Storm coming

RAS

[QUOTE=GreyQueen;63566393Apparently our glorious leaders use floor-length net curtains with weighted hems at Downing Street - they are supposed to contain flying glass in the event of a bomb. If the windows are looking dodgy, close your curtains and try to avoid lingering in front of glass.
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This was devised as a way of preventing horrible injuries in Northern Ireland; people who happened to be near windows when bombs went off would be badly injured/killed by flying glass.

Surprisingly net curtains contained the debris as long as they were long enough and has enough weight at the base to prevent them blowing upwards.

calicocat

GreyQueen wrote: »

Safe drive, calicocat, and anyone else who's going to be out tonight.

Thank you GreyQueen.....and I will taking it slower, travel on major road now (A1 and A19 and often crashes)...I miss my little country roads I could wizz along and not meet much traffic.

katieclampet

Don't think the worst part of the storm is likely to hit me, but will make sure kindle is fully charged and torches/candles to hand. Fairly well prepped anyway, but better safe than sorry!

katie

Yolina

I'm on the Isle of Dogs in London which is rather exposed and windy often enough (it's U shaped with the Thames on 3 sides). Anything up to 40mph gusts isn't really a problem and happens several times a year anyway - stronger and I'll just have to wait and see In the last 15 years, I have seen several trees down (either uprooted or snapped in half) within a 200 yards radius of home twice so far.

Just in case, I've put away the potential fly away stuff on my terrace (south-west facing too :rotfl: ) Candles and torches etc are always easily accessible anyway, cupboards are at their normal stock levels (i.e plenty and for the cat too!). I'll make sure the mobile and stuff are kept fully charged up. I just need to go and get a few litres of water tomorrow in case the electricity does go out and as I'm in a flat, the water out of the taps will be a trickle if the pumps downstairs stop working. The car park is covered, so no worries there.


Edit: and tomorrow I'll be baking a couple cakes, things are never really bad as long as there is cake

strandedinaber

Yikes, just done some serious research and realised I probably shouldn't be as complacent about this storm as I am currently being. Used to being out of it, being either in north Cornwall (not on the coast) or in the West Midlands. Thank you all for the tips - will be doing some prep tomorrow just in case!

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re powercuts and freezers fill every space you can with plastic containers of water

mandi

For those of you who rely on electricity for cooking can I suggest using your BBQ .

I live in in Carlisle. When we were flooded in 2005 I found it invaluable to cook meals and hot water for drinks .

NB we cooked at the back door not in the lounge .

Yolina

trollopscarletwoman wrote: »

If the storm realises its potential and predicted path then its coming my way.

Well, as the Met Office puts it "there is some continuing uncertainty in the timing, intensity and track" so really they just haven't got a clue :rotfl: and we'll have to see what (if anything) happens.

pavlovs_dog

luxor4t wrote: »

We drove along the lowest road in the town on the way home - it's just above sea level. Sand was whipping everywhere and most cyclists were not using the prom but the landside pavement, a swinging pub sign was horizontal in some gusts and the car was shaking when stationary. Gusts were approx. 21 mph according to the BBC.

if the traffic on that road is still as bad as when I was in uni, you were probably stationary quite often!

flubberyzing

I am just old enough to remember the storms of '87. I remember our neighbours garden wall blowing down. We lost power for quite a long time as well.

I shall be going to town tomorrow or Sunday at some point and will stock up on a few bits to eat cold. Just in case.