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Title: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: clipperjay on 26 October 2013, 13:26
Weather forecasting have predicted another storm like the one we had in 1987, trees are to be watched as they become dangerous in high winds. Hope no cars get destroyed and people with car covers usually loose them if not tied down properly. :tongue:
Monday is the expected high winds, but it could miss us and hit Northern Europe instead?
Stay safe batten down the hatches :laugh:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24674537 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24674537)  :shocked: :undecided:
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: A5H on 26 October 2013, 15:00
I hope it do miss us, i want to get out there get my car sorted and get it through its MOT

Been told up to 80mph winds  :angry:
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: Bellend on 26 October 2013, 16:15
Great, being 150ft up on a chalk quarry, we get major winds anyway. ah well.
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: clipperjay on 26 October 2013, 16:42
I'm 800 ft above sea level  :grin:
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: Bellend on 26 October 2013, 16:48
I dunno how high abovw sea level just there's a shear 150ft drop at the end of the garden. :grin:
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: justalex81 on 26 October 2013, 19:51
jay stop being such a drama queen!!!  :grin: :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: gazareth on 26 October 2013, 21:08
Weather forecasting have predicted another storm like the one we had in 1987, trees are to be watched as they become dangerous in high winds. Hope no cars get destroyed and people with car covers usually loose them if not tied down properly. :tongue:
Monday is the expected high winds, but it could miss us and hit Northern Europe instead?
Stay safe batten down the hatches :laugh:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24674537 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24674537)  :shocked: :undecided:
there is no way im going to be outside watching trees if its going to be 800mph wind :grin:
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: barrym381 on 26 October 2013, 22:09
Weather forecasting have predicted another storm like the one we had in 1987, trees are to be watched as they become dangerous in high winds. Hope no cars get destroyed and people with car covers usually loose them if not tied down properly. :tongue:
Monday is the expected high winds, but it could miss us and hit Northern Europe instead?
Stay safe batten down the hatches :laugh:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24674537 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24674537)  :shocked: :undecided:
there is no way im going to be outside watching trees if its going to be 800mph wind :grin:
800mph have you been smoking something  :whistle:
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: gazareth on 27 October 2013, 01:46
Weather forecasting have predicted another storm like the one we had in 1987, trees are to be watched as they become dangerous in high winds. Hope no cars get destroyed and people with car covers usually loose them if not tied down properly. :tongue:
Monday is the expected high winds, but it could miss us and hit Northern Europe instead?
Stay safe batten down the hatches :laugh:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24674537 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24674537)  :shocked: :undecided:
there is no way im going to be outside watching trees if its going to be 800mph wind :grin:
800mph have you been smoking something  :whistle:
i think my mind has been exploited by lesser mortal dwellers of this planet :sad:
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: Wazzzer on 27 October 2013, 10:11
It's been pretty windy here all night but has calmed down now, but you know what they say...
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: gazareth on 27 October 2013, 12:09
It's been pretty windy here all night but has calmed down now, but you know what they say...
nope. what do they say? :huh:
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: clipperjay on 27 October 2013, 12:29
Calm before the storm?
Two birds in one hand?
A rock and a hard place?
There she blows :lipsrsealed:


Getting windy on the hill Tescoos was busy, took five minutes to get in, took 45mins to get out of the parking, dam it must buy supplies before the big storm so I can survive one day of not leaving the house OMG  :evil:
Only wanted some fags  :whistle:
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: Diamond Hell on 27 October 2013, 13:36
We need to go and get some stuff because.... we're low on supplies for the coming week.

Not looking forward to it.

Pondering whether to get some pegs and try and secure our 12' trampoline or whether I should just see how far it manages to get...
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: Wazzzer on 27 October 2013, 13:50
Pondering whether to get some pegs and try and secure our 12' trampoline or whether I should just see how far it manages to get...

Shall we have a sweepstake?
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: Wazzzer on 27 October 2013, 13:51
Calm before the storm?

Yep, it's now back to being windy again
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: clipperjay on 27 October 2013, 16:10
We need to go and get some stuff because.... we're low on supplies for the coming week.

Not looking forward to it.

Pondering whether to get some pegs and try and secure our 12' trampoline or whether I should just see how far it manages to get...

You might get the brunt DH I've used some old quarry rocks to keep my stuff down TBF a 100 MPH wind will catch anything like tarpins like a sail no matter what you do?
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: VR6Lee on 27 October 2013, 19:56
Got back from Ilses of Scilly, two days later as the Scillonian III couldn't leave Penzance harbour due to the weather. Looks like it will be cancelled again on Monday. That crossing  :laugh: :sick:
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: mini7racer on 28 October 2013, 19:24
Was watching bits of the weather end of last week saying all of the uk was going to be battered this weekend...then it was all change, up here in the midlands it was a bit breezy and rained hard at times but it was all over by lunch time.. Very odd driving home with clear sky's no wind and bone dry listening to the traffic reports on the radio saying how it was chaos down south
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: Diamond Hell on 29 October 2013, 07:21
Trampoline didn't move.  I dropped the catch netting, snuggled it up to the shed and dug our two garden forks in over the legs.  That stopped it from wandering around.

Parents lost a garage - tree fell and hooked it up. We had quite a lot of trees down across the IOW but nothing terribly exciting.
Title: Re: Storm abrewing I hear?
Post by: clipperjay on 29 October 2013, 08:57
A few branches cleared off the roads a 12ft wall got knocked down not far from me two large trees was leaning on it causing it to go over.
Went to work and no cars in the city guess loads of trains got cancelled and west country got hit hard.
Was not too bad better than expected bins knocked over and my Japanese maple tree lost all its red and orange leaves.
Shame to hear about the young girl who lost her life though.  :cry: