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Biffer
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Really rather windy up here today. Scottish Power already warning people there will be outages and it’ll take a while to fix them.
And are there two g’s in Bugger Off?
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Slick
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Yes, buildings across the road have lost some roofing and a few trees broken
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Happyhooker
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Rather a lovely day here.
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Happyhooker wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 10:47 am Rather a lovely day here.
Very similar to 2 years ago almost to the day!
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Biffer wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 9:42 am Really rather windy up here today. Scottish Power already warning people there will be outages and it’ll take a while to fix them.
Ironic since we've been suffering a loss of wind-power generation with high pressure so prevalent this winter
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My brand new greenhouse (completed last week) is just a mobile heap of twisted aluminium this morning, I'm just a bit furking pissed off. My plans for growing nearly all out own fruit and veg this year are under serious review.
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I had to go and retrieve the lid from the little one's sandpit from the other side of the garden this morning. My next door neighbour has someones outside furniture cover half-wrapped around his car. It's like armageddon out there :eek:
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Why TF will people never learn to tie these down properly when a storm is due...?

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Slick wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 10:48 am
Happyhooker wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 10:47 am Rather a lovely day here.
Very similar to 2 years ago almost to the day!
Bloody hell, it is 2 years ago. It was quite damp that day as well tbf
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"Dudley" and "Eunice" incoming - get those effing trampolines secured this time...
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tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:07 pm "Dudley" and "Eunice" incoming - get those effing trampolines secured this time...
My son and his family up in the Lake District for half term. Local forecast so bad they''re coming home tomorrow instead of Friday
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SaintK wrote: ↑Tue Feb 15, 2022 3:18 pm
tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:07 pm "Dudley" and "Eunice" incoming - get those effing trampolines secured this time...
My son and his family up in the Lake District for half term. Local forecast so bad they''re coming home tomorrow instead of Friday
Bloody wimps. Who would let weather get in the way of a holiday??
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Happyhooker wrote: ↑Tue Feb 15, 2022 5:40 pm
SaintK wrote: ↑Tue Feb 15, 2022 3:18 pm
tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:07 pm "Dudley" and "Eunice" incoming - get those effing trampolines secured this time...
My son and his family up in the Lake District for half term. Local forecast so bad they''re coming home tomorrow instead of Friday
Bloody wimps. Who would let weather get in the way of a holiday??
:lol:
70-90mph wind gusts due Thursday and Friday in and around Matterdale! I know it's nopthing compared to what you survived in Japan but my old lady is pleased that they're heading back early!
At least it's not costing them anything as thet were test driving some new luxury cabins for friends before they open in March
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Have just changed our ferry booking to Ireland from Friday morning to Thursday night. Thought it might be prudent not to sail in the middle of an actual storm!
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Everything battened down that can be, squally showers so far today wind building over the next hour then start easing.
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tabascoboy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 11:03 am Why TF will people never learn to tie these down properly when a storm is due...?

11 minutes late. Trampoline on the line at Kirkcaldy.......
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Wind picking up here on the Lancs coast.
Everything in the garden now gale proofed, I suspect a few wheely bins are going to be rolling down the road soon.
A few roof reapirs here still not finished with repairs after the last storm. Good time to be a roofer I suppose
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It's properly manky in Edinburgh just now.
And are there two g’s in Bugger Off?
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This happened Monday and it wasn't as windy as tonight and Friday will be...

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Its going to be bad Friday. Gusts up to 100mph in the South
Plus a couple more storms following next week to hit Scotland.

Looks like a mini hurricane in N Atlantic towards end of feb too but track looks like it will go towards Iceland.


Supposedly country has lost 8 million trees this winter due to storms.
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Glaston wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:22 pm Its going to be bad Friday. Gusts up to 100mph in the South
Plus a couple more storms following next week to hit Scotland.

Looks like a mini hurricane in N Atlantic towards end of feb too but track looks like it will go towards Iceland.


Supposedly country has lost 8 million trees this winter due to storms.
Yep
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-en ... 60348947
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Biffer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:32 pm It's properly manky in Edinburgh just now.
It really fucking is! I saw a sliver of blue sky so thought I’d get out for a quick walk, got about 200 meters and nearly got knocked over by a gust and soaked within about 20 seconds
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Slick wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:08 pm
Biffer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:32 pm It's properly manky in Edinburgh just now.
It really fucking is! I saw a sliver of blue sky so thought I’d get out for a quick walk, got about 200 meters and nearly got knocked over by a gust and soaked within about 20 seconds
It's an Ill wind........
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Storm Eunice sounds scary, but I am frightened of Dudley Moore


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Eerily still out here on the West coast now.
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Bracing ourselves for tomorrow..(South Wales)..
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Good grief. First Eunice prediction here was high 60s, dropped down to low 50s yesterday, now up the 80s.
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Actually BBC predictions all over the place ATM. We’re inland on the Wirral predicted 80+, New Brighton on the coast 60ish and Liverpool low 40s.
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TB63 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:34 am Bracing ourselves for tomorrow
That’s life really.
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The Met Office has issued a "stay indoors" warning with Storm Eunice set to move in with winds reaching 100mph on Friday after Storm Dudley left thousands without power and caused travel chaos on roads and train lines.

It has also issued a "danger to life" amber warning covering almost the whole of England for tomorrow - warning of further outages and disruption to the transport network as the clean-up got under way on Thursday in the wake of Storm Dudley.
Cripes
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Jeez, going to spend as much time outside today as possible then. It's actually glorious sunshine and relatively calm right now.
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GogLais wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 11:15 am Actually BBC predictions all over the place ATM. We’re inland on the Wirral predicted 80+, New Brighton on the coast 60ish and Liverpool low 40s.
Forecasts should get more certain now the system has formed and moves towards areas with greater observation coverage. For now looks like SW England and S Wales coasts will get the worst but disruption and damage likely to be worst where the higher population areas are south of Lincolnshire to Anglesey. Biggest danger is a "sting jet" as this could raise wind gusts well over 100mph temporarily in the Celtic sea eastwards across Wales and southern England if one forms.

As if that isn't bad enough could be another storm on Sunday
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GogLais wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 11:18 am
TB63 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:34 am Bracing ourselves for tomorrow
That’s life really.
:lol:
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Met Office doesn't often issue red warnings.

Up in Scotland the forecast reckons we're getting a whack of snow tomorrow.
And are there two g’s in Bugger Off?
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Neighbour's bin blew away last night and watching him chase it down the street was good fun, but currently really quite nice here
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The good news is that we still have all of our wheelie bins. The bad news is that only one of them has our house number on it...
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Bit of a non event just south of Edinburgh. I've played golf in worse.
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GogLais wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 11:18 am
TB63 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:34 am Bracing ourselves for tomorrow
That’s life really.
:grin:
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Met office just announced a Red Alert for SW England and Wales for tonight and tomorrow
Batten down the hatches folks and stay safe
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