[Closed] Storm Eunice

obviously for those beyond the wall, just a normal day and we should stop being such drama queens....

Considering keeping the kids home as there might well be travel chaos and the chances of something blowing onto the lanes we use to get to school is fairly high. There's a fair chance of the schools closing anyway tbh.

Dont think I've ever seen a met office Red in Englandshire before, and definitely not for those of us who have dinner in the evening.

Given that
yellow = absolutely no concern to any suburban or city dweller going about their daily life
and
amber = quite a dangerous blow/flooding/snow warning with significant damage and destruction

if there is a similar sized step up to red then good luck to all involved.

Ebike motor coming into its own now. Journey home was great. Passing other cyclists moving at 3mph,heads down, struggling into the wind I could sense their effort.

I didnt drop below 12mph, and it was up an incline too 😀

Shame about the horizontal rain, but them's the breaks here in Scotland.

obviously for those beyond the wall, just a normal day and we should stop being such drama queens….

Around 1:50 😂

Dont think I’ve ever seen a met office Red in Englandshire before

there was one 3rd jan 2018, the mini beast from the east. obviously I went for a ride...

There was one in November last year.

Good luck guys if it’s anything like Arwen it’s quite a ride.

Last time there was a red in Scotland everyone on here sneered at it, then when it hit they said 'actually it's pretty bad out there'. I seem to remember one forumite nearly being taken out by a flying sign. They don't mess about with the red warnings.

Our next door neighbours have scaffolding with a top hat on that wasn’t sounding great during Dudley the other night. 😲

Might drop a hint to get up there and make sure everything’s nice and tight.

EDIT: Bristol

Looks like we're going to get it right in the mush here in SWales. I would, do as they say, and stay indoors, but the kids have got an inset day so sod that, I'll be sheltering in the office.

Our next door neighbours have scaffolding with a top hat on that wasn’t sounding great during Dudley the other night.

Get a live feed web cam on that...

Get a live feed web cam on that…

and a tracker to see where it ends up...

South Wales local authorities are shutting all schools tomorrow, staff not too attend in service events either.

I await some poor schmuck from BBC weather stood at a Welsh harbour while reporting how dangerous the weather is ..

My day off tomorrow may not involve a bike ride....

I await some poor schmuck from BBC weather stood at a Welsh harbour while reporting how dangerous the weather is ..

How do the risk assessments for that work? Though they get sent to war zones I suppose.

Dudley produced some strange cloud shapes up here.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-60415080

I await some poor schmuck from BBC weather stood at a Welsh harbour while reporting how dangerous the weather is ..

jam-bo
Full Member

Dont think I’ve ever seen a met office Red in Englandshire before

there was one 3rd jan 2018, the mini beast from the east. obviously I went for a ride…

The worst weather conditions I've ever encountered in Devon were with unnamed storms. One windy day saw my wife's friends car door blown off when she opened the door at the valley of the rocks. Then the two of them had to part crawl along the floor to get to the cafe! It is tougher up in North Devon though 🙂

Looks like we'll be spending tomorrow very much inside our AirBnB in LLanberis.

deadlydarcy
Free Member

Our next door neighbours have scaffolding with a top hat on that wasn’t sounding great during Dudley the other night. 😲

Also Bristol - house opposite is having a loft conversion and has the same set up. The polythene ‘hat’ was making a hell of a racket in the wind yesterday as I was trying to work from the study. Not fully expecting it to still be there this time tomorrow.

Looks like Bristol schools closed a day early for half-term (just picked up boy from primary - so don’t know any more than that…). Never seen him happier - even though I promised him I’d prepare a few lessons to make up for it. 😀

don't often see a yellow snow warning

Yeah. Don't eat the yellow snow.

Edit.: It's actually snowing here at the moment

^ Good dat

Last time there was a red in Scotland everyone on here sneered at it, then when it hit they said ‘actually it’s pretty bad out there’. I seem to remember one forumite nearly being taken out by a flying sign. They don’t mess about with the red warnings.

This. I have just suspended all site works for tomorrow - can't risk people getting hit by flying debris.

Looks like things are a bit windy over in Germany
https://twitter.com/EberleSebastian/status/1494277970936188930?s=20&t=8UsDKsLfLOyU87asIyrfoA

Though this i guess is Dudley related as Eunice is only just developing now

I'm reading mumblings that there won't be post deliveries from at least the depots around Cardiff and Swansea tomorrow (Fri 18th).

No idea if posties from said depots are still expected to go in and prep any mail that arrives, in readiness for the anticipated resuming of deliveries on Saturday.

Considering keeping the kids home

All Dorset schools are closed I expect other SW will be too

I've never seen a 86 mph wind prediction down here before. Got a half built shed up ATM. hoping for the best expecting the worst

That vid ^

Nope nope nope nooope!

A government source told the BBC they were "well-prepared" with more than 250 high-volume pumps and 6,000 trained staff able to be deployed, adding they were not taking the threat posed by Eunice "lightly".

Just like Arwen then. Oh wait sorry no. Nothing like Arwen where they didn’t prepare anything and huge areas went without the basics amenities for days.

All trains here in NL suspended from 1400 tomorrow!

[i]A government source told the BBC they were “well-prepared” with more than 250 high-volume pumps and 6,000 trained staff able to be deployed, adding they were not taking the threat posed by Eunice “lightly”.[/i]

Are they going to stand in a line pumping furiously and hope to blow back the wind?

What bike pump to divert a storm?

Also - told not to put our bins out tonight in Southampton

My school has just said it's closed tomorrow... Bit bizarre, can't say I agree with that, although we were struggling due to lots of staff with covid anyway...but even so....

there's a danger to people travelling from the winds and the debris etc.

+ potential for coastal flooding in the Bristol Channel  as peak winds are going to coincide with spring tides

Schools seem to be shutting in Plymouth but my kids school is still open - the PTA have cancelled the outdoor doughnut sale, mind. 😂

Hopefully, Dartmoor will give some protection compared to the north coast.

We have 80mph winds forecast in Chichester, that's nuts!

On Gower...I think it's going to be messy.

This where we find out how good our builder was

I was feeling a little smug that although my work for tomorrow is off (can’t really clean the windows on an 11 storey block from the ropes in those winds!) at least I still had a dog walker  booked so I would t need to go out. She’s just cancelled all walks for tomorrow due to the forecast. D’oh!

Are they going to stand in a line pumping furiously and hope to blow back the wind?

They're for the floods caused by the storm surge.

Whats the chance of us getting the Ferry from Portsmouth at 22.00h tomorrow or even getting to Portmounth from Macclesfield tommorrow afternoon

Yeah, naw.

Ferry will be fine, as it will be mostly blown through. Actually getting to the ferry, allow a couple of hours spare for traffic jams.
A3 usually runs ok, Petersfield will be lively ad you get accelerated airflow through the cutting

My roofs coming off. Its ok up to 60ish as thats not that rare on the coast. 70plus the tiles tend to rattle and do this weird domino falling effect. Hips are all loose as the mortars had it so i expect most of them to be in the drive or road.
I am supposed to be starting work at 11.45 in Chichester, which is pretty much the worst of the forecast wind speed
Be driving around looking for a huge tarpaulin instead or mopping up the loft room ad the wind blows the rain up the velux and in under the tiles somewhere