Storm on

Watch out for fish or crabs Loli

 

well no major damage at ours so far the wind is still really strong ( the down side of living at the top off a large hill ) lots of damage around us, the howling wind is putting the hebie jebie's into the poor cats a few cuddles and i am sure they will settle

hope every one is doing ok too

 

I knew the weather would be rubbish but not this bad, it's crazy out there. Predicting a fair few trees down tonight. Hopefully my neighbours!

 

I've had to make some concessions tonight as far as the lad's bed time is concerned. In an unusual twist, I've allowed him to have his stereo on as he tries to go to sleep, because when I checked 10 minutes ago he was quite bothered by the howling wind and all the banging and clattering, so I figured if he had some music on he could focus on that instead and hopefully be distracted from the storm noise.

 

Impeccable comedic timing there.

 

wow just like that you could hear a pin drop , the wind and rain has gone thank goodness for that, we can stop hiding now

 

I'd keep that sofa handy Kaz....it keeps doing that then revs up again

Awww bless the little fellow i must say the sound is quite frightening hope he settles OK

 

He's fast asleep now. I've still left his stereo on though. I'll turn it off when I go up.

 

and its back rain wind and hail (admittedly the wind is not as strong as before but we all jumped as it just bounce on the window ... wheres my sofa gone

 

Glad to hear everyone is weathering this storm, excuse the pun! It's been wild here since 6.30pm although it's been blowing all day. Our forecast says it should have reached it's pinnacle around 9pm so hopefully it's on the downward turn now but doesn't sound any different yet. There's plenty of noises going on outside but inspection can wait until daylight tomorrow.

There's trees down all around the island and roads flooded but I haven't had a news update for about two hours. The wind has gusted up to 80mph and up to 105mph on the mountain.

Oh, and the boat didn't sail this evening, I wonder why?

 

What a afternoon and evening we are all having , I can finally say its stopped raining and its a lot more calm but the gust's just come from nowhere and then totally quite again , next door but one back fence is half in the river so I cant see that being there in the morning, but looking at Sky news I count myself very lucky , my brother who lives in Staines and the water this morning was 10 feet away from the house, looks like he is moving into my other brothers for the next couple of days at least who lives in higher part of Surrey.

To think more is one the way

 

Glad you all ok its dropped here a bit now.
I did read a man has lost his life on the bbc news website

 

These websites can be really dangerous at times.

 

There's an article on the news about the storm. Its got some photos in it but I think the first photo is fake.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26150788

Seen the size of that wave? If that is for real, then that pub doesn't stand a chance. I know harbour-side buildings are often reinforced these days but everything has its limit. A building taking direct hits from 100ft breakers is not going to last five minutes no matter what its built out of.

Or have I misunderstood/misinterpreted something?

If it is real, its pretty scary.