[Closed] #scotstorm

If its any consolation its pretty breezy in Edinburgh area too. I've given up on sleep.

I've just had a very fun drive home from work!

Glad we don't have the kids trampoline any more.

106mph gusts recorded in Stornoway and I think they're on their way here.

Not sure if I'll have a workplace to go to in the morn. This is on the border of the so called dangerzone and it's so noisy.. I canna sleep.

Its breezy alright , just been oot.

Its not bad though , its coming from the wrong direction here.

I was out in 86knots/98 mph last week in the middle of the north sea doing a human chain trying to get to the accomodation block due to a methane alarm, that was ****ing wild.

Its no worrying me yet.

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Scotroutes was about for a vox pop with the news earlier 🙂

Seems it's blarn a hooly oot there still this am. Strong winds make next year's firewood.

Our power is flickering.

Fires on

Power better not go off , i have lots of stuff to spray paint later....spent ages prepping it last night grrr

Very wild on way back from Glasgow to Edi last night and like sleeping beside a jet engine.

Wild wind last night in Lochgilphead but the roof is still on the hotel I'm in so that's a blessing.

Seems relatively calm now.

Sigh.....another visit to that stationary bicycle in the garage

Tough headwind on the way to work this morning, at least I won't have to do so much resistance training tonight 😉

Buying a house on top of a hill no longer seems like it was a great idea

My cat got scared but my trampoline is still there.

I rate it medium.

My weather station recorded a gust of 62 km/h.
This beat the previous high of 50 km/h.

Pretty breezy for the middle of a low lying housing scheme in Stirling.

(Trampoline still in position but the wheely bin went for a walk)

"Buying a house on top of a hill no longer seems like it was a great idea"

Why is it made of straw ?

Yeah we get it fairly enthusiastically in Sw Edinburgh. That plus baby feeding through the night leaves me wondering if I went to bed at all...

aww, where's the picture of the wheelie bins ?

🙁

There's a bit of a blow in fife - spent the night wondering how many more greenhouse panes would shatter, and how many of the recycling bins would be In Situ - that'll teach me to leave recently empty black plastic bins round the back garden.

Can't face the traffic through Perth with both bridges closed so think I'll have an office day today.

The euro bins haven't started trundling down liethwalk yet.

Wee bit blowy in the borders. I'll get OH to talk to the parkies see what trees are getting chopped, I'll be down this pm to volunteer to clear the debris.

bits of the garage roof now in the driveway, someone's chimney now waiting on the next bus, (bus stop didn't survive), and we have the most annoying waste pipe, which is just flexible enough to tap on the flashing all night...no sleep. Now the OH just text to say the shed roof is looking a bit flappy. 🙄

It's a bit blustery down near Newcastle too. I'm trying to decide if a 50mph tail wind on the ride in would make up for the head wind on the way home or if I shold sack it off and get the train.

Rabbit hutch blown over and only one of the two rabbits has returned so far. Now have one lonely looking rabbit and three very upset children.

Rabbits are very sociable, if its able, it will return. Good luck.

All kinds of wheeliebin to car interface going on last night.

Neighbours need a new fence.. That balsa panelled Wikes thing stood no chance.

Where's my bird table?

On the other side of the motorway from Trail Rat, I am pleased to state that my self fitted chimney pot is still intact. However if anybody can tell me where you can buy a new food recycling bin I would be grateful!

trail_rat - Member

Why is it made of straw ?

Strangely enough no. It is however somewhat devoid of any shelter, so seems to get battered a lot more than my old place #firstworldproblems

zombie christmas tree apocalypse!

was overtaken by one at some traffic lights the other night and rounded a corner to a shuffling horde of them advancing upon me this morning… fortunately they decided to attack a nearby parked car instead.

Ive gained some conservatory...... I guess tht means a neighbour has gained a water feature 🙂

Which motorways that duckman 🙂

ooh I'm tired today

That plus baby feeding through the night leaves me wondering if I went to bed at all...

I've never noticed your breasts before!

I looked out and saw 2 wheelybins and a bunch of food bins and recycling boxes harassing my car. I was going to go out and chase them off but they looked like they might turn on me so I hid under the bed til they'd gone. Bins these days are positively feral

It's weird on campus, doesn't seem to be many big trees over (we lost loads last year so maybe explains that) but absolutely every tree seems to have dropped a single big branch. It's like they colluded- "Right lads, we've spoken to the Met Office and apparently we need to get 10,000 tons of dead tree lying on roads and paths tomorrow. But instead of asking for volunteers like we did last year, we're going to share the blow"

incalculable damage here in the south;

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I'm in Craigo T-R. Road into Montrose was shut this morning,hopefully whoevever is sawing down the tree blocking it will cut it into bits that will fit in a trailer easily enough. 😀

I'm wondering how much trail damage has been done 🙁

incalculable damage here in the south;

I'll be donating to the Red Cross. Scenes like that make my heart bleed.....

I just got a phone call from someone in Essex who's Rohloff Brompton has been in the car boot all night, and the car has been underwater. He's not worried about the car, more worried about harm to the Rohloff.

Here in Glasgow disappointingly uneventful - OH did suggest I should go outside and tie the birdfeeder down last night, but survived without my help.

incalculable damage here in the south;

tell me about it, I had to retrieve the lid of my recycling bin from a whole 2 feet away.

Oh the humanity!

Couple of trees down on the A 70 between Edinburgh and Ayr. On the ferry now to Belfast but it seems to have calmed down a good bit.

Aaaaaaand we're back.

Power just restored. Seem to ve a few fences down, roads closed due to trees, various roofs affected. Certainly the windiest night I can remember.

I'm beginning to see why the little valley out the back of our house is called 'Windy Gowl.' Bizarrely, every other time we've had strong winds over the past year or so we have a load of power cuts, but none as yet (awaits weekend apocalypse of powerless doom).

Aaaaaaand we're back.
Power just restored. Seem to ve a few fences down, roads closed due to trees, various roofs affected. Certainly the windiest night I can remember.

All that and the disappoinment of not getting a new Tesco 🙁

And I appear to have half the salt content* of the Atlantic deposited on my windows!

*OK, it might not be salt

live in a high bit of EK, wasn't that windy really, the whirlie dryer cover blew off, that was about it.