Storm Babet

SAC2334

MultiFuelBurner said:

Storms and bad weather are always over egg'd these days.

Bring back Michael Fish 

A few hours before the Great Storm of 1987 broke, on 15 October 1987, he said during the weather: "Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rang the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way. Well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't!".

No they re not .Up in North East Scotland in the middle of winter a couple of years ago my friend in Aberdeenshire had a terrible time in very cold weather with no heating for two weeks due to power cuts .His son  and family nearby ended up getting transferred to a hotel 20 miles away on the coast. Windspeed forecast up there is a similar speed to the one which downed all the trees.
In my area we get bigger floods than ever in the recorded history of our local river levels which caused huge areas of flooded villages  .The weather is getting more extreme events as predicted in climate change theory . 

MultiFuelBurner

Qyburn said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

Starlink would be handy in Scotland

A colleague uses Starlink and reports it doesn't like heavy rain.

Neighbour here no issues rain/snow/storms never had an issue. Interesting to get lots of views though.

cannugec5

We still have our neighbours staying in our home following their home getting flooded 10 days ago when we had heavy rainfall and an “amber” warning. They are moving into longer term temporary accommodation tomorrow. 

I am somewhat nervous about the weather tomorrow, as we have been away for a few days (already planned not because our neighbours moved in lol). We return home tomorrow crossing Scotland from East to West, and having to go via the diversion caused by the land slip. 

cannugec5

MultiFuelBurner said:

Storms and bad weather are always over egg'd these days.

Bring back Michael Fish 

A few hours before the Great Storm of 1987 broke, on 15 October 1987, he said during the weather: "Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rang the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way. Well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't!".

I lived in Kent then. Will never forget that night. 

ArbitraryRandom

MultiFuelBurner said:

Qyburn said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

Starlink would be handy in Scotland

A colleague uses Starlink and reports it doesn't like heavy rain.

Neighbour here no issues rain/snow/storms never had an issue. Interesting to get lots of views though.

Heavy rain is known to cause issues with the signal, but it's more likely to slow the signal/cause buffering than to drop completely (so if you are streaming in HD you might notice, but you'll likely see worse on your home internet at busy times anyway) - personally though, it costs about 3 times what I'm willing to pay for an internet connection (good enough is good enough for me ). 

MultiFuelBurner

ArbitraryRandom said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

Qyburn said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

Starlink would be handy in Scotland

A colleague uses Starlink and reports it doesn't like heavy rain.

Neighbour here no issues rain/snow/storms never had an issue. Interesting to get lots of views though.

Heavy rain is known to cause issues with the signal, but it's more likely to slow the signal/cause buffering than to drop completely (so if you are streaming in HD you might notice, but you'll likely see worse on your home internet at busy times anyway) - personally though, it costs about 3 times what I'm willing to pay for an internet connection (good enough is good enough for me ). 

I think this was all based upon remoteness and if landlines and other forms of communication were down due to weather as means of communication satellite is probably the best.

Not as a general everyone should get it 😂

I agree we have a limit on what we pay for t'internet each month

ArbitraryRandom

MultiFuelBurner said:

ArbitraryRandom said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

Qyburn said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

Starlink would be handy in Scotland

A colleague uses Starlink and reports it doesn't like heavy rain.

Neighbour here no issues rain/snow/storms never had an issue. Interesting to get lots of views though.

Heavy rain is known to cause issues with the signal, but it's more likely to slow the signal/cause buffering than to drop completely (so if you are streaming in HD you might notice, but you'll likely see worse on your home internet at busy times anyway) - personally though, it costs about 3 times what I'm willing to pay for an internet connection (good enough is good enough for me ). 

I think this was all based upon remoteness and if landlines and other forms of communication were down due to weather as means of communication satellite is probably the best.

Oh... in those circumstances I vote we go back to carrier pigeons. Then at least I don't have to worry about running out of cat food  

Qyburn

ArbitraryRandom said:

Heavy rain is known to cause issues with the signal, but it's more likely to slow the signal/cause buffering than to drop completely (so if you are streaming in HD you might notice, but you'll likely see worse on your home internet at busy times anyway) - personally though, it costs about 3 times what I'm willing to pay for an internet connection (good enough is good enough for me ). 

Specifically he said the upload speed went to pieces in heavy rain. Since he's a networking professional (as I am), I'm inclined to believe his analysis. That's not to say other's don't have different experience.

mumf

Aah a weather forecast! Rain and wind usually comes along to fetch leaves down about now. Sometimes it’s a bit heavier too. Floods? The valley below us floods year- round regardless,so no news there. Powercut? Been through a few of those. If it goes off,we will switch on a battery lamp to see. Heating,light the stove. Cup of tea? We will use the camping stove. No phone or Internet? Heaven forbid!🤣.
  We will live.

ArbitraryRandom

So, did everyone survive the night?

I think we're due a little more rain this evening, and the wind is due to pick up on Saturday (a good prompt for me to harvest what's harvestable and finish putting the garden to bed), but here on the West it seems like we're going to be fine.