rosie Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24601190 Luckily we weren't hit. We heard it and it was a dreadful noise but we just thought it was a very heavy down pour with some strong gusty winds!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Just heard a lot of rain coming down 1 or 2 minutes ago. Earlyer this evening a few thunderclaps/lightning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Stay safe everyone. It's raining fairly hard and quite windy here at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locolines Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 On its way up to me I reckon then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Every thing tied down solid. As son has just gone self employed tree surgery and landscaping, may be a nice earner before Christmas! An ill wind etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 been raining and very windy today here in sheffield hope the tiles stay on the roof and the trees remain rooted ! :shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 It's picked up big time now. F9 (42.1kn) out at sea. Really really gusty here on the south coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharky Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 weather report from somerset .... raining but no wind as of yet. just done a 5 hour drive from leeds this evening and i have passed thru all sorts of mad weather but to be honest not as mad as the drivers on the motorways i couldn't see thru my windscreen due to rain.sensible folk (me included) travelling at 40mph but felt the idiots passing in the other 2 lanes at ridiculous speeds rather than saw them...:banghead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Grundy Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 The ITN news this evening had two reporters, one in London and the other in Western Supermare standing in the pouring rain, no hats, one had it dripping off his nose. How stupid are these people..................? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locolines Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 The wind is blowing its hardest right now 6am but it's not as bad as we thought it might be. According to the forecast it should be dropping soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 Well we survived! Gusts reported at F12 overnight. Only a small amount of damage that we can see from here at the moment. A TV Ariel is bent and twisted and our neighbours trampoline is now upside down and hugging the back of their car! Local news reporting trees down on the Island which is going to hinder the cubemeisters journey to work, not me though as it's half term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Now in field struggling with weak 3G taking 3-5 minutes to get a page. Tree ripped phone line another tree smashed two fences. Spent hours trying to report fault with ansautomated system seemed designed to avoid customer communication wanting me to go online to report fault GRRRRH! Also tried to report fact that cable droops across lane endangering tall vehicles. Voice recognition not able to recognise simple words like "dangerous" had to give up as batteries were drained despite being charged all night after hours of calling dim witted machines & hanging on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Around our way, very little disruption. A few trees down, lots of leaves and branches around the place. Fortunatley no damage to my kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Over here 1 fatality and 10 wounded. Lots of trees fell over. Seen footage of a bicyclist narrowly missed by a falling tree. Gusts up to 150 k/ph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Still no phone line. Nobody much bothered about repairing it. :banghead: Just walked to a wifi hotspot but rather cold and windy now started to rain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Still no phone line. Nobody much bothered about repairing it. :banghead: Just walked to a wifi hotspot but rather cold and windy now started to rain I just heard a classic following last weekend, 'Oh it was teribble! There was so little in Waitrose'. So shop at *** Tescos then! :nut: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 Very windy here again. Environment agency issued flood warning. High tide due at 2230 quite a high tide, 4.6m. With a southerly wind and a low pressure it might push it higher. More wine needed please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Prom closed here in Blackpool and illuminations turned off at 10!......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Still no phone line here. Struggle to even get an email on 3G web pages very slow or nothing. But do have some engineers repairing line their aim is to connect just 3 customers. Say they will connect me & my neighbour on Sunday. So that will be 13 days. Yet I was the first to report the fault when it happened. As for texting me updates as requested nothing received. Although it is perhaps good to be free of web addiction for a little while it is not so good being unable to pay bills & keep accounts out of the red with accounts that are Internet only. Seriously thinking about satellite broadband. As at best its no more than 2mbs. Anyone any experience of a satellite connection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Blowing a gale down here in Portsmouth again .... Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 Still no phone line here. Struggle to even get an email on 3G web pages very slow or nothing. But do have some engineers repairing line their aim is to connect just 3 customers. Say they will connect me & my neighbour on Sunday. So that will be 13 days. Yet I was the first to report the fault when it happened. As for texting me updates as requested nothing received. Although it is perhaps good to be free of web addiction for a little while it is not so good being unable to pay bills & keep accounts out of the red with accounts that are Internet only. Seriously thinking about satellite broadband. As at best its no more than 2mbs. Anyone any experience of a satellite connection? thats dreadful, hope you get sorted soon. Sorry I'm not at all technical so cant help with the broadband stuff. Blowing a gale down here in Portsmouth again .... Andy Andy, we stood ontop of portsdown hill this evening to watch the Cosham fireworks! We nearly blew away!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Blowing a gale down here in Portsmouth again .... Andy Andy I think that's a different sort of storm sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Still no phone line. Nobody much bothered about repairing it. :banghead: Well after 2 weeks & 3 days we now have a temporary phone line. Only through the intervention of a neighbour exercising influence. :-X Glad I wasn't the only one affected as I have had no text updates as promised & no replies to emails & left completely uninformed. Neighbour rang on my behalf yesterday to be told by someone in another country that they were waiting to dig a hole. Today they were told that they were waiting for council permission to dig the hole. Then a hour later the phone line was replaced (without having to dig a hole) But I expect they've been busy counting the £200 million they've got to find for screening some football events Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 Had our first hard frost this morning, a frost on the sea front is rare!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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