are you ready

[andy01424]

i decided to fight back!! shall consume copious amount of chilli con carne and send a northeastly ,that should blow it out lol on bright note Southeast trains been cancelled from 01.00am till 9am then after that take your pick when and if its running!

Great Storm was on a nightclub at end of the pier in eastbourne, walked off at 1.30 am ish ,just thought tad windy lol

[ionian]

I've secured the garden furniture, but after that it's just a case of hoping that the massive tree at the bottom of our garden is still standing (or doesn't fall on the house).

It's supposed to be at its worst here during rush hour so I might delay my working day tomorrow. I can usually work from home but we have overhead telephone cables and the broadband slows to a crawl when it drizzles, so god knows what I'll be able to do. I may just keep our kittens company and watch homes under the hammer!

[Super-Shiny]

BRING IT ON

[zeldamum]

Not looking forward to the storm if its as bad as they say its going to be. I am home contact for a group of Explorer Scouts on a training weekend . Could be a busy night trying to get hold of worried parents. Wouldn't fancy being in a tent in this weather. In 2007 I had to pick my children up from a Scout camp as tents were taking off across the fields.

[Chrissie]

Oct 27, 2013 17:45:50 GMT Roger said:

We are NOT going to have a hurricane.

Love to all

Michael Fish

Lol roger, I remember that so well

At the moment, I'm thinking they may have got it the other way round this time - but could be wrong.

It was supposed to hit Cornwall first. OK it's raining here but not too heavily & no gale force winds

zeldamum I hope the scouts will be safe.

[Bluefish]

Not started yet then Chrissie?

[Chrissie]

Oct 27, 2013 21:54:28 GMT Bluefish said:

Not started yet then Chrissie?

Hmmm, I might have spoken too soon - it's now chucking it down

[andy01424]

piddling it a bit here to few gusts,dont help being on a hill top of the town lol

[alvoram]

On the satellite images it looks as if you've just missed out on the worst of the wet Chrissie, seems to have entered the country around Bourmouth, Southampton, Portsmouth and Brighton.

At least that's where the purpley bluey patches hit first on rain today's imagery.

Having said that, There is a nasty patch moving over cornwall now.

www.raintoday.co.uk/

[zeldamum]

All calm here now and no phone call from the Explorer camp leader so can only assume they are all OK.

I hope everyone else is OK.

[ionian]

It's just starting here, all trains are cancelled and there's a fallen tree on my main road to work. Looks like a lie in for me! Depressingly, I've already started to look at work emails while still in bed

[Perpetua]

Seems to be ok here now in Brizol, a bit gusty around 5am but nothing that extreme.


Looks like I'll be able to get into work after all.

[alvoram]

Is Chrissie OK? I read that 1000's of homes are without power in the Southwest after the winds hit there.

[DiscoDes]

What a load of PANIC which for me on the edge of the Somerset Levels has been a "Storm In A Teacup"!

[alvoram]

Oct 28, 2013 7:36:37 GMT DiscoDes said:

What a load of PANIC which for me on the edge of the Somerset Levels has been a "Storm In A Teacup"!

Looks to have been quite bad in parts though Des.

Been quite nice here, considering we were on alert too, no winds, hardly any rain.

Yet winds of over 90 MPH recorded near the Isle of White.

Looks like Cornwall got hit too. Power lines down, trains hitting fallen trees, structural damage.

Seems to have had quite a narrow path