Mallard60022

It is becoming stormy here a bit later than predicted and I assess wind power by the whistle sound at my front door,  but my Sis in Somerset says it is horrendous. I'd rather be overprepared than have a 1987 thanks.

Absolutely.

Where I live, 2 companies run the town bus services.

Over the years, one of them has consistently been very quick to "pull" their buses.

The other run if it's at all possible.

As both have decided to cancel today, I can tell they're worried. I don't think it's just about getting their buses along the roads - they probably don't want to encourage people to be outside in the strong winds.

Although I'm the sort of person who likes to keep going, I'm also risk averse. For this reason, I think they've called it right.

Not as bad as 1987 - when we finished up with a hole in our roof caused by tiles which had blown off - but still well and truly a big blow with a metal chair being blown around the back garden as if it were plastic and a few fence panels waving about in the 'breeze'.  Despite being down in a valley the town was not so lucky - two women injured (one seriously) by brickwork blown off roofs, lots of trees down or badly damaged. an out of town fire engine arrived because the local chaps were fully engaged, and even a power cut at the other end of town (we only had a short outage of power).