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No idea what's going on this thread and I don't want to trawl through all nine pages to find out, but I've just lost a load of tiles off my roof. They've smashed a chunk out of my gutter on the way down too. (Sheffield)
Trees have brought a power line down at work. I didn’t get called out and only found out a little while ago after my boss sent a vague text. Luckily Western Power have sorted it. I’ll inspect tomorrow and get the saws on anything that needs it
It just seems to be a thing across the ‘U’K that people fuss about weather that people in many places would just shrug off… be it snow, wind, rain or heat…
And the weather is Scotland isn’t much different from the weather in Wales…
teams working through the night to patch up the beaches before tomorrow's tide.
I wonder if most people on this thread understand how hard it is to walk or even remain standing still at these kinds of wind speeds
I usually love wild, windy weather, but trying to get around the main site at work today proved just too challenging for me, gusts nearly took me off my feet several times, and I’ve got enough health problems without suffering a broken wrist or other injury, so I came home just after lunch. There are trees surrounding the site, and the roaring noise was unbelievable, when I sat in my car it was like I’d gone deaf, the sudden silence.
Thankfully, the drive home on the A350 was uneventful, although there was a big conifer down across one side of the Lacock junction, with a bunch of bloke working frantically with chainsaws and a big chipper to clear the road for when it gets really busy later.
It just seems to be a thing across the ‘U’K that people fuss about weather that people in many places would just shrug off…
Different countries are different shockingly.
OH's sister lives in Tennessee in an area known for storms and heavy winds party due to the geology and obviously the geography.
They tend to have basements to hide in. 65-100mph winds are still considered a problem there. Trees will still get blown over, roofs will get ripped off. It will be on the news there. You just don't hear about it unless it's a massive one, because why would you?
are you referring to the Somerset levels flooding where a handful of rich farms in safe Tory seats got wet (bear in mind they’re at or below sea level anyway)?
Some of those farms had belonged to the same families for generations, and the flooding was expected and allowed for, due to systems built by local monks a thousand years ago. Entire livelihoods were threatened by one senior individual at the Environment Agency taking away the rights of the local authorities to regularly dredge the drainage channels, causing them to silt up, because he felt that those farms were better used as a flooded wetlands for wildlife, rather than a rich and highly productive food producing environment.
The gentleman was removed, the local authorities given their dredging rights back, there’s been no significant flooding since, and a large area of land along the coast nearby has been repurposed to a proper salt marsh/ wetland environment which is already proving its worth for wildlife, while also helping alleviate flooding further inland. Everyone wins.
Meanwhile, Neil Oliver is complaining about ‘woke’ snowflakes whining about a bit of a breeze…
it’s a good thing the second truck avoided the crashed one, otherwise there would have been a lot more wreckage to clear up!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-60434235
Looks like it might have been on its way to Copart.
Pilot got us down on the second attempt at Leeds/Bradford
Anyone seen TJ and Neil Oliver together?
Weren't they both extras in Braveheart?
They both wear a cravat. Hmm....
Only one of them is an utter bellend though.
who is now rather better known as one of the faces of GB News.
I had no idea, that's really cheered me up!
For years I have intensely disliked Neil Oliver but always felt uncomfortable as I couldn't really pin it on anything in particular, at last he's given me a reason 🙂
OH’s sister lives in Tennessee in an area known for storms and heavy winds party due to the geology
I'm gagging to hear how "geology" can impact the weather
Hello chaps? I am astonished that a throwaway remark caused so much angst. Very amusing. I wasn't nasty to anyone.
Why take it so seriously? Take the piss by all means but the amount of angst it generated is unreasonable
I did not say it was not worth reporting
Johnson chairs a cobra meeting for this but not for the previous storm that affected the north badly and he couldn't be bothered doing COBRA for covid!
Ah, the mythical Edinburgh defence…
The Godfather of tedious ruined topics has arrived. I doff my cap and bow out, the forum, is, as it ever was, yours.
I’m gagging to hear how “geology” can impact the weather
Wait until you hear about the butterfly, it will blow your mind!
Buildings in the the middle of the US are generally made to appallingly low standards. Crappy timber frame construction with a masonry strong room for hiding from tornadoes, straight line winds etc
They prefer to build shit buildings and replace them when broken rather than build a more expensive stronger building to start with
Eldest meant to be travelling home by train today, Cambridge to Derby, to play in some concerts. Rail enquiries suggest that is unlikely to happen.
His Plan B was to go into London and back out, which is looking just as unlikely. I'm watching the curling and wondering what time he'll a) wake up b) check c) message me to go and fetch him
Pilot got us down on the second attempt at Leeds/Bradford
We can watch the LBA landings from our kitchen window; and they can be awful at the best of times due to the cross winds. Glad you got down safely!!
He was up early, I'm just off to Cambridge...
I’m gagging to hear how “geology” can impact the weather
couple of mountain ranges that funnel the wind.
I’m gagging to hear how “geology” can impact the weather
Fill your boots:
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discovering-geology/climate-change/
Topography would probably be a better description.
couple of mountain ranges that funnel the wind.
Geography rather than geology
For years I have intensely disliked Neil Oliver but always felt uncomfortable as I couldn’t really pin it on anything in particular, at last he’s given me a reason 🙂
Exactly this! It's great when your instinct is justified.
I’m gagging to hear how “geology” can impact the weather
Vulcanism?
I wonder if most people on this thread understand how hard it is to walk or even remain standing still at these kinds of wind speeds
Very much agree with this. I've been blown off my feet once (in Iceland, 85mph gust) and it wasn't a fun experience. You don't get knocked over comedy-style like you're hinged from your feet. Instead you're suddenly quite a long way away from where you were standing in a painful and bloody heap on the floor.
Didn't get my Strava KOM yesterday, but did make the top-30 out of 9000 people on a 3 mile flat segment. Averaged more than 30mph coming back but the ride out was unpleasant.
couple of mountain ranges that funnel the wind.
Apparently in the case of Tennessee it's more than that :
"We were just dealt a bad hand geologically,” explains former MTSU geologist Dr. Albert Ogden.
Hayling bridge was closed for the first time in 40 years yesterday.
Cross winds snd flooding either side deemed it too dangerous for a couple of hours.
A transit Luton van followed me across at 11am. The wind took the back axle away and it drifted across the carriage way as tge driving sawed at the wheel to catch it. Then 30mtr further on it did again, the van rocking then the rear sliding out toward the parapet.
As the angle increased the wind becomes more tangentle so he caught it again, then drove home for clean pants
I stupidly went for a cycle. For those that have ridden Yair all the good stuff around raylees is now wrecked.
I watched half a dozen trees come down and heard at least 20 more break and snap. I was trying for shelter in the Lee of the wood watching big trees just fall over
It's still rattling thru Europe
I’m gagging to hear how “geology” can impact the weather
Vulcanism?
I was going to add "except for vulcanism" but lost the will to live
I know Spock was gifted but he couldn't influence windstorms
Geologists are weighing in on why Tennessee is so vulnerable to the impact of severe weather. According to one Vanderbilt study- the varied topography of our state leads to diverse climate conditions that produce various forms of extreme weather.
So it doesn't claim the "geology" impacts the weather....it says topography does and geology makes it vulnerable to the resulting weather...E.G. Sinkholes
I was going to add “except for vulcanism” but lost the will to live
I thought you were gagging to hear?
Orographic effects?
Went for a wander up my garden, noticed that my neighbour has a big tree down in their garden. Upon review, my tree, snapped off half way up and must have sailed 20m through the air!
Heavy snow in Yeadon now,more flight delays for Leeds/Bradford if it continues I would think
My sister and dad in East Sussex, haven’t had power since Friday lunch and the water went off yesterday. Predicted to be back by tomorrow, maybe…
I know Spock was gifted but he couldn’t influence windstorms
Live long and prosper
Well, I for one am starting to think we should gather animals in pairs...Who's with me?
Predicted to be back by tomorrow, maybe…
now predicted to be off until Tuesday at least. They’ve uncovered the well in the back yard and are drawing water off so they can at least flush toilet.
I am! I think an ark has rarely been needed more.
Been terrible all day here today.
Dog won't go out and she's going to have to soon because she hasn't had a wee since this morning.
Daren't check the leaky loft.
FFS.
We got our power back on last night but no phone still. But I'm expecting it to go again as the wind is roaring here again. Also, this is the muddiest winter I've known, perhaps because there have been no days cold enough to freeze the ground.
The main storm might've passed but the wind has only dropped a bit here and now it's pissing down. FFS
Some mighty gusts here in Brissle tonight, stronger than Friday in my opinion. Hopefully calming a bit in the last half hour.
I had to make a slight detour on Friday due to a barn roof in the road.
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Sounds way wilder out there tonight than it has done for the past few days. It's been blowing for a few hours already and isn't due to peak to tomorrow morning. Blackpool coast btw.
The gusts on Friday were exceptionally strong on Friday here in Pembroke but today has been consistently incredibly windy.
Going outside just wasn’t worth it today; no fun at all.
Sick of this now but the rest of the week just looks like chunk after chunk of heavy weather 😢
Sounds way wilder out there tonight than it has done for the past few days.
Agree same in Shropshire, winds been high all day and almost appears to be getting worse, lots of flooding too
My shed/ garages' roof totalled here in Carmarthenshire, red zone margins. Roofers are up to their eyes in work. A mate has over 100 calls yesterday.
At the worst point I was up on the lifting flat roof whilst my wife held the ladder to stop it blowing away and my son passed oak logs up to me to weigh the roofing sheets down. When the wind lifted the wall plates off- my how we laughed 🙁 My mum saw a guy decapitated by a flying tin sheet during a hurricane when she was a girl. The thought terrifies me.
All roped down now, hopefully the roofer will arrive tomorrow.
i cannot wait for all this crap weather to piss off.
had a whole row of tiles ripped off my roof on friday then continual high winds and rain.
haven't been able to make an appointment yet for roof repair as the housing place is shut over weekend.
thankfully nothing else has been ripped off or any rain coming through the roof (hopefully it will be ok).
we all deserve a long bout of good weather to make up for this crap.
A bit wild again this am.
Seems the wildest of the week so far in Sheffield - definitely windier, and stronger gusts than the supposed main storm Eunice.
Oh, I think you'll find the O2 arena completely operational when your friends arrive.
Seems the wildest of the week so far in Sheffield – definitely windier, and stronger gusts than the supposed main storm Eunice.
Yep,thinking that here down near Derby. Plans for 3-4 big road rides over half term this week are unravelling, and local trails are under water.
When I saw the balustrade that I fitted last summer fall down, I feared that I may have installed it badly. Instead, it appears it pulled the entire bloody wall down. Hey ho, let's start the hunt for good builders and fighting with insurance companies. Any recommended builders, brickies etc in Southampton cheers.
Impressed with the intact glass tbf.
Another big tree down on a local street onto a house, I thought Eunice would have had all the weak ones down but no.
Well, that was the quickest I've ever commuted to the office, with Franklin blowing me along, a minute faster!
Down my road, are we calling this lucky or unlucky?
Foolish. That tree is in their garden, there's no way I'd have one that big in mine for exactly that reason!
Big shout out to brave roofers willing to clamber out velux windows 40 ft up to replace tiles in a hoolie. Works out at £300/hr mind.
The wind overnight was nuts in Newcastle. Worse than before, I was so certain at 4am my patio cover was going bye bye that I put headphones on with music to stop me fretting about it.
(Palram Sierra is clearly a very sturdy construction).
Foolish. That tree is in their garden, there’s no way I’d have one that big in mine for exactly that reason!
My parents neighbour has an oak about that size in their garden.
With a TPO on it. Can't even get permission to thin it out a bit 🤦♂️
Re: Millennium dome. When it was designed there were no other tall buildings around it. The new tall buildings next to it would have caused accelerated winds/mini-vortices to worsen the situation.
Given that the dome is essentially an over-engineered temporary building, it did quite well. If you remember the £800-900Mn building was supposed to be there for just 1 year. At the time it seemed like a waste of tax-payers money.
At the time it seemed like a waste of tax-payers money.
Still doesn't exactly look like good VFM...
So we've had Dudley, Eunice and now Franklin all within a week, and yet MrsMC still seems astonished that when she opens all the windows upstairs to let a bit of air in, the wind slams them shut again within 30 seconds....🤷♂️
Blowing an absolute hoolie overnight here, the wind direction meant it was lashing against the bedroom window all night. House seems to have survived OK. Can't go and stand in the field to get a longer perspective though, that's under several inches of water.
All the trails are absolutely trashed. FPs, BWs, fireroad, it doesn't matter, it's all just a sea of mud.
where are you?
I’ve had people moaning that the site at work is a mess and asking why I haven’t cleared up yet. I’ve also had someone ask if I’ll be removing all the ivy off trees by climbing up them.
My parents neighbour has an oak about that size in their garden.
With a TPO on it. Can’t even get permission to thin it out a bit
We have a massive copper beech basically in our garden, it's next door but right on the boundary (neighbour rents and landlord not interested in getting involved) It's about 5m away from the house, absolutely massive and dwarfs the house but has a TPO. I want it gone but council said no way. We have managed to get permission for a 2m reduction only as a one off. Will have to file a new request next time, we can't keep it to a reduced size unfortunately.
I really do hope it doesn't end up being blown down in the future, I'd like to say to the council it's a risk to the house but I expect it will fall on deaf ears.
Tree surgeon was due here this morning funnily enough, I emailed him yesterday to say surely he won't be sending his guys up a tree in 50mph winds, he said they are still coming. I got a call this morning from one of his guys to say they won't be, they had to be on council duty anyway as a lot of stuff to get sorted on roads etc.
I was out last night for a drink and my other half texted me to say there was a load bang so I came home to check and found a hip tile next to the house. Then didn't sleep to well worrying more would come down. I went to investigate this morning and 3 came down but were from my other neighbours house, just missed our landing window luckily. I'm glad it wasn't my roof, I get on well with the neighbours so gutted for them as I expect they will be in a rather large queue to get the work done.
My train was cancelled last night at London Bridge due to a fallen tree and I had to wait 15min for another train.
Yet the news tonight is full of flooding/cracked bridges/businesses closed and ruined homes in the north of the country and no mention of travel disruption in the south!? FFS.
When I saw the balustrade that I fitted last summer fall down, I feared that I may have installed it badly. Instead, it appears it pulled the entire bloody wall down.
It looks as if you bolted it into the top layer of bricks only. If that's what you did, I'm not surprised it fell down, it would be relying on the tensile bond of the mortar - the bolts should go deep enough into the wall that the weight of the wall provides stability.
And now for the floods
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-60475077
My cousin’s house is in that Castlefields footbridge picture in Shrewsbury