It’s a bit fuckin blowy

[tabascoboy]

Red warning for SE I feel was justified, probably encouraged people to not go out unless it was unavoidable. Certainly could be unlucky and be put in danger like this out and about




Loads of pics with overturned lorries too

[Brazil]

I know I’m going on about this but it’s really interesting. Isn’t it? BBC still forecasting 80+ here, EUMETNET mid 30s, which seems much more like it.

80+ is gusts and mid-30s is more sustained, no?

Yeah. It'd be nice if people actually understood what they were reading, eh? It's not actually that hard.

Meanwhile, pricks still want to shout 'bUt We SuRvIvEd ThE bLiTz'

If ever there was a time for a tidal surge of koranic proportions...

[Iain(bobbity)]

[tabascoboy]

It's not just the UK and Ireland that have felt the full force of the storm.

The BBC's Anna Holligan reports that three people have died in the Netherlands.

A Met Office amber warning - meaning there is a potential danger to life - remains in place across the Midlands, southern England, parts of northern England and all of Wales.

It's been a busy day with significant disruption in both nations. Here are some of the latest headlines:

Three people have been taken to hospital after a car hit a tree in Bradford-on-Avon
One person is in hospital with serious injuries after being hit by debris from a roof in Henley-on-Thames
Two people have been taken to hospital in London after being hit by debris in separate incidents in Streatham and Waterloo
UK Power Networks say 168,100 homes are still without power across East and South East England
About 42,000 homes in south Wales are without power, and 2,500 in north Wales
Ferries have started running again from the Port of Dover
The M4 Prince of Wales Bridge has fully reopened but the M48 Severn Bridge remains closed

and Storm Eunice is an anagram of Rectum Noise

[Ovals]

Spent a couple of hours cleaning up the debris from our Fence which was completely destroyed. Posts just snapped off.

I think we'll replace it with Concrete posts this time - it won't be cheap but at least it should see me out. Luckily I've found a Fencing contractor, who I played cricket with, to come out early next week. Next door had some roof tiles blown off and smashed through his conservatory - on the other side a 20 foot tree came down. No one hurt though, so all good.

[tabascoboy]

Rotterdam

[Uncle fester]

West Cork still without power.

Sister was texting me to ask me to report her area to ESB as she didn't have enough phone signal to do it herself.

[Wyndham Upalot]

Flew in from Bahrain this morning. Nice landing. Then got to my place in Bucks and the fences looked like they were built by the 3 pigs - sod all left.

[Happyhooker]

Flew in from Bahrain this morning. Nice landing. Then got to my place in Bucks and the fences looked like they were built by the 3 pigs - sod all left.

Two of the three pigs mate, come on

[Wyndham Upalot]

I guess that's what I get with not having them properly cemented in

[Ovals]

Rotterdam

That's astonishing - they could be empties I suppose but still quite incredible.

[Globus]

We are "the folks who live on the hill".

Bit of trees toppling over. One missed a neighbour's conservatory by a whisker.

Out came the big Stihl. Neat pile in the corner.

Very sorry to see the church spire topple in the internet video.

[Hal Jordan]

Spent a couple of hours cleaning up the debris from our Fence which was completely destroyed. Posts just snapped off.

I think we'll replace it with Concrete posts this time - it won't be cheap but at least it should see me out. Luckily I've found a Fencing contractor, who I played cricket with, to come out early next week. Next door had some roof tiles blown off and smashed through his conservatory - on the other side a 20 foot tree came down. No one hurt though, so all good.

Some of our fence went in a blow a few years ago, so we replaced the lot with the concrete post fittings. No problems this time around.

[Ovals]

Spent a couple of hours cleaning up the debris from our Fence which was completely destroyed. Posts just snapped off.

I think we'll replace it with Concrete posts this time - it won't be cheap but at least it should see me out. Luckily I've found a Fencing contractor, who I played cricket with, to come out early next week. Next door had some roof tiles blown off and smashed through his conservatory - on the other side a 20 foot tree came down. No one hurt though, so all good.

Some of our fence went in a blow a few years ago, so we replaced the lot with the concrete post fittings. No problems this time around.

Yeah - definitely the way to go - cheaper in the long run. Fortunately we'd planned on replacing it all in a year or two - just have to bring the plans forward. Going to be an expensive Spring; Patio and decking being renewed, New Kitchen and appliances, floors etc, and now a new fence. Ah well, you only live once, best spend it while I can and get to enjoy it.

[Happyhooker]

Wooden posts are fine for fencing and actually better in the wind than concrete ones as they flex a bit. (Good, treated timber will last for 20+ years). They also look a lot better

What you need is concrete footings and, ffs, don't buy the cheapest panels available.

[SaintK]

Spent a couple of hours cleaning up the debris from our Fence which was completely destroyed. Posts just snapped off.

I think we'll replace it with Concrete posts this time - it won't be cheap but at least it should see me out. Luckily I've found a Fencing contractor, who I played cricket with, to come out early next week. Next door had some roof tiles blown off and smashed through his conservatory - on the other side a 20 foot tree came down. No one hurt though, so all good.

Which is what I will mainly be doing this morning

[tabascoboy]

And still going to be spells of very windy weather into Monday, although a bigger issue for many may well be flooding - believe that tides are high right now

[Blackmac]

Wooden posts are fine for fencing and actually better in the wind than concrete ones as they flex a bit. (Good, treated timber will last for 20+ years). They also look a lot better

What you need is concrete footings and, ffs, don't buy the cheapest panels available.

This. You very rarely see fence panels in Scotland as they just won't take the wind.

Surely no one puts up a fence without concrete footings. I've just put up a 7 foot high fence for a mate with 3 feet of the post buried in 70kg of concrete.

[TB63]

Round 2.
With rain.

[TB63]

[Hal Jordan]

Wooden posts are fine for fencing and actually better in the wind than concrete ones as they flex a bit. (Good, treated timber will last for 20+ years). They also look a lot better

What you need is concrete footings and, ffs, don't buy the cheapest panels available.

This. You very rarely see fence panels in Scotland as they just won't take the wind.

Surely no one puts up a fence without concrete footings. I've just put up a 7 foot high fence for a mate with 3 feet of the post buried in 70kg of concrete.

The people we bought our last house off did, unsurprisingly the bottom of the posts were rotten through and went in the snow one year.

[Insane_Homer]

Our power just went for ~7 mins, 4g with it, kids were lost, panic was setting in. I was ready to fire up the wood burner and have a nice peaceful nap with the cat when it came back on.

[tabascoboy]

Another blast coming tomorrow too, although not as severe as Eunice or Dudley anything left weakened after yesterday more especially in the north might not stand up to another battering. And today's weather down here not exactly ideal for shoring things up...

[GogLais]

Forecasting up to 66 here Sun/Mon night. Gusts I hasten to add.

[weegie01]

Wooden posts are fine for fencing and actually better in the wind than concrete ones as they flex a bit. (Good, treated timber will last for 20+ years). They also look a lot better

What you need is concrete footings and, ffs, don't buy the cheapest panels available.

This. You very rarely see fence panels in Scotland as they just won't take the wind.

Surely no one puts up a fence without concrete footings. I've just put up a 7 foot high fence for a mate with 3 feet of the post buried in 70kg of concrete.

We have just bought a new field shelter for the horses. It came from the south of England in bits as all the local suppliers have gone out of business. It never even occurred to us that it would not have wind vents under the roof as every locally supplied one did. They had never made one with wind vents as there is just no demand in the south. We are getting a local joiner to adapt it by raising the roof a foot to put vents along the three solid sides or there is no chance it surviving where we live in the hills.

[Grandpa]

A homing bin!

[tabascoboy]

A homing bin!

Up where we binlong

[GogLais]

A homing bin!

Up where we binlong

Dear God. I wish I’d said that.

[Grandpa]

A homing bin!

Up where we binlong

Dear God. I wish I’d said that.

Me too

[sefton]

A homing bin!

Up where we binlong

One for the ages.

[Uncle fester]

Wine still fücking howling down the chimney.

Sister finally got power back at 7pm.

[Happyhooker]

Wine still fücking howling down the chimney.

Tbh, that sounds wonderful

[Biffer]

Wine still fücking howling down the chimney.

Sister finally got power back at 7pm.

Where do I get one of these chimneys and how much does it cost?

[Uncle fester]

oddly enough, was after a few vinos

[Insane_Homer]

Wake to clear skies and mild breeze this morning.

South Western Railways have therefore cancelled all services!

[sefton]

So the train was off this morning so I had to drive, gone through the Formby by-pass towards Liverpool and the police have closed the road, procession of cars turning around and I follow suit, then the gear box sticks, can’t change gear. That was an hour ago, Green Flag are saying 10am before the car gets picked up, I’m bloody freezing and bloody miserable and I feel like the car is going to get blown into a field any minute.

[ScarfaceClaw]

So the train was off this morning so I had to drive, gone through the Formby by-pass towards Liverpool and the police have closed the road, procession of cars turning around and I follow suit, then the gear box sticks, can’t change gear. That was an hour ago, Green Flag are saying 10am before the car gets picked up, I’m bloody freezing and bloody miserable and I feel like the car is going to get blown into a field any minute.

There must be a Liverpool stereotype quip about just get another car in there somewhere.

[Biffer]

Beautiful day in Edinburgh. Clear blue sky, not a cloud in sight, trees barely moving in what little breeze there is.

And my LFT is finally negative.

[tabascoboy]

Bloody windy again this morning after some wild stuff last evening, QE2 bridge closed, trivial though compared to the bad flooding in the north

[GogLais]

So the train was off this morning so I had to drive, gone through the Formby by-pass towards Liverpool and the police have closed the road, procession of cars turning around and I follow suit, then the gear box sticks, can’t change gear. That was an hour ago, Green Flag are saying 10am before the car gets picked up, I’m bloody freezing and bloody miserable and I feel like the car is going to get blown into a field any minute.

Much windier on the Wirral than it was during Eunice. Speaking of Liverpool I remember a big sheet of ply landing just behind me having been been blown off the roof of the old Exchange Street station many years ago. Life’s a game of chance really.