Storm Éowyn
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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 something like 958 pressure, this one was something like 945. That is this was a lower pressure storm than the one in 1984 or so that took out all those ancient trees down south. The one that Fish said was not going to be so bad. This is supposed to be worse or have that potential.
This is a picture from the BBC weather news this morning. Their brave and intrepid photographers headed out into the gale to capture this spectacular shot illustrating the ferocity of the storm 
Not to trivialise events, some people have had it very bad. But, yes, it was a bit exaggerated for us.
Pleased to hear you got off so lightly.
Can't say the same for up here.
Still thousands without power, lot of folks looking at real issues with roofs, lots of fences, etc., destroyed. Trains still not running as the tracks and overhead lines need cleared and repaired. Shops mostly open, but not stocked.
Lot of woodland damage, and a lot of blocked roads.....and right now it's snowing
Can't say the same for up here.
Still thousands without power, lot of folks looking at real issues with roofs, lots of fences, etc., destroyed. Trains still not running as the tracks and overhead lines need cleared and repaired. Shops mostly open, but not stocked.
Lot of woodland damage, and a lot of blocked roads.....and right now it's snowing
This is a picture from the BBC weather news this morning. Their brave and intrepid photographers headed out into the gale to capture this spectacular shot illustrating the ferocity of the storm
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There were some more serious effects of the storm which are easy to find online if you care to look. This selection are all from fairly local to me, including the stretch of road where I got blown off my motorbike 27 years ago!
There was a lot of talk about whether the red warning was merited and if we are all getting too soft. I honestly believe if there hadn't been school and business closures then we would be preparing for a number of funerals next week, and the fact that we are not* is down to the red warning.
* The only death I am aware of right now was the poor chap in County Donegal.
I actually don’t care to look. I’m well aware that people were hit hard by the storm and wasn’t making light of it, no need for the scolding! I don’t follow the news as there’s absolutely nothing of interest, most of it winds me up, and there’s nothing I can do about it.There were some more serious effects of the storm which are easy to find online if you care to look. This selection are all from fairly local to me, including the stretch of road where I got blown off my motorbike 27 years ago!
There was a lot of talk about whether the red warning was merited and if we are all getting too soft. I honestly believe if there hadn't been school and business closures then we would be preparing for a number of funerals next week, and the fact that we are not* is down to the red warning.
* The only death I am aware of right now was the poor chap in County Donegal.
That just happened to be on the BBC webpage and I thought it was funny, and also that they could have done a lot better with their illustration of damage, as you have above.
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 see from across the house until I got up yesterday when we noticed it was no longer there.
Wasn't there a stoprm that passed along the southern coast lQ4 lasst year that we up north completely missed? A few mortherners making comments about the soft southerners making a big deal of a bit of a breeze that we northerners would think of as a normakl autmun day!! Ain't that the thing though,. ther them and us between north and south?? It is just that this storm was the worst for a 100 years according to one weather presenter based on met office forecasts. Worse than the 1984 storm that was not according to the met office and Michael Fish by all accounts. That storm was the one that lead the academics to find out about the phenomenon where the very low depressions suck the high level winds down to ground level which causes the greater damage. The so called jet streak!!
Wasn't there a stoprm that passed along the southern coast lQ4 lasst year that we up north completely missed? A few mortherners making comments about the soft southerners making a big deal of a bit of a breeze that we northerners would think of as a normakl autmun day!! Ain't that the thing though,. ther them and us between north and south?? It is just that this storm was the worst for a 100 years according to one weather presenter based on met office forecasts. Worse than the 1984 storm that was not according to the met office and Michael Fish by all accounts. That storm was the one that lead the academics to find out about the phenomenon where the very low depressions suck the high level winds down to ground level which causes the greater damage. The so called jet streak!!
Funny how things come across online when you don't have the benefit of facial expressions/body language etc.
I wasn't scolding, but did think you were making light of it!
Was working in sunny Whitehaven this week, removing a roof on a four story (ground floor then three above that not counting the cellar) building and reinstating it.
We had the flat roof sheeted with placky sheet to keep the building mostly dry a d that was held down with battens screwed down.
The local weather report said winds of something like 60 with gusts upto 84mph.
Some of the sheeting ripped the battens out and was flapping about.
It seemed like the wind had subsided so I thought I'd get rid of some of the bits flapping about so they wouldn't land on pedestrians below.
Got blown flat and decided discretion was the better part of valour, got off sharpish.
The roof will leak but the building underneath is about as stripped out as its possible to get so we'll just have to deal with it on Monday when its safer.
We made that roof as good as we could given the time we had to prepare. I just hope that its enough but if someone has never had a roof half done when bad weather comes in it's tempting to trivialise high winds and the dangers they bring.
Or to put it this way, knowing what I do, it scares the crap out of me.
A gable end of a house landing on someone if the gable restraints have been missed by the carpenters is no joke either and theres been a few of them on Friday.
We had the flat roof sheeted with placky sheet to keep the building mostly dry a d that was held down with battens screwed down.
The local weather report said winds of something like 60 with gusts upto 84mph.
Some of the sheeting ripped the battens out and was flapping about.
It seemed like the wind had subsided so I thought I'd get rid of some of the bits flapping about so they wouldn't land on pedestrians below.
Got blown flat and decided discretion was the better part of valour, got off sharpish.
The roof will leak but the building underneath is about as stripped out as its possible to get so we'll just have to deal with it on Monday when its safer.
We made that roof as good as we could given the time we had to prepare. I just hope that its enough but if someone has never had a roof half done when bad weather comes in it's tempting to trivialise high winds and the dangers they bring.
Or to put it this way, knowing what I do, it scares the crap out of me.
A gable end of a house landing on someone if the gable restraints have been missed by the carpenters is no joke either and theres been a few of them on Friday.
It was very windy here in East Antrim, but frankly nothing that would make me consider changing my way of going. Everything closed, except our corner shop and local where much discussion about everything else being closed took place.
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 and the extension was in a very unfinished state. All we could see from our direction was a gable end to it that was just a block wall with no roof structure linking it to the house.
I have assumed that they have built a rectangular block structure and the gable was built up at the end of that. At that point work stopped and now this storm has demolished that gable end and I have no idea what else. I reckon the whole structure is going to have to be taken down and restarted. That is huge for someone extending their property. I hope they were well insured, but above all not there when it went down. I have not heard anything and I might have done by now if something truly bad happened in the village.
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 packs of toilet paper and there is a run on them. COVID did the same. I am sure some in England partitioned their houses with the COVID stack of toilet paper.
There was a powerful storm and it might stop public services and restocking for a day maybe too. Ireland like Britain is a developed country. After storms like this things start up quickly and there will not be shortages for long if people are sensible. I mean, how long do those people think it will take before the village store has Andrex again? Months and months or something?
That made me laugh. Panic buying! One person was seen loading uyp a trolley with a few packs of toilet paper and there is a run on them. COVID did the same. I am sure some in England partitioned their houses with the COVID stack of toilet paper.
There was a powerful storm and it might stop public services and restocking for a day maybe too. Ireland like Britain is a developed country. After storms like this things start up quickly and there will not be shortages for long if people are sensible. I mean, how long do those people think it will take before the village store has Andrex again? Months and months or something?
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