Storm Eowyn.
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- Location
- Glasgow
Lol, the wind was either a headwind or a sideways wind!
I'm not the only nutty one at work - must be an NHS thing
A colleague got sent away early, at 11.30 (his supervisor no doubt meant it as a kindness) but the storm was at his fullest then.
Instead of phoning his wife for a lift, like he promised he would, he rode his bike back home, he messaged me that he was sh****g himself! 😨
I must add, all of us at work had been offered lifts, free taxis, etc, but us 3 cyclists refused, yes, we are mad.
Then again, the taxis never came
I got home it was almost dark: I'll find out tomorrow what's what!
Roof tiles in the garden is a given, thankfully I only have hedges, but my neighbourg sent me a picture of his collapsed fence.
dicko
Guru
- Location
- Derbyshire
Was storm Eowyn worse than the 1982 great storm? Michael Fish says No.
Marchrider
Über Member
To sum up the storm, it was a very wild day but no real damage, a few bins must have blown over in the town centre and the mess is everywhere
I got to help remove a fallen tree that was blocking a private road, well rewarded I must of got over a years supply of logs - but 3 hours with the chainsaw has wiped me out, I feel as I have been hit by a number eight bus, every muscle aches - I'm obviously not as young as I think I am .
From my own personal home made wind meter (i doubt the met office would accept the data) we had a gust of 67.1mph and whilst big it is not exceptional. here is my list of BIG gusts
top of the list was a weird one, don't even think it was a named storm, it was windy but for half an hour it went mental, big tree down in neighbours garden, another neighbour lost his fence, we had slates off
and I have highlighted the one that comes in 26th - this was Arwin, and i have never seen devastation like it, 1000's of trees down, whole plantations flat
I got to help remove a fallen tree that was blocking a private road, well rewarded I must of got over a years supply of logs - but 3 hours with the chainsaw has wiped me out, I feel as I have been hit by a number eight bus, every muscle aches - I'm obviously not as young as I think I am .
From my own personal home made wind meter (i doubt the met office would accept the data) we had a gust of 67.1mph and whilst big it is not exceptional. here is my list of BIG gusts
top of the list was a weird one, don't even think it was a named storm, it was windy but for half an hour it went mental, big tree down in neighbours garden, another neighbour lost his fence, we had slates off
and I have highlighted the one that comes in 26th - this was Arwin, and i have never seen devastation like it, 1000's of trees down, whole plantations flat
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Hope everyone affected is recovering.
The yellow warning of wind that we had in London turned out to be unwarranted. It was a bit windy for a short while. We had one heavy but brief period of rain. Otherwise an unexceptional day.
The yellow warning of wind that we had in London turned out to be unwarranted. It was a bit windy for a short while. We had one heavy but brief period of rain. Otherwise an unexceptional day.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Very windy here yesterday afternoon while walking about. It was a very drying wind as well which is rare for winter. So drying in fact that my contact lens dried up in my eye, almost falling out. Luckily I always carry a small bottle of comfort drops, so a drop or two restored the moisture level of the lens. I saw a few fallen tree branches, but not much else to report. By 6pm the wind had died down and er that was it.
Flick of the Elbow
less than
- Location
- Midlothian Edinburgh
Yes I agree, yesterday was certainly dramatic and of course some folk are still without power but when you compare it with the one that hit here in January 2012, well then we had a gust of 102 mph on Blackford Hill in Edinburgh. Yesterday you had to go out into the middle of the Forth to get a reading like that. I feel that yesterday was somewhat hyped by all the government alerts that went with it. That ridiculous thing on people’s phones should be kept for terrorist attacks and incoming missiles.
Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
I like your log. Nice. Now, let's see that home-made anemometer of yours. I'm interested. WAs thinking of buying one yesterday but nobody wouild deliver.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Quite a few trees were down around Lancaster; one landed on a moving car, the occupants were unharmed. Can't find the video but it's rather dramatic, and amazing no one was injured.
edit... found it.
edit... found it.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
Just one blown fence panel here in derbyshire, it had snapped at the top so i have bodged a repair with a bit of wood across the break as im not forking out for a new panel for the sake of of one little break.
The rest of the panels along that stretch get the full force of the wind as we are on a hill so they are braced but not this one
, i will find a suitable bit of wood somewhere.
The rest of the panels along that stretch get the full force of the wind as we are on a hill so they are braced but not this one
, i will find a suitable bit of wood somewhere.
Marchrider
Über Member
you will not be impressed - its an old spinning air vent I took off the top of a van i was scrapping. connected to an old cycling computer and adjusted the wheel size settings until it gave the same readings as a proper had held anemometer
been up there 13 years now, I take the mileage and max speed readings once a week
310,000 miles of air has passed over our roof - which means that thing will have spun round 42 million times (plus whatever it sis for the 12 years it was ont op of that van)
I doubt the met office would consider the readings valid
Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
I think it is pretty cool. Had I driven past your house, I would have knocked on your door and asked what that is. And then to see you logs. I like your calibration method. People are so hung up on accuracy that they miss the real picture. All that really matters for the amateur boundary layer meteorologist (that's you) is that you know this storm was bigger than that storm by X magnitude.
I measure our house's amperage draw just for kicks. I don't log it though, but I do win all arguments about which appliance uses more power than the other.
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ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Not sure that the accuracy is dodgy
It is a valid design concept properly put up and calibrated
just because it doesn;t come from a proper factory and everything designed and made for a specific purpose - does not mean that it doesn;t work as well as a "proper one"
Cool anyway
Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
I hope I didn't imply that his device is inaccurate. If I did, that's not what I meant. I can't think of a very elegant analogy now other than, it doesn't really matter if your tyre pressure gauge or powermeter is accurate or not. As long as it gives a consistent reading, you know whether you've pumped your tyres as hard as you normally like them. Also, as long as you can see that your power has increased, you know your training works. The absolute number is often irrelevant.
Regular.Cyclist
Über Member
- Location
- South West Scotland 🏴
Interesting drive today from the Dumfries area to Edinburgh. The plan had been to go up the A701 to the A74(M) and ultimately join the M8 to avoid as many roadside trees as possible. That got abandoned due to the yet to be recovered truck still keeping the north bound A74(M) closed after Abington so the A702 it was.
The A701 was littered with chopped up trees along the verges and, more notably, a row of trees that had come down together. They had chopped out a section to keep one lane open and has temporary traffic lights in place.
Joining the motorway I was met with some light snow and it was clear in some spots that lane three, and occasionally, lane two had seen little traffic. That continued to Biggar where, a little further north, snow was still falling. At one point ABS kicked in under only very light braking. The snow continued until around 10 miles outside Edinburgh where it turned to rain.
Aside from the snow the A702 had much less in the way of fallen trees so seems to have faired much better.
The aftermath of the storm is still very evident out there.
The A701 was littered with chopped up trees along the verges and, more notably, a row of trees that had come down together. They had chopped out a section to keep one lane open and has temporary traffic lights in place.
Joining the motorway I was met with some light snow and it was clear in some spots that lane three, and occasionally, lane two had seen little traffic. That continued to Biggar where, a little further north, snow was still falling. At one point ABS kicked in under only very light braking. The snow continued until around 10 miles outside Edinburgh where it turned to rain.
Aside from the snow the A702 had much less in the way of fallen trees so seems to have faired much better.
The aftermath of the storm is still very evident out there.
