Jim Trott’s ‘great wind’

[BR traction instructor]

Little sign of it here in Cheshire…so far. Normal Friday early shopping trip to Audlem/Sainsbugs done without incident…the pigeons seemed a bit on the large side though.

 

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Edited February 18, 2022 by BR traction instructor

[Kris]

It's rather breezy down in Cornwall at the moment. Just watched my neighbours waterbutt lid make a break for freedom. I might also need to be repairing his shed as a largish branch from a tree in my garden has fallen and hit it. Hopefully its fall was slowed by other branches on the way down. 

[Torper]

Here in Angus 25 miles from the coast the flag at the bottom of our garden flaps gently in a fairly light wind.  The flag is however a patch of blue in what is otherwise a monochrome scene as it is snowing quite hard - an hour ago the snow in the garden was 6cms deep, now at 9.30 it's 10cms and scheduled to carry on well into the afternoon.  Fortunately we're well stocked up with provisions.  Half our village was deprived of electricity for five days back in November due to Storm Arwen and we're hoping that doesn't happen again!

 

P.S.  Loved the reference to Jim Trott's Great Wind!

 

DT

Edited February 18, 2022 by Torper

[BR traction instructor]

2 hours ago, Torper said:

Here in Angus 25 miles from the coast the flag at the bottom of our garden flaps gently in a fairly light wind.  The flag is however a patch of blue in what is otherwise a monochrome scene as it is snowing quite hard - an hour ago the snow in the garden was 6cms deep, now it's 10cms and scheduled to carry on well into the afternoon.  Fortunately we're well stocked up with provisions.  Half our village was deprived of electricity for five days back in November due to Storm Arwen and we're hoping that doesn't happen again!

 

P.S.  Loved the reference to Jim Trott's Great Wind!

 

DT

 

…it sort of highlights how varied our experiences will be in different parts of the British Isles and ‘storm Eunice’ didn’t sound as interesting…besides, watching a few hours of Vic of Dib looking for the episode involved is the perfect distraction to worrying about the weather.

 

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Edited February 18, 2022 by BR traction instructor

[The Johnster]

Windy in Cardiff, probably Beaufort 10 or 11, but not the armageddon we’d been led to expect, just a ‘normal’ big winter storm, the sort of thing that turns brollies inside out. 

[Legend]

Just been speaking to colleagues in Swansea . Sounds pretty bad . 

[Legend]

Just watching BigJets TV on youtube . Pretty exciting watching them land at Heathrow . Qatar A380 went round twice . Quite dramatic stuff even if the guys a bit annoying . 

[BR traction instructor]

Not just UK dramas.

 

 

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Edited February 18, 2022 by BR traction instructor

[eastglosmog]

My cat decided it was far to windy to go out, so able to ballast the dustbin with used cat litter.

[Hroth]

2 minutes ago, eastglosmog said:

My cat decided it was far to windy to go out, so able to ballast the dustbin with used cat litter.

TMI.....

[RFS]

8 minutes ago, BR traction instructor said:

Not just UK dramas.

 

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Link doesn't work for me but this one does - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVar-l18q_E

[BR traction instructor]

…I’ve edited the link…try the current one.

 

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[The Johnster]

It's subsiding here now, but there were apparently 90mph winds that blew lorries over on the M4 at Margam; this is a very open stretch which for many years featured a wind sock.  122mph at the Needles suggests that the severest part of the storm tracked up the South Coast rather than the predicted path up the Bristol Channel.  Stay safe, everyone.

[Edwin_m]

Didn't seem too bad here, but I'm currently only a short distance from the railway at Bradford on Avon where reportedly multiple trees have come down.  

[geoffers]

Needles is a particularly exposed site with winds funneling up the cliffs and often reads higher than elsewhere. Whether it is a sensible site to use as a standard is debatable.