been a bit windy but til just now it's been pretty bright and sunny here....frankly I'm really looking forward to a big storm (on the proviso no poor buggers die etc obviously) as I have happy memories of the big one as a kid.
.....plus I think it'll be a brilliant backdrop to my cider brandy and fancy cigar treat this evening
been a bit windy but til just now it's been pretty bright and sunny here....frankly I'm really looking forward to a big storm (on the proviso no poor buggers die etc obviously) as I have happy memories of the big one as a kid.
We're 10 miles from the coast as the crow flies so I'm not looking forward to it at all! Been pretty blowy here all day, if it gets any worse I wouldn't be surprised if my chimney falls off.
Me and Mrs Spoons are always going on about the '87 storm though, perhaps this is the equivalent for our kids to be boring about to their kids one day... "I remember the '13 storm, it was so windy the trampoline blew over!" etc
The weather up here isn't great either, it's really windy and it's also pouring with rain, i'm glad i don't have to out in it tonight.
I think the storm has just arrived in the South:sad:
Looks like the storm won't reach Scotland....still pretty windy and wet though!
I'm not looking forward to winter. We've had a good summer this year, and that usually leads to lots of crappy weather from now until.....ohhhh....April?
It was quite windy here this morning, but that's because of my curry last night :lol: Sorry, someone had to say it ;-)
Seriously though, it was quite breezy on the sea front today. I usually like to get a coffee and walk along the beach on a weekend, but it was blowing a ton of sand about and it was getting in my eyes, so I didn't today. But, it got so windy at one point that it actually blew the lid off of my take out coffee cup :o It's quite calm out there now though!
It was quite windy here this morning, but that's because of my curry last night :lol: Sorry, someone had to say it ;-)
Seriously though, it was quite breezy on the sea front today. I usually like to get a coffee and walk along the beach on a weekend, but it was blowing a ton of sand about and it was getting in my eyes, so I didn't today. But, it got so windy at one point that it actually blew the lid off of my take out coffee cup :o It's quite calm out there now though!
:grin: They'll be reporting that on CNN: "Conditions in Britain were so severe that one person actually lost the lid off his coffee cup!"
I keep reading that people in Southern England are braced for the storm. I'm a little bit worried, i'm not braced i don't even know what that means! Is there something I should be doing?
just starting to rain here....time to break out cigar and cider brandy soon methinks
half cut wookie in a few hours issuing the "c'mon is that the best you got ? " challenge..
87 was barmy, lost the front garden fence.. but I'd rather my car didn't get crushed or damaged as I've only just had the body work done (thanks to 2 mindless c'ts ?1.5k of repairs) .. a sisters friend just had their car, a branch land on it in the car park, a week or 2 back.. probably a right off as it's caved in the roof.
a few of the northerners on my FB are moaning they aren't getting the s***y weather for a change.. or southerners are soft.. err might have something to do with london is far more condensed population wise then the middle of nowhere up north, in some cases. Joke being they are reading it all of the media and taking it as gospel..
this happened in 2007 just up the road, there was more of it.. but this is the most extreme pic I guess.
kensal rise tornado :|
they are moaning it's all over the news as well.. yer coz we were all moaning when the flooding etc was t'up north *shrugs*.. flippin morons
Having just got into (edible) mushroom growing, fallen Oak trees will be put to good use in my garden. But obviously hope no-one or nothing gets damaged in the next few hours.
depending what report you read it's ment to hit anytime between midnight and 7am lol
im in weston super mare and it's just a bit of crappy rain so far hehe
Were you in Bedford at the time? I don't remember it affecting us all that much tbh, just a big hoo-ha on the news the next day about Michael Fish.
The 12-year-old future Mrs Spoons in Kent apparently slept through the whole thing, including three oak trees coming down in her back garden :-o
Nah, I was in Worthing on the south coast in Sussex, 1 street down from Grand Avenue, 3/4 mile long tree lined avenue, and most of them blew down.
round the corner a tree went through a house, another one crushed a car, there wasn't a street didn't have a tree down across the road or part in the road
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this happened in 2007 just up the road, there was more of it.. but this is the most extreme pic I guess.
kensal rise tornado :|
they are moaning it's all over the news as well.. yer coz we were all moaning when the flooding etc was t'up north *shrugs*.. flippin morons
That pic looks just like the same devastation to a house around the corner from where I lived back in the 1987 storm (Waddon, Croydon). My Dad and I went out the morning after and did my paper round. There was some major tree damage around. I should have a look to see if I have some pics. In Braintree now so shouldn't get the storm until middayish.
"I remember the '13 storm, it was so windy the trampoline blew over!"
Our trampoline did blow over! I must be psychic... or just too lazy to take the damned thing down :D
Couple of fallen trees on the roads into and out of Tenterden, and our village has had a power cut - but our village is always getting power cuts, to the point where I'm beginning to wonder if our electricity supply is brought over in a bucket from Ashford every morning by an old bloke on a bike.
Annoyingly the power's still on here at work so I suppose I'd better get on with it...
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Was outside 2 hours ago and at one point a gust prevented me from walking forward.
No doubt other, more open, places will be hit harder.
.....plus I think it'll be a brilliant backdrop to my cider brandy and fancy cigar treat this evening
We're 10 miles from the coast as the crow flies so I'm not looking forward to it at all! Been pretty blowy here all day, if it gets any worse I wouldn't be surprised if my chimney falls off.
Me and Mrs Spoons are always going on about the '87 storm though, perhaps this is the equivalent for our kids to be boring about to their kids one day... "I remember the '13 storm, it was so windy the trampoline blew over!" etc
ever since that storm they've fallen over themselves to give weather warnings
I think the storm has just arrived in the South:sad:
If he said it won't be so bad it'll be shorts n' T-shirts that day the useless prick :lol:
I'm not looking forward to winter. We've had a good summer this year, and that usually leads to lots of crappy weather from now until.....ohhhh....April?
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Seriously though, it was quite breezy on the sea front today. I usually like to get a coffee and walk along the beach on a weekend, but it was blowing a ton of sand about and it was getting in my eyes, so I didn't today. But, it got so windy at one point that it actually blew the lid off of my take out coffee cup :o It's quite calm out there now though!
:grin: They'll be reporting that on CNN: "Conditions in Britain were so severe that one person actually lost the lid off his coffee cup!"
in fact I woke up, thought "heck that sounds a bit noisy" and hid under the duvet, wished I'd got up and looked out the window now.
my dad was looking out the front room window watching stuff happen across the railway line
SOUTHERN BRITAIN BATTERED BY WORST STORM IN 26 YEARS!
:D :D :D
Were you in Bedford at the time? I don't remember it affecting us all that much tbh, just a big hoo-ha on the news the next day about Michael Fish.
The 12-year-old future Mrs Spoons in Kent apparently slept through the whole thing, including three oak trees coming down in her back garden :-o
half cut wookie in a few hours issuing the "c'mon is that the best you got ? " challenge..
87 was barmy, lost the front garden fence.. but I'd rather my car didn't get crushed or damaged as I've only just had the body work done (thanks to 2 mindless c'ts ?1.5k of repairs) .. a sisters friend just had their car, a branch land on it in the car park, a week or 2 back.. probably a right off as it's caved in the roof.
a few of the northerners on my FB are moaning they aren't getting the s***y weather for a change.. or southerners are soft.. err might have something to do with london is far more condensed population wise then the middle of nowhere up north, in some cases. Joke being they are reading it all of the media and taking it as gospel..
this happened in 2007 just up the road, there was more of it.. but this is the most extreme pic I guess.
kensal rise tornado :|
they are moaning it's all over the news as well.. yer coz we were all moaning when the flooding etc was t'up north *shrugs*.. flippin morons
SW UK, Bristol
im in weston super mare and it's just a bit of crappy rain so far hehe
Nah, I was in Worthing on the south coast in Sussex, 1 street down from Grand Avenue, 3/4 mile long tree lined avenue, and most of them blew down.
round the corner a tree went through a house, another one crushed a car, there wasn't a street didn't have a tree down across the road or part in the road
Used to go camping in Cheddar back in the 70's, Then drive out to Weston-Super-Mare and drive on to the beach.
It was not just the rain that was crappy out there :o :x :-P.
No I loved it as a kid.
I just google mapped it and It still has the concrete pool on the beach.
:smile:
I remember the tide comming in to clean out the **** and piss from it to get it ready for the next lot of **** and piss.
O those childhood memories.......
That pic looks just like the same devastation to a house around the corner from where I lived back in the 1987 storm (Waddon, Croydon). My Dad and I went out the morning after and did my paper round. There was some major tree damage around. I should have a look to see if I have some pics. In Braintree now so shouldn't get the storm until middayish.
Not far off - decided I didn't fancy the cigar in the end but cider brandy is boom people :)
Rather dissappointed with the storm though - it's a bit gusty but so far I've seen nothing worse than a small bit of wood has fallen over.
Probably for the best I guess but was really looking forward to a proper one
Our trampoline did blow over! I must be psychic... or just too lazy to take the damned thing down :D
Couple of fallen trees on the roads into and out of Tenterden, and our village has had a power cut - but our village is always getting power cuts, to the point where I'm beginning to wonder if our electricity supply is brought over in a bucket from Ashford every morning by an old bloke on a bike.
Annoyingly the power's still on here at work so I suppose I'd better get on with it...