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Originally Posted by Messofanego

This is going to be awesome hearing all the loud thunder. Or does this have negative consequences like flooding?

If it's anything like '87, think floods and worse, like houses / cars demolished by fallen trees that have stood for over 100 years etc.

In fact I think most deaths in 87 was due to the tree issue.

Manchester master race reporting in.

I'll probably go get a coffee. Maybe take a walk. Should be cool.

Fuck the south.

Originally Posted by Dan27

I'm in Southend, and it's already windy as fuck.

Stay safe everyone.

East London, wind is pretty heavy too.

Tomorrow night's the storm, so keep prepared.

Originally Posted by Messofanego

This is going to be awesome hearing all the loud thunder. Or does this have negative consequences like flooding?

Floods are possible for sure.

Been nice knowing you, UK.

Oh dear. I'm planning on making a train journey tomorrow right through the red area.

Good thing our trains are so sturdy when it comes to weather.

Only other big storm I remember was the one on the day the last Harry Potter book came out that ended with half of the south west under water and is having no running water for a week and no drinkable water for a week after that. Not to mention there was a power substation only a few hours and several sandbags away from flooding which could have lead to most of Gloucestershire being evacuated. Hoping nothing that annoying happens this time.

Another thing that I remember, a few deaths from chimney pots / roof tiles falling on peoples heads.

Seriously.

Originally Posted by RedShift

Good thing our trains are so sturdy when it comes to weather.

In The Netherlands everything goes to shit as soon as one leaf hits the train tracks. Not even talking about what happens when a snow flake hits the tracks.

Originally Posted by Linius

In The Netherlands everything goes to shit as soon as one leaf hits the train tracks. Not even talking about what happens when a snow flake hits the tracks.

He was being sarcastic, that happens here too.

We even had the wonderful excuse from the rail industry during one winter that it wasn't leaves on the line causing delays, it was the wrong type of leaves on the line causing delays :P

Originally Posted by Osiris

Another thing that I remember, a few deaths from chimney pots / roof tiles falling on peoples heads.

Seriously.

That has to be the worst way to go :(

Originally Posted by Linius

In The Netherlands everything goes to shit as soon as one leaf hits the train tracks. Not even talking about what happens when a snow flake hits the tracks.

Yeah I was being sarcastic ours are awful too. Between snow, ice, leaves, heat deforming the tracks and floods there's always some reason they aren't running.

Got a chimney in my room I just know I'm gonna get woken up by this wind.

why don't you guys have doppler radar? between that and no AC, you guys are weird!

Originally Posted by Osiris

He was being sarcastic, that happens here too.

We even had the wonderful excuse from the rail industry during one winter that it wasn't leaves on the line causing delays, it was the wrong type of leaves on the line causing delays :P

Originally Posted by RedShift

Yeah I was being sarcastic ours are awful too. Between snow, ice, leaves, heat deforming the tracks and floods there's always some reason they aren't running.

I see, didn't catch the sarcasm :(

And hey, when the weather isn't doing anything they decide to do some construction work. It's always something with these trains. And then I watch Rail Away and I see Swiss trains plowing trough inches of snow.

i'm travelling to london on the train on monday, am i going to die?

And I thought it was a good thing moving south from Manchester!

I live in West Dorset now (which is on the south coast) about 15 minutes drive from the sea. So we'll be in the way of this thing. Thankfully our street in the village is on a hill and he main road (which becomes a river when it rains hard) is lower than the houses. So not really a chance of flooding our house.

But the lowest part of our village does flood. As do some of the roads out of the village. So it may be we'll be landlocked - but even if we are it will be just for a day. I think the only likely bad thing that might happen is we lose power for a while.

The only preparation I'm making is to partly dismantle our childrens' trampoline from the garden and wedge it down the side of the house. I don't want to have to go retrieve it from the windscreen of someone's Mercedes. Also trying to convince my wife that she doesn't need to go to work at 6pm tomorrow evening.

Originally Posted by brokenbeans

Got a chimney in my room I just know I'm gonna get woken up by this wind.

Empty airy, wind conducting loft space says hi. :(

It's already howling as it is.

Originally Posted by Lkr

why don't you guys have doppler radar? between that and no AC, you guys are weird!

We have doppler radar, but the map posted above is a forecast, now unless you have some super-wacky radar that is psychic I'm not sure what you're getting at? :P

Originally Posted by SuperSah

Empty airy, wind conducting loft space says hi. :(

It's already howling as it is.

Sounds like the storm is going to rip your roof off.

Originally Posted by SuperSah

Empty airy, wind conducting loft space says hi. :(

It's already howling as it is.

That sounds scary.

Wanna be thunder buddies?

Single glazed windows here.

Crazy:

http://www.weathercast.co.uk/radar/united-kingdom.html

See that big bit of dark red just currently hitting south of Cork, that's building and will hit the Midlands about 8am to 10am tomorrow morning.

Shit's about to get biblical.

I wonder how the left overs will be for us. 100km/h wind I can handle. I got this.

Originally Posted by Osiris

Crazy:

http://www.weathercast.co.uk/radar/united-kingdom.html

See that big bit of dark red just currently hitting south of Cork, that's building and will hit the Midlands about 8am to 10am tomorrow morning.

Shit's about to get biblical.

And that's not the big storm, that's the preamble.

Originally Posted by JackAubrey

And that's not the big storm, that's the preamble.

I know, the rain that hit the Midlands tonight was about 3mm/hr, the dark red bit that's coming tomorrow morning is going to be 20mm/hr plus, and like you say, that isn't even the big one, that's the precursor.

The part likely to hit Monday is gonna be nuts, it's not "travel to London" weather coming, it's "Don't even drop your kids off at school" weather.

Or it could do a Michael Fish, and miss ;)

They're warning us for the storm too here in the Netherlands. Well, bring it on I say. I can safely stay inside all day, it's vacation for me.

Our kids aren't in school this coming week as it's half term. So at least that's one issue solved.

Originally Posted by Daniel Jackson

They're warning us for the storm too here in the Netherlands. Well, bring it on I say. I can safely stay inside all day, it's vacation for me.

I love the picture AD is using.



Storm is coming.

Originally Posted by Osiris

Another thing that I remember, a few deaths from chimney pots / roof tiles falling on peoples heads.

Seriously.

Originally Posted by Kaduk

That has to be the worst way to go :(

Man, that scene in Hot Fuzz.

Belfast here, any ideas how bad we can expect it?

As long as it all calms down by work at 4pm Monday i'm good.

Oh man, more memories, I wasn't a home owner in '87 (I'd only just left school :P)

I am now, and remember that the damage was such that the insurers didn't pay out, they claimed "Force Majeure" (aka Act of God) and therefore didn't honor Building Insurance claims, fuck I hope my roof handles this or I'm bankrupt lol :P

I bet it's going to be boring and nothing will happen, maybe a stick will fall off a tree.

Originally Posted by RedShift

Oh dear. I'm planning on making a train journey tomorrow right through the red area.

Same - Milton Keynes to Bristol. Can't say I'm looking forward to it.

is tottenham's game cancelled tomorrow then? :(

Originally Posted by Linius

I love the picture AD is using.



Storm is coming.

Lovely picture indeed, must be fun to see yourself onlne like that.
a 100 km/h headwind really blows, but a 100 km/h tailwind on a bike should be very interesting.

Originally Posted by Daniel Jackson

Lovely picture indeed, must be fun to see yourself onlne like that.
a 100 km/h headwind really blows, but a 100 km/h tailwind on a bike should be very interesting.

Originally Posted by Race to be King

Same - Milton Keynes to Bristol. Can't say I'm looking forward to it.

Keep an eye out on live timetables. It may be unfortunate, but that journey may be cancelled by tomorrow noon. :(

Originally Posted by Clydefrog

is tottenham's game cancelled tomorrow then? :(

No. The (potentially) bad weather won't be here until the early hours of Monday morning.

I grew up in Dover. The 87 storm left us with no electricity for 3 days, and I got over a week off school as the school lost most of its roof.

Live near Gatwick now, thinking I might not make it into work Monday am.

Originally Posted by Kinky John

No. The (potentially) bad weather won't be here until the early hours of Monday morning.

woohoo!

Midlands reporting in, 5 minutes ago I sneezed, currently drinking a cup of tea and tomorrow morning I plan on having bacon. I will endeavour to keep you all informed on the latest 'never anything close to it's hype' event.

Originally Posted by The_Hitcher89

I'll report back when this happens.

Living near Manchester the 1987 storm didn't affect us.

Originally Posted by Daniel Jackson

Lovely picture indeed, must be fun to see yourself onlne like that.
a 100 km/h headwind really blows, but a 100 km/h tailwind on a bike should be very interesting.

100km/h tailwind and you wouldn't get me close to a bike (neither Bicycle or Motorbike)

The tailwind/headwind isn't the problem, the shift to a 100km/h cross wind that takes you under a trucks wheels however...

Yeah, no.

Originally Posted by JackAubrey

Living near Manchester the 1987 storm didn't affect us.

Didn't the 87' storm affect almost just the South?

I feel young when I see people talking about a storm that happened in '87.

Originally Posted by SuperSah

Didn't the 87' storm affect almost just the South?

Yes. We had no problems at all as far as I can remember. I was only in my mid-teens at the time so my memory is more of porno-mags and Atari ST flight sims.

OP says 80-90mph? Is that suppose to be kph? Is it normal for Britain to still use imperial measurements for wind? I'm from the States so I have no idea.

Trying to get to work on Monday morning is gonna be fun.