Storm coming

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a CME is due to strike the earth a glancing blow, at the same time that the storm passes. Should be interesting

http://spaceweather.com/

and a quick google for cme for those interested
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronal_mass_ejection

very blowy here and have decided to raise the solar/insect. netting as I don`t want it shredded. Windows are very stable just now but we are 3 m below the orchard behind us. The apple trees, in full leaf are already bending a lot as are the plants in raised beds

Glorious sun with the wind and am now baking the loaves and have taken the flasks out ready to fill. It would only take a big gust to have a possible power cut. No harm done if all the preps are not needed

The wind is actually getting louder as I write. I really don`t like strong wind and am aiming to sit quietly, knitting while I listen to the radio turned up louder to drown the noise

Yolina

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »

Wonder if the panickers have cleared the emporium shelves yet. I reckon Toilet Paper and Bread will be shot by noon.,

Depends what people see as priority - a few years ago in London a friend was doing his weekly shop and there was someone there raiding the biscuits & cakes because snow had been forecast :rotfl: had us in stitches (plus I'm from the Alps, so I'm used to rather a lot of the stuff)

Ishtar

Bright sunshine here (S. Oxon) but very blowy...it's picked up in the last hour or so.

There are two mature sycamores at the front of our house - about 10 metres away which I'm keeping an eye on, but they look pretty sturdy. I think the main danger from them will be loose branches.

I remember the storm of 1987 - at least this time we've been given ample warning!

GreyQueen

Well, after a day which started with lashings of rain, we now have a hiatus of sunshine, clear skies and stiff breezes. The roads are dry now.

Will have to be keeping an eye on the river 50 m away but any pause in teh rain allows things to drain away a bit. Shoebox Towers is a great heavy lump of concrete sitting on thousands of piles driven into the gravelly soil and has stood up to a lot in the past 40 years. For those neighbours who watch TV, I reckon the dish up on the roof might be at risk.

Have decided to take this weather-window and swing by the outdoors store for some more butane for my single burner camping stove, in case we have mains gas outage (I cook on gas). Have baked bread yesterday, enough for more than a week at my ususal rates of consumption, and have enough TP to last well into 2014 so won't be scrambling to get that.

Have my windup/ solar/ battery radio in a tin, where it lives in case of a Carrington Event type scenario. Landline is plug in kind (and I have a spare one), plenty of food and water, wellies and waterproofs.

Think I'm pretty much good to go, but you can't prep for every eventuality. Will be looking after my elderly neighbour SuperGran, as her family live about 20 miles away. She has the key to my flat and standing orders to help herself to bottled water in an emergency (and to be discreet about doing so) and she's prepped for many other eventualities.

Am a bit concerned about my parents' home which has a plantation of trees at the foot of the garden. A fair few of them went down in 1987 but of those which remain, they would strike the house/ sheds if blown in a certain direction. Can only keep fingers crossed. Kid Bruv (a strapping man) lives with them and will do what is necessary and I fear that Mum's reaction to a lot of tree landing on the garden would be something along the lines of Yipppeeeee!!!!

Woodturners are crazy people. I have a beautiful wood bowl on my shelf made from a beech tree which snapped off in the 1987 storm, have had it over 20 years and it's one of my favourite possessions.

Frith

Power already off here twice this morning so I have stepped up my preparations to doing a load of washing while I still can and cleaning the kitchen!

Can't think of anything else that requires electricity at the moment.

Must store some water up because we are in the middle of nowhere on the top of a hill so when the electricity has been off a while, the water pumps for the village fail.

GreyQueen

Sounds like you're on the case. Quick shove of the vacuum around the premises?

Clouds are burgeoning again. Have been to camping store and back with 8 more butane cannisters (now have 16 in total) and am about to pop into city centre for a few bits and the library. Will have lunch after I come back as the weather is so volatile.

Ladies and girls, have we enough of those monthly provisions? And for those not on a permanant method of contraception, enough of other things? It's traditional to have a baby-boom 9 months after power cuts, you know.

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south shift and stronger than MO are saying

I have got to say that Piers Corbyn is one super genius. This extent and intensity was forecast 6 weeks ago and I have the saved download to prove it. I am in utter awe of this man and I am sure he won`t mind the hint re what will be happening. Just had the latest update, so re above

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I wonder why being prepared for something out of your control, as much as you can prepare, always has those few who pour scorn and derision on those of us who look ahead and try to be ready for possible disruptions? I certainly haven't been to the shops for a panic buy, I always have enough in store to cover feeding us, keeping us clean, and keeping our clothes and the fabric of our house clean and in good order anyway so there was no need! Why is trying to stay safe and be prepared so frowned upon??? I don't understand it , Lyn xxx.

mardatha

GQ is your library open on sundays?

custardy

Goldiegirl wrote: »

I noticed that Custardy and Sailor Sam are from areas of the country that weren't so badly affected by the '87 storm.

Guys, all I can say is, unless you went through that night, it's difficult to imagine what it was like, so you'll excuse us if we are 'getting the wind up' about all this. I don't really want to spend another night like that in my lifetime.

yup never been out of Edinburgh me
Been on small ships at sea in storms
been in Tropical storms in multiple countries and yes a hurricane in the early 90's
I can tell you this,if it was hitting the 'less affected areas' then it certainly wouldnt be all over the national news