Storm to hit England and Wales

by Guest Sun Oct 27, 2013 12:23 am

People in England and Wales have been urged to prepare for the impact of the worst storms in years as gusts of up to 80mph are predicted to sweep across the southern regions from Sunday night.

The Met Office has issued an amber alert, advising people to "be prepared" for potentially hazardous conditions, with trees likely to fall and buildings at risk of damage.

Any structural damage could trigger power cuts and transport disruption, while the heavy rains could also cause surface water flooding.

http://news.sky.com/story/1160047/weather-met-office-warns-of-severe-storm

...Well it's getting a bit gusty out there now but we will just have to wait and see what happens next! Certainly nothing like our good neigbours over the pond have had to deal with in recent times though.

by Guest Sun Oct 27, 2013 12:32 am

I remember the 1987 big storm....Slept through the whole thing but a tree was blocking the main road so i couldn't get to work that day.

by Guest Sun Oct 27, 2013 12:36 am

The met office never lived that one down though! Laughing

by Guest Sun Oct 27, 2013 7:16 pm

Force 12 hurricane predicted to hit at around midnight UK time affraid

All trains out of this part of London cancelled until atleast 9am.

by Guest Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:01 pm

South London now in shut down....On line food deliveries from supermarkets suspended and not being confirmed.

by Guest Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:07 am

Servern bridges closed.....Airports closed.

by Guest Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:09 am

http://news.sky.com/story/1160250/storm-britain-prepares-for-80mph-winds

by Ben Reilly Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:57 am

We had a massive one just yesterday -- driving rain, flooding in a few areas, 60 mph (that's 96.6 km/h) and hail stones roughly this big:

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Storm to hit England and Wales 2012-Proof-HalfDollar-obv_200

Hope all our U.K. brethren are okay ...

by Guest Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:19 pm

Ben_Reilly wrote:We had a massive one just yesterday -- driving rain, flooding in a few areas, 60 mph (that's 96.6 km/h) and hail stones roughly this big:

Hope all our U.K. brethren are okay ...

Well it was very noisy for a while, but we didn't lose our garden fences which we were most worried about....Loss of power in 260,000 homes (not ours) and the train system is still not up and running due to trees blocking the lines.

Two people killed by falling trees, so whilst those cases are tragic on the whole we had a very lucky escape and the 'storm' not 'hurricane' was nothing like 1987.

I found it ridiculous that they are giving the storm a bloody name! (that annoys me so i won't repeat it) It was a storm and nothing more! bounce

by Guest Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:26 pm

TBF! I part own a house at the top of a mountain in Spain with my two brothers!

......And we have experienced worse such storms and even a very impressive electrical storm there! Laughing

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