SNSUN Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Baton down the hatches! :-D Here in East Berkshire, there's little more than a bit of wind at present and some light showers. What's the weather like where you lot are? Are you looking forward/dreading the big storm? Will it truly be a "killer" storm, or just a damp squib that the media have overhyped?
aintforever Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Overhyped I reckon, nothing much happening here.
bridge too far Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 The Met Office is damned if it does and damned if it doesn't.
dubai_phil Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Good luck. Hope there is an England to come home to, sounds Sooooooooo Bad. Which is probably why it won't be as btf says
dubai_phil Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Oh just want to be the first to say it will probably do a couple of million pounds worth of improvements to Nott Arf Krap
CB Saint Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Peeing down and conservatory has sprung a leak.
Seaford Saint Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Peeing down and conservatory has sprung a leak. Where are you. Nothing much happening in Newbury.
andysstuff Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Not much happening at the Eastern end of the Channel, although it's not supposed to hit till after midnight. Peversely it's quieter than it's been all day at the moment.
eurosaint Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Pretty stormy here on the West Wight but have seen a lot worse ! Maybe it hasn't fully arrived yet but I'm optimistic at the mo !
SNSUN Posted 27 October, 2013 Author Posted 27 October, 2013 Not much happening at the Eastern end of the Channel, although it's not supposed to hit till after midnight. Peversely it's quieter than it's been all day at the moment. The calm before the storm? Incidentally, some pictures of the storm have hit Twitter...
CB Saint Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Where are you. Nothing much happening in Newbury. ashurst, although has now stopped
RonManager Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Due to hit me on Exmoor at midnight. It's been windy all day but now it's relatively still, ominously still... This site is great for tracking the beasty in real time. http://www.raintoday.co.uk/
Smirking_Saint Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Well, southern electric is worried, all on emergency shift, planned work cancelled, asked to cancel holidays Somethings coming in, think we have avoided the worst of it, but we will take a bit of a hit.
Suhari Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Overhyped I reckon, nothing much happening here. Yep. Raining hard in Winchester, but nothing else.
RedWillie Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Due to hit me on Exmoor at midnight. It's been windy all day but now it's relatively still, ominously still... This site is great for tracking the beasty in real time. http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ Jealous, I love Exmoor. Hammering down out here near Lymington and my conservatory too has a leak !
Smirking_Saint Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Btw its due to hit at midnight, just strong winds n rain till then
fanimal Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Pouring it down in Romsey, but not as windy as earlier, strange.....Calm before the storm? The track seems to be heading along the south coast though, not as far north as predicted.
Batman Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 not too bad down in the south west. gusty and rainy at the mo expected to hit in an hour or so. we shall see
Hatch Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/ stupid w^nker5 have cancelled trains tomorrow already. Whats the all the pro-active b0!!ox .
Jonnyboy Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Was a helluva thunder n lightning storm one evening this week. Reckon that'll have been far more impressive.
andysstuff Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/ stupid w^nker5 have cancelled trains tomorrow already. Whats the all the pro-active b0!!ox . Something to do with compensation - if they cancel the service now, they don't have to pay compo if any were running late tomorrow.
JackFrost Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Kim "The Hurricane" Huybrechts has just unexpectedly won the PDC Dutch Darts Masters. Read into that what you will.
Saint-scooby Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Just back from Oxford bit wet and windy no deaths
pedg Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Something to do with compensation - if they cancel the service now, they don't have to pay compo if any were running late tomorrow. More, I believe, that they want to send special trains down the lines to check for fallen tree's etc before sending normal passenger services.
derry Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 For anyone who can read them there are animated timeframe charts on netweather.com. From midday they have shown a forecast of heavy rain for a period which with the low pressure front is pretty standard however the wind charts show the worst winds in mid channel off east sussex and east of Dover. The winds are shown peaking about midnight dropping off rapidly to about 0300. The strongest winds, mid forties in this area are shown south of the IOW slowing northwards and dropping into the 20/30 band just north of the mainland coast.
Horley CTFC Saint Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 It'll be worse than the Millennium Bug
Batman Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Now the wind is picking up here on the Devon /Cornwall border
sussexsaint Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 Blowing a fake and piddling down in east sussex
SNSUN Posted 27 October, 2013 Author Posted 27 October, 2013 The storm affects some people worse than others...
Viking Warrior Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 I hope it's not too severe for you guys in the south . Those sorts of winds are an occupational hazard up here . We regularly get 60miles plus an hour winds up here . We had one last Wednesday . We just get on with life
scotty Posted 27 October, 2013 Posted 27 October, 2013 I'm hoping the old knackered 50 foot conifer in the corner of our garden doesnt get blown down. Could cause a problem for the neighbours, that.
Lighthouse Posted 28 October, 2013 Posted 28 October, 2013 Just landed at Bristol Airport. 5mph winds but very strong at higher altitude. ****ing it down, wind forecast to get worse over night.
saintmonkey1979 Posted 28 October, 2013 Posted 28 October, 2013 Stuck in an office building in North Baddesley after answering an alarm call out. Power is out and it is blowing an absolute hooley. Tree detritus and fallen branches on the roads between winchester and here. Not as bad as I thought it would be, but still pretty bad
tony13579 Posted 28 October, 2013 Posted 28 October, 2013 Hants police. Twitter Roads blocked due to flooding/trees down - A3057 Romsey, A337 Brockenhurst, A338 Ringwood, A32 &A272 West Meon Hut, A334 Wickham, A339 Beech
Hatch Posted 28 October, 2013 Posted 28 October, 2013 worlds record galore here I just ran 100m in 8.2 seconds, and did 9.32m in the long jump.
Lets B Avenue Posted 28 October, 2013 Posted 28 October, 2013 Inner Avenue closed, coming out of town, between Archers Rd and Stag Gates. Fallen tree reminiscent of 87. Padwell Rd and Oxford Rd now looking like the M25. Stationary.
Shroppie Posted 28 October, 2013 Posted 28 October, 2013 Spent the night in a motorhome in Porlock on the Somerset coast. Pretty wild but still intact. The track shows the worst headed further south than expected. Glad we escaped the New Forest yesterday!
ottery st mary Posted 28 October, 2013 Posted 28 October, 2013 All quiet in my part of Devon. Sun is out. Deckchairs in position. Ice cream van just arrived. Sun tan cream applied. Trouser legs rolled up.......Noooo not a Mason..god forbid. Hope everyone else is safe and sound. We have been lucky:)
Saint in Paradise Posted 28 October, 2013 Posted 28 October, 2013 Have a look at this website. http://www.xcweather.co.uk/ Easy to follow.
lloydie Posted 28 October, 2013 Posted 28 October, 2013 Live in Bitterne, once fence panel blew over (landed on his side so not my problem!) and my shed door was blown open. Worst storm ever.
eurosaint Posted 28 October, 2013 Posted 28 October, 2013 I'm just around the bay from the Needles where 99mph winds were clocked but we are relatively sheltered so no damage this morning ! Our (small) road is blocked though due to some big branches having come down, I offered to help my neighbour to clear it to the one side but he said that the council would only come and clear it away if the road was actually blocked so he left it ! It's his tree so I didn't argue but some poor buggers will have to take a short diversion to get anywhere !!
View From The Top Posted 28 October, 2013 Posted 28 October, 2013 Because of the winds they've cancelled our flight from MAN-LHR-MILAN.
mdearlove Posted 28 October, 2013 Posted 28 October, 2013 2 fence panels and some detritus from the oak trees - was blooming windy at 5am, but nothing much to show for it. They clocked 75mph at Hurn just round the corner - not as bad as expected.
The Cat Posted 28 October, 2013 Posted 28 October, 2013 Our food waste bin blew over into the front garden and some food almost tipped out. My partner's mum who lives near Brighton was so concerned she decided to sit up all night incase anything happened (it didn't)
SO16_Saint Posted 28 October, 2013 Posted 28 October, 2013 Luckily for me the person under the tree took my 'regular' spot after work on Friday evening.... Sent from my GT-N5110 using Tapatalk
Ken Tone Posted 28 October, 2013 Posted 28 October, 2013 Well we've had no power for over 9 hours now, and have been given no idea when it might come back on. The weird thing is that it didn't go off until after the storm had passed by.
lloydie Posted 29 October, 2013 Posted 29 October, 2013 and my shed door was blown open. Worst storm ever. Come to think of it, I might have left it open.
Saint-scooby Posted 29 October, 2013 Posted 29 October, 2013 Got power back about 3pm today, shame as lost two big trees a Chestnut and Turkey oak best get my chainsaw out
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