Storm A Brewing Down South

And exactly how do you litigate for the random acts of the weather?

Its autumn, there will be storms, that’s what happens. Couldn’t believe it was top story on the BBC TV news earlier. Crazy world….

Couldn’t believe it was top story on the BBC TV news earlier.

What was the top story everywhere else ?

Ernie, in Damascus they led with the fat bloke still being in “strictly”, but this was 2nd on

Have any of you southerners had the froth blown off your latte yet then? I note the BBC reporter has got his NorthFace jacket on, so I’m presuming shit got serious! 😀

The Great Storm of 1987 was much worse than the forecast to-night, just seems that we have lost the ability to cope with any weather events in this country.

When we have a bit of weather like this (is meant to be) I always think of the daughter of a family friend. Today she is a beautiful, talented surgeon. In ’87 she was 6 inches from an early bath on this moral coil when the chimney stack toppled on their house, crashed through the roof and landed on a huge heap on the end of her cot. Fortunately the right end! I got a couple of weeks off school because the school’s roof was relocated to the rugby pitch so it wasn’t all bad news!

Not working tomorrow and with a bit of luck I can break the chainsaw out to liberate a couple of years worth of fire wood help a few neighbours clear their drives.

Loads of wind in Yorkshire, specially after that Sunday dinner with homemade Yorkshire-Puds.

It’s no laughing matter binners

Meh, our kids went out to build a den and light fires on Sherrifmuir this afternoon – apparently it was ‘a tad breezy’.

Well I’ve just noticed an upended plant pot in the garden, but to be honest I suspect it to be the work of a severely retarded small cat.

Oooh, we can watch it live…
http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/
At the moment, west coast of Scotland is windier that that south coast…

In Surrey its rainy with no wind.
Has it passed or are we in the eye?

binners – Member
Have any of you southerners

Racist!! 😉
I’ve just been prepping for damnation and whilst folding down the bistro set I’ve broken one of the table legs clean off!!
This had better be good else the media/god owe me a new bistro set! 👿

Just looking at picture of our “hurricane” on the BBC. A few trees blown over OK makes it look relatively serious. The other pictures are of people on either a beach or harbor wall. The beach is probably safer but the people on the harbor wall seriously should be locked up. One of them gets swept over and we send out rescue crews who may or may not coe back to to someones utter stupidity. I guess that happens every year when its a bit blustery but FFS they should get locked up for their own safety and the safety of others who may be needed in an emergency not of their own making.

Doesn’t this happen every year? Its when you go Hoover up the last conkers

Hardly a breeze in Manc

I went for a MTB ride the Sunday after the storm in 87

At one point we climbed with bikes over fallen trees 8 feet above the ground. We were the only traffic on some of the minor roads, being impassable from fallen trees.

We did wear dayglo though so it wasn’t all bad

Wirral, bright sunshine, a bit of wind, high tides, breaking over the prom washing away all the dog pooh,lots of older people suitting in cars reading the papers with the engine running.

Tonight its just dark and dry.

It’s all started here, next door’s garden has been hard hit:

sunny out, mind – you must be a long way south !

Theyve now canceled all of the trains of greater anglia and first capital connect till 09.00 hrs.

So an easy day for a lot of southern workers,clearing out branches from their swimming pools, while us oop north carry on and DONT PANIC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24696403

Newhaven life boat plus coast guard helicopter looking for 14 year old missing off Newhaven this afternoon. We were there about 20 minutes earlier.

Just put the recycling out, less than 10 miles from Project & its almost like a summer evening.
OK so its darker but mild and not a breath of wind!
Was a bit blowy at lunch time but the washing dried quick as a result 🙂
Grim up north my arse 😀

Very sad about the lad off Newhaven 🙁

Both severn crossings closed over night, so a nice journey via Gloucester then.

Just driven up the A3 in “a bit of drizzle” 🙄

I think some people might be struggling with the meanings of “forecast”, “warning”, and “the early hours of monday morning”.

eerily calm here near Afan

Not much wind now but it’s started raining. In the sarrrrrf east of the south east.

Southampton calling….

We have just had a little soot blown down the chimney and it is raining.

Not dead yet though.

Wwaswas I’m afraid it hasn’t ended well. It was my daughter that called the coastguard. She knew the boy, he was a friend of a friend. She’s back home now trying to deal with having seen him drown in front of her.

@bikebouy – where you out today ?

Dire wether in Paris at 7am, biblical rain at Eurotunnel at 11, windy drive to Surrey and earily quiet now.

We need to get onto a few websites for offshore weather bouys, never mind the “forecasts” that way you can see what’s coming

This site has live data and forecasting – so far doesn’t look so bad xc weather[/url]

Wwaswas I’m afraid it hasn’t ended well. It was my daughter that called the coastguard. She knew the boy, he was a friend of a friend. She’s back home now trying to deal with having seen him drown in front of her.

🙁

J, yes in Chi Harbour on Eastoke Point, 4mtr and 75ltr, 3.4-4mtr swell just off the point, bumpy on the inside with the tide on the ebb but good for jumping, some decent hight gained which was the first time this year we’ve had a stinker ebb with a solid SWly, niiiice.
Managed a couple of solid hours but gave up as my arms had had it 😆

@bikebouy – excellent (I checked bramblemet and it was a solid 30 with gusts to 45 today)

Note much at Sevenstones (off lands end) just yet But pressure falling rapidly – hold on – Link

I’m assuming a 7 meter wave is unusual. It sure sounds big.

7 mtr swells are a bit big for me too.. I’ve seen some mates happy in big lumps but they scare me, I’m always wondering where the escape route is rather than try to enjoy the ride 😳 but then better safe than sorry, gotta enjoy your time here eh.
As to the post above, that’s very sad news indeed. I do hope she stays well and takes care of herself. 😥

Been ever so slightly windy in Cambridge today, but seems to have died right down now. I’m guessing we’re in the eye of the Hurricane and it will all kick off again later with a stiff breeze and the odd crisp packet being blown about.

just flew in from Ireland to Heathrow – plane up and down like a yo-yo.

Very sad indeed about the young lad…