Storm's a-comin'

VimFuego

interesting, where are you again Viz?

Deadman

Shit that's not good Viz.

viz

Cambridge. Flatland. To be fair the roof might be more to do with my DIY than the wind, but it's definitely pretty strong here. But we have a local venturi effect with the position of all the houses and the wind's always pretty strong.

Fretwired

viz said:

Our huge ash tree is shedding boughs as thick as my thigh and our shed roof is busy being torn off.

Same here .. ash tree down in the back garden and lots of empty plastic plant pots flying past my office window.

chillidoggy

It all looks the OK in Margate. A few bins laying about with rubbish scattered all over the place, but that's normal anyway. I'm going round to Ramsgate later, I reckon it might be a bit different there, probably a bit more rubbish, though.

dchwhite

We're a bit north of Cambridge, and the wind's picking up rather here, too. Hope your shed roof holds, Viz.

octatonic

Emp_Fab said:

you've rendered me speechless !

Well that is a bit of a silver lining.

Emp_Fab

I set 'em up...... you knock 'em down  ;;)

monquixote

It's just gone nuts here as well and taken my fence down.

viz

Know the feeling.

viz

Just reminded me of a joke i head in the weekend: guy goes to the doctor wearing nothing but a see-through plastic sheet. Doctor says I can clearly see your nuts.

JohnPerry

Deadman said:

...Sky are loving it. Wankers.

Yeah, the Met Office are loving it too. Wankers. And the raincoat salesmen. Fascists.

viz

And those bastard flour millers.

Phil_aka_Pip

I'm OK. My fence is held up by my next door neighbour's pear tree.

octatonic

Phil_aka_Pip said:

I'm OK. My fence is held up by my next door neighbour's pear tree.

My pear tree is holding up the fence.

Are we neighbours?

mike_l

viz said:

Cambridge. Flatland. To be fair the roof might be more to do with my DIY than the wind, but it's definitely pretty strong here. But we have a local venturi effect with the position of all the houses and the wind's always pretty strong.

We were ok in St Ives, mind we're pretty well sheltered from the worst.

octatonic

My fave Twitter comment so far: "Met office warning: Torquay is now in Kent."

chillidoggy

Let's hope it makes it to Margate, then.

scrumhalf

Phil_aka_Pip said:

I'm OK. My fence is held up by my next door neighbour's pear tree.

Is that a euphemism?

Fretwired

scrumhalf said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

I'm OK. My fence is held up by my next door neighbour's pear tree.

Is that a euphemism?

Sounds like the title to an olde English folk song