Hurricane watch...

[accountantpete]

I have a leaf clearing job at this time of the year and there is usually a storm late October/early November which blows them away and saves me a bit of work - but not a sodding hint of wind last night.

 

[Crackle]

Traffic carnage in Ipswich. Orwell bridge was closed so all HGV's on way to Felixstowe diverted through town. Many roads blocked due to fallen trees and reports of a double decker bus getting blown over. Wheelie bins were flying around like exocet missiles. Took me 10 mins longer to cycle in

But not a hair on your head was out of place.

 

[asterix]

I think you're being a bit disingenuous here. There were plenty of weather reports from the North - I heard regular updates on the roads in Berkshire and even a couple from Oxfordshire

Yup, the media love to paint how grim it is oop North! 'Fog in the Vale of York', anyone?

 

[Milzy]

The southern fairy cakes call it a storm, the Scottish call it summer.

 

[hopless500]

Rather a non-event here.

 

[Beebo]

Not too slow though as a famous TV personality passed me twice,

Who was it?

 

[welsh dragon]

Zilch. Zero. Nada. Niet. Dim. Non. Absolutely nothing accept...... yes you've got it RAIN.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Rather a non-event here.

Talk about blowing things out of all proportion, eh!

 

[swee'pea99]

Just got back from walking the hound in the woods. Much mayhem. Many branches ripped off, including some at least as big as my waist, and at least two or three trees blown right over - not to horizontal, but coming to rest on other trees, at a 30 degree angle. By far & away the most damage I've seen in the 15+ years I've been going there.

 

[hopless500]

Talk about blowing things out of all proportion, eh!

Absolutely. It's been pretty windy, and it's rained a bit, but it's not made me think, oh I must build an Ark!

 

[Beebo]

I don't know if I really ought to name @gaz here.

Oh, I was expecting someone really famous like Matthew T

 

[AndyRM]

What a surprise. The media sh!tes it off a little wind and wain then nothing happens.

It was the same during The Winter of 2010. The North of England had been a frozen wasteland for a month with no incident or coverage. Then a few flakes of snow fell near London and the end of days was upon us.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

What a surprise. The media sh!tes it off a little wind and wain then nothing happens.

It was the same during The Winter of 2010. The North of England had been a frozen wasteland for a month with no incident or coverage. Then a few flakes of snow fell near London and the end of days was upon us.

Even worse, a crane falls on the cabinet office on a Monday morning, for god's sake! No wonder no one was injured.

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Went out for a ride yesterday and it was a bit windy, then turned on the telly to see Southern Media banging on about a tree that had fallen over.

Get a grip you media people, it was a bit windy and that was all.

 

[Puddles]

Damage done... a panel covered in the traily vine stuff got sort of blowed out

And the tropical looking type tree on the right lost two of its older branches, it used to look like a Y shape, now it is more of an I shape