Storm coming

Fruball

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Have just looked up wind speeds for the 1987 hurricane, highest recorded then was 119 knots per hour/136 miles per hour so hopefully this will not be as devastating, hope that helps, Lyn xxx.

It is difficult to imagine that I slept right through it... and we had 36 pine trees in our garden at the time!!!

I really wish this was happening 24 hours earlier. Monday is so bl**dy inconvenient :mad:

Yolina

Fruball wrote: »

I really wish this was happening 24 hours earlier. Monday is so bl**dy inconvenient :mad:

Ah but we can all enjoy the extra hour tonight in peace

It does gets stupidly noisy around where I am when the wind is up so I'm unlikely to get much sleep Sunday night. Perk of being the boss of me though is that at least I don't have to go anywhere on Monday

MrsAtobe

Preparations here are under way, bottled water is in, we have a gas BBQ in case the electrickery goes out and the gas hob doesn't work, I always keep a small torch in my bedside table, and I will get the others from the garage tomorrow. There's plenty of food here for us to eat, although we may end up eating some odd combinations, but we won't starve. The bins will need to be put in the garage tomorrow as well. The mobiles are on charge, and so is the Kindle. I will be making some more bread tomorrow morning, although there is some sliced in the freezer as well.

I am hoping though, as the estate was built on the site of a steel works, that the substations here aren't as flakey as where I used to live, which would cause regular blackouts.

All I need to worry about now (crossing fingers and touching wood) is how to wear out the dog, who is refusing to go outside in the back garden now, let alone tomorrow.

Fruball

My dog cannot bear the rain and won't go out in it if he can possibly avoid it, preferring instead to piddle on my carpet :mad: We have to carry him out and shut the door quick! Then he pees/poos just outside the door (on the patio :mad: ) and goes nuts scratching the door to come in!

He doesn't like wet grass on his paws!

Yolina

The dog very clearly has a healthy dose of common sense Would you go out barefoot in the rain to pee outside if you could help it :rotfl:

Rosy_Bottom

I've prepared as best I can. Got food, charged phone, got candles and oil lamps. Cleared the garden of potential flying objects.

Must admit I'm a little worried. Mother Nature can be awesome. The 1987 storm was seriously scary...

FurryBeastOz

Someone did get hold of the Fish. Still doesn't have a clue:rotfl:

meritaten

during the storm of '87 we were spending that night down the caravan on the south wales coast. We had only seen the Michael Fish weather report and was expecting a 'normal' storm - I swear that the whole night through that 'van was 'airborne'! it was terrifying! the kids thought it a great adventure cos me and OH treated it like a fairground ride - though we were pretty scared ourselves. when it first started I sent OH outside to check the tethering chains and he nearly got blown away! after that we just trusted them - and prayed! after about an hour though we realised the storm was getting worse and wished we had gone home earlier.................but we had to make the best of it. It was obviously far to dangerous to drive home.
we got home to find several houses in the street damaged, walls blown down etc. and no power - but it soon came back on.

I cannot describe how surreal it is to be in a static caravan which is being held down by its chains - it feels rather like being on a hovercraft in rough weather in one way, and in another it also skews from side to side. I never, ever want to go through that again! The site got off almost scot free - no caravans broke loose and damage was minimal (mostly caused by bins and things flying through the air).

Driving home it became apparent how bad the storm had been - trees blown down and debris everywhere all over the motorway and the infamous A470 had traffic literally crawling along it!

shegirl

kittie wrote: »

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_VIS.html

The big swirly bit has disappeared now.Nothing there but something off in the distance.Is that what we're expecting or has it just gone off?

Fruball

meritaten wrote: »

during the storm of '87 we were spending that night down the caravan on the south wales coast. We had only seen the Michael Fish weather report and was expecting a 'normal' storm - I swear that the whole night through that 'van was 'airborne'! it was terrifying! the kids thought it a great adventure cos me and OH treated it like a fairground ride - though we were pretty scared ourselves. when it first started I sent OH outside to check the tethering chains and he nearly got blown away! after that we just trusted them - and prayed! after about an hour though we realised the storm was getting worse and wished we had gone home earlier.................but we had to make the best of it. It was obviously far to dangerous to drive home.
we got home to find several houses in the street damaged, walls blown down etc. and no power - but it soon came back on.

I cannot describe how surreal it is to be in a static caravan which is being held down by its chains - it feels rather like being on a hovercraft in rough weather in one way, and in another it also skews from side to side. I never, ever want to go through that again! The site got off almost scot free - no caravans broke loose and damage was minimal (mostly caused by bins and things flying through the air).

Driving home it became apparent how bad the storm had been - trees blown down and debris everywhere all over the motorway and the infamous A470 had traffic literally crawling along it!

What a brilliant story! I had to laugh as you described it brilliantly but it must have been terrifying.

I am scared enough about my own roof, let alone the whole building shaking!!!