not sure you have just yet John !! "The southern half of the UK is preparing for one of the strongest storms of recent years to hit in the next few hours. Winds of up to 80mph are expected to start battering the south west from about midnight." ........................ That "strong wind" arrow above is pointing straight over Cornwall, Devon and Dorset and right at us. Strong gusts but nothing out of the ordinary so far. Keep losing satellite TV signal - not a good sign based on previous experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 CliveH - 2013-10-27 8:30 PM Winds of up to 80mph are expected to start battering the south west from about midnight." Has Frank come South to give after dinner speech tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerC Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Considering the time of year and all the shedding of leaves the storm is going to help big time blowing them hither and thither so I am wondering if the trains will all be cancelled tomorrow? Unless it's the 'right sort of leaves' we could be in for a lot of cancellations..... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigal55 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 CliveH - 2013-10-27 8:30 PM Not sure you have just yet John !! "The southern half of the UK is preparing for one of the strongest storms of recent years to hit in the next few hours. Winds of up to 80mph are expected to start battering the south west from about midnight." ........................ That "strong wind" arrow above is pointing straight over Cornwall, Devon and Dorset and right at us. Strong gusts but nothing out of the ordinary so far. Keep losing satellite TV signal - not a good sign based on previous experience. not here yet, lost 100sq ft of my roof in 87, a chimney in 91 there,s a downside for a seaview, never mind the reds good :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony1969 Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 Everything's been trashed here , rows of houses and mills lying on the roads , cars turned over what a mess , but thankfully the storm passed without causing any damage . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowtelse2do Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Up to now we have just had a few very heavy showers and the wind hasn't been too strong, well not outside anyway >:-) Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 What storm - the great anti climax more like! Much ado about nothing around here - not even the rain was heavy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliveH Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 No more than a blustery night here either. A number of trees down tho' according to local news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I see the BBC has sent up a helicopter to show us what stationary trains and fallen trees look like from the air. Seems they stil have plenty of spare cash available. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 malc d - 2013-10-28 11:35 AM I see the BBC has sent up a helicopter to show us what stationary trains and fallen trees look like from the air. Seems they stil have plenty of spare cash available. ;-) Like all the reporters on railway stations, Plymouth Hoe, Dover seafront - all saying the same thing and achieving nothing. Like the reporter in Romania chasing after this girl found in Greece's 'real' family - who gives a toss about sensationalising a story that has no connection with this country? The sooner the BBC looses it's charter, and the license fee ticket to waste and lack of accountability and has to face up to the financial realities in the real world the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliveH Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Tracker - 2013-10-28 11:45 AM malc d - 2013-10-28 11:35 AM I see the BBC has sent up a helicopter to show us what stationary trains and fallen trees look like from the air. Seems they stil have plenty of spare cash available. ;-) Like all the reporters on railway stations, Plymouth Hoe, Dover seafront - all saying the same thing and achieving nothing. Like the reporter in Romania chasing after this girl found in Greece's 'real' family - who gives a toss about sensationalising a story that has no connection with this country? The sooner the BBC looses it's charter, and the license fee ticket to waste and lack of accountability and has to face up to the financial realities in the real world the better. Well said that man! At last people are asking questions. The BBC should go pay per view now The Licence Fee is a tax we just do not need and for what we get in return - very poor value indeed. The scandals of late have not helped either!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepe63xnotuse Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Anyway..... *-) ... I see that two have been killed(by falling trees?)..and a lad, presumed dead, after being swept away(whilst swimming...?) :-| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliveH Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 The 14 year old was on the beach it seems and was swept away. Very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepe63xnotuse Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 ...Yeah and there's still folk on the TV/radio news, bleating on about how their train is late...or how their day has been disrupted..!?! *-) 8o| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laimeduck Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 NEWS: Ethiopia & Sudan TV organise an emergency telethon airing tonight to raise funds for British refugees of #BRITSTORM, after it appears that the south of England has been devastated by what Scotland refers to as 'a nice summer day' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliveH Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 (lol) (lol) (lol) (lol) It is a bit like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1footinthegrave Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 We must be a bloody laughing stock in most of the world, if they tune in to our news, it was a bit windy, get over it, we don't live in tornado alley for Gods sake. ;-) Still the bloody Christening has come and gone so they have run out of things to say. :-S until the first inch of Snow arrives and the country once again comes to a standstill ( except that is for the BBC outside broadcasting units ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Without wishing to show any disrespect to those who lost their lives or their homes today, amongst the other major tragedies, according to the quality reporting of the BBC, were the following - A man in Wiltshire had his model railway layout derailed due to a fallen tree in his garden - it missed the house apparently but it was a most upsetting experience. Power supplies will remain disrupted for the rest of today in isolated areas - live report from the wilds of Pangbourne in deepest Berkshire. What a pathetic waste of license fee money - almost as pathetic as the ladies book club who, having become victims of power cuts said that 'it was jolly inconvenient!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Very interesting to see what actually happened, gusts up to 99mph, BUT in a very narrow corridor, so those like us had just a bit of wind, just 20 miles away severe damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leake Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Tracker - 2013-10-27 12:42 PM Portable gas heater, portable gas cooker, gas lamps, oil lamps, torches, candles, matches, batteries, battery chargers, spare gas, paraffin, gas mantles, jet pricker, chain saw, open fire - we have it all - except a generator and if it gets bad I'll get one of they too! We used to live in Cornwall where storms were real storms at any time of the year and power outs were the norm not the unexpected and you learn to cope or be cold and hungry very quickly! We have a generator and I've wired the house using isolating relays so that the lights switch over to the genny when the power goes off. Also,have a number of separate sockets that can be used for the telly, fridge, freezer, central heating and alarm system. Or generator does not have electric start so we still have to start it manually in the event of a power failure. It does not have enough power for cooking or the microwave etc so we use the gas facilities in the motorhome. I know it's a bit off but I can never help turning the porch light on just to wind my neighbours up. We do have an arrangement by which any of them who want to come round our house are welcome if accompanied with a bottle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leake Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Conversation between me and a granddaughter who commutes from Kent into London. "I'm on the train grandad it's almost empty" "Blimey I thought they had canceled all,the trains." "I said I'm on not that it's actually going any where" Made me smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliveH Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 The Great British sense of humour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerC Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 The 'travel reporting' (haha) made me chuckle today........... Quote: "c2c train company is reported to have cancelled all it's trains and has recommended commuters do not travel". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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