Storm's a-comin'

Emp_Fab

It's rained a little here.  I also think my empty food waste bin might have blown over.

Additionally, some leaves have moved from one side of the garden to the other.

Phew....

Deadman

All these people who remember '87 like it was a NGD. I was 17 but must have been pissed. I have zero recollection of it.

Bellycaster

Hardly had anything up here except the usual rain we've been getting, very calm in comparison. I hope you all came through unscathed.

Just shows you, even the wind wants to avoid Sheffield.

siremoon

Ah the 87 storm.  I was holed up in a Felixstowe pub watching dingys, beach huts, chimney pots and all sorts flying through the air and trees falling down like nine pins.  Last night was a gentle breeze compared to that.

Emp_Fab

I have absolutely no recollection of the '87 storm.  Come to think of it, I have very little recollection of... well.... anything really.  My memory really is shot to pieces.  I go around in a sort of personal time bubble of roughly a fortnight, where I know what's coming up on my agenda for the next week or so and anything older than a week drops off my memory stack into the land of 'eh ?'

I think I need a ram upgrade.  I only seem to have about 32K.

viz

You remember that tenner you owe me though don't you?

holnrew

I don't remember the storm of 87, but I wasn't even two.

Bellycaster

The Daily Express (property of bloke at work) warned of another one today, coming Thursday IIRC.

A newspaper with bad news, now there's a thing.

Fretwired

Tree down in my back garden ... getting it removed tomorrow [Wednesday].

VimFuego

be a lot of firewood going spare in Hertfordshire.

Jalapeno

A few branches, nothing major.

ESBlonde

We had a tree blown down in our back garden. I had to stand the pot up again!

Some parts of the town were without power until late last night. There are a few local villagers who are still without power and they are beginning to smell when they come to work.

Most of the roads that held me up getting to work monday were clear by the time I went home, indeed they haven't even left any firewood behind in most cases. 

Phil_aka_Pip

Some parts of Crowfield are still without power. Stonham Aspal lost power at 0815 Monday, it was restored around 2200 on Monday.

I have an LPG stove in the lounge and the cooker in my kitchen runs on LPG. This was a decision I took a few years ago when I realised how fragile the power supply is around here (in fact the only reliable thing about it is the price hikes).

On Monday evening I did several kettles of boiling water for neighbours to take away in thermos flasks. They are all still dependent on lekky for everything. I have absolutely no idea why the houses in my street were originally built to depend entirely on lekky for everything, other than that the property developer was a moronic townie who neither understands nor cares about the rigours of country life.