Batten down the hatches.....

Thought you might be.

 

Enjoy your "me" time FC. Chance to potter in the GH?

 

Apart from lots of rain here in Lincolnshire not much else happened. As far as I know my garden is OK - by the time I got home from work too dark to see.

Thank goodness there doesn't seem to be as much damage over the country as we were expecting and so pleased to hear that everyone is OK.

 

I still have my blow-away !

Winds never really peaked here, got very blustery and wet, but nothing above about 40mph. The Cosmos out front took a bit of hammering, but was going to pull them this week anyway.

So sad to hear of those who have perished.

I hope all the GC community have got through 'relatively' unscathed.

Stay safe.

 

'So much' for the predicted super storm, 1987 repeat, etc., I would've been tempted to say this morning after only experiencing a few squally showers, seeing 2 wheelie bins leaning at 45° and finding some twigs blown onto my plots.

But with many deaths and such variable amounts of damage over such a large area, I believe the Met Office got the balance of their warnings right, but not the likes of the Daily Express and Sky News.

 

The garden looks like a bomb hit it.
No lasting damage apart from root rock on a few things I now need to stake pretty fast.

Was quite a few trees down in the area, but the intensity of the storm was short lived, it was moving pretty fast and by 9am things had quietened down considerably.
With the dark nights now, the clear up will have to wait until next weekend.

 

Glad to hear you're safe though Pete.

 

I think they got it spot on considering they predicted it before the 2 systems occluded and gave pretty accurate timings, wind speeds and areas.

Its terrible that people died, but it could have been worse without the warnings.

 

Just thanked the Met Office on behalf of GC

 

I agree FC. So sad to read about the tree fall in your area though,
Jenny