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There was something about the research behind it whenthey first introduced it in the UK but I have no inclination to revisit. Interviews with Met office people and the like when the news media explained the reasons behind the naming. i have no inclination to revisit that but anecdotally whenever...

Antiques roadshow used the 100 years age as a definition when I was a kid. now they have more "collectibles" on there than actual antiques. AIUI at one time they would not show anything that was not an antique.

There is a difference now with what I experienced in the 70s and 80s wrt storms. I can remember several serious storms over the last three to 4 years I have lived here. From my childhood I only remember the one big storm in 84. And where we were it was not that big!! Over the last 10 years there...

Or a certain M:r Mansell for damage to personality. J:eez! that guy wass dull when talking but great behind a steering wheel!!

I worked in a company with a few dodgy people and at least one of them had his home raided with a larger collection of banned items of the weaponry kind. Air rifles, knuckldusters, various fighting knives, and a whole load of other stuff. He never got jailed for any of it. Once thee police found...

There's a lot on here who discuss prepping and things like that. However, when there's a storm that's heading our way, as a country not individual areas, that had 113mph winds recorded in the places it hit before us there prepping is for softies or being over prepared or wrong in some way. I...

You can get different sized containers. Typical ones are 20ft, 40 ft and FT HC (HI-cube). Any one of those could easily take more than 1 metric tonne!! You could get that weight on a single pallet!!

Whichever national met office who first deems it to be a threat to person or property first. As in a big storm and the first nation it makes landfall on. In this case a Gaelic sounding name so I guess Republic of Ireland's met office. The herminia was the Spanish one. AIUI in the past nobody...

How big a container? We used to ship out many tons in our containers in my old company. You know what, you could palletise your books and use a pallet service like Palletline. Or speak to a local logistics company to where your books are, there will be one that is part of a network that carries...

I saw a video clip of Irish stores emptied out of water and toilet paper. The guy filming said something about not needing a weather forecast in Ireland when the stores have run out of water and toilet paper. That made me laugh. Panic buying! One person was seen loading uyp a trolley with a few...

I think something serious happened with the house across the way wrt the building work. They have been static for a month or so. I heard a rumour they had a falling out with the builder or the builder went bust on them. Either way there was a bit of blue plastic on the main roof over something...

South Cumbria and trains still not running. Not much carnage here but we were only amber warning and we get them several times a year and aren't really much to worry about here. Bungalo across the road lost the gable ned of their extension (cannot see the full damage but the gable end I could...

The issue with this one was that it suddenly went very low pressure which then sucks the higher level winds down to ground level. Those are the very fast winds high up in the atmosphere and by the time they get down are still faster than normal storms. To give you an idea, the great storm was...

I have heard it was directly relating to offshoring production with Silva.

Not just Scotland, No trains running north of Prestion in the NW or Newcastle in the NE. In Cumbria especially more western areas the schools were also closed. Our kids school left iit up to the parents whether their kids go in or not. Ours went in!!

My partner led me to thee frront window and asked me if the house opposite and a bit along the road was missing something. That was this morning. We are in a bungalow that is above the garage on the side of a steep hill so our "ground floor at the back is effectively about 1 floor up at the...

Once the storm passes it leaves a nice day with clear skies. It is blue with thin white clouds here. Looks mild out there now. The calm after the storm. Isn't there supposed to be another coming next week?

Well a bucket was rolling around a little on the front lawn. I went out andf picked it up and went back inside to work. My partner took the dog out and it was actually blowing hard by the railway station. Some tall trees were swaying badly so perhaps it was right to shut that line down on...

Things happen in threes. That is not just bad things but good too. you should have got a lottery ticket!! Or at least tell me your numbers!!! :) BTW my threes involved about 5 or 6 years when 3 people died on my Birthday!! That date has never been the same since. Well until I got the good...

PS if you are down south and need to get up there then don't expect trains to be running North of Preston until at least Sunday and then they will be late as the train crew play their tricks resulting in train cancellations after the storm. PS my train route cancels at least a train a day which...