What About This ******* Weather?

Yes it probably was, but also because of my improved tactics of closing the the gate which improved my defence.

 

When the final analysis is done on the whole gazebos falling from the sky world I think history will say that the whole world was in a state of some sort of mass hysteria and massively overreacted to the whole thing.

And before the brick bats start flying, I know that many metal gates lost their paintwork during this storm and that is of course a tragedy.

However the GAZEBO figures could also have been massively overestimated as it now appears a lot of the METAL GATES diagnosed as having paintwork SCRATCHED in fact SCRATCHED WITH GAZEBOS BUT NOT OF IT as the cause of scratches in many cases was actually something else like a CAT but recorded as GAZEBOS.

 

GATES provided protection. Do you see how sinister that is? How their web of control ensnares everyone?

If I want a gazebo landing on my head, that’s my choice. Freedom! No to GATES.

 

Gave me a good LAUGH that did.

 

With these strong winds I’m very concerned about the caravan on my drive, however yesterday I didn’t even have a caravan!

 

Wizard of Oz film here.

 

Alas, from an earlier storm.

 

Yeah was going to say, seen that clip before.

 

Tree surgeons right now:

 

Imagine being the driver of that car.

Christ.

 

Oh I dunno, that’s a new Polo. Quite nice.

 

Watching the news and it appears there is widespread agreement that it has been windy.

 

Inevitably a woman has been crushed in her car and killed by a falling tree in Muswell hill. I know some people probably had no choice to go out, but it must be incredible difficult for her family if it wasn’t an essential journey.

 

How big is your front garden!? I assume you’ve got the staff out there clearing up?

 

Why do you think there are no mods today?

 

Indeed they are. I think you need to check just why those trees fell, ….and fell in your direction

That trunk looks to have received a nice clean cut.

 

its

 

Some water in your whiskey sir? ...
Who says going to the IOW is not a proper sea voyage?...
https://twitter.com/mvmoxford/status/1494448817764282369?s=20&t=HVjHOUM6izlmatCtYVpIcw

 

Blimey, I don’t know what possessed them to run the ferry or for anyone to use it. If you are a key worker, then your employer should help you find somewhere to rest up until it died down.

 

Bit weird the IOW ferry was out near Hamburg innit?

 

Those winds were very strong mate..

 

It didn't occur to the owner to put the gazebo away before the storm? Like all these flying trampolines, we put ours away every September as the weather through the winter would just ruin it, so why can't people be sensible about these things?

 

Wet and windy just like your Mum here in the North East today.

 

Well it might have been a home made plastic version of a Green House, as it was all pretty mangled up, but whatever it was I'm glad it hit our front gate as otherwise it might have ended up in our living room

 

So sad.

 

I see they still don't allow people with fast reactions on the ferry!

 

That’s shocking, that’s only a few miles from where I live and I don’t remember it being that bad on Friday

They said we were going to have gusts of up to nearly 50 mph but it’s been nothing like that today, just a bit of wind and rain - seems back to business as usual thankfully.

 

A tree took down a pylon in the Chess Valley cutting off our whole village on Firday morning.

Finally back on this morning thanks to a giant generator, then after a quick switch over, they seem to have repaired our broken pylon and put our village back online.

48 hours with no light, hot water, internet or tv. Just a wind up radio, wood burner and camping gas hob.

Really appreciate being on grid today.

 

Time to resurrect the thread that goes ooo it’s a bit hot/ooo it’s a bit cold.

Apocalyptic weather botherers predicting that the UK record temp of 38.7 could be under threat next weekend and that 40 is within sight.

Freeow!

 

29 degrees in Tring today - that's already 5 degrees past "tropical" as far as I'm concerned. 38 would be unbearable.