Storm Éowyn

ylop said:
Typical English colonialism! But perhaps you’ll be happy enough when we get to J this year - as it is James.
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Yeah. Well, we Angles did colonise Britain 1300 years ago or so, but John is basically a Jewish name I believe, meaning God is Gracious. As for James, I presume it just means Jim.
 
" Wow! Government alert just screeched at me from my phone, warning of a Red wind and........ significant disruption "

" never previously seen the word....... 'phenomenal' "

A fair proportion of the Nation will not understand these descriptions. Substituting Mega and Awesome might be advisable to get the message across...
 
the last time we had such a storm go past us in Stornoway, houses lost their roofs, power outages, boats blown off trailers and those in the marina damaged. we are no strangers to strong winds so the the builders don't mess about saving their nails - half the weight of our sarking must be in the nails. most people unstep their masts when storing their boats ashore. If this storm hits the parts less accustomed to this sort of weather i hope they have over estimated it, otherwise there is going to be carnage.
 
veshengro said:
" never previously seen the word....... 'phenomenal' "

A fair proportion of the Nation will not understand these descriptions. Substituting Mega and Awesome might be advisable to get the message across...
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Mega and Awesome would have the TickTockers out enmasse waving their selfie sticks as they get swept off the sea front.
It might be less than generous to consider that a bit Darwinian, and someone would call the lifeboat into danger to save them
 
Gurrig said:
You must have spent quite some time on this planet , but do share your experiences please
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If memory serves well, all inshore and land big storms.

(1) Mid 80’s Kip Marina, during the day over 100 kt gusts from the west.

(2) Late 80’s Michael Fish “there is no storm”, storm, above 100 kts.

(3) 98 Aberdeenshire, over 100 kts from the east.

(4) 22 storm in Aberdeenshire, in excess of 100 mph gusts, easterly, trashed all the forests as well power lines.

It is not such a rare thing in the UK.
 
RunAgroundHard said:
If memory serves well, all inshore and land big storms.

(1) Mid 80’s Kip Marina, during the day over 100 kt gusts from the west.

(2) Late 80’s Michael Fish “there is no storm”, storm, above 100 kts.

(3) 98 Aberdeenshire, over 100 kts from the east.

(4) 22 storm in Aberdeenshire, in excess of 100 mph gusts, easterly, trashed all the forests as well power lines.

It is not such a rare thing in the UK.
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There were 100mph gusts during the storm on 23rd May 2011 - which caused a lot of damage to boats as in the sailing season
 
Gurrig said:
You must have spent quite some time on this planet , but do share your experiences please
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I have spent a lot of time on the plant - if I survive another year I will be here longer that my father.

Lets start with my first memories on Hoy, Orkney. Orkney had a reputation for being a tad windy. Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney.

Then the family moved to Wester Ross. Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath.

I then became a economic migrant. Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly.

I am getting soft in my dotage.
 
Since the rain stopped about 11.00 hrs today, here in SW Wales there has been not a breath of wind all day. Smoke from a fire lit by the local Foresters has been rising absolutely vertically and there has been weak sunshine most of the day. In the past few minutes the wind has arisen , enough for me to hear it in the woods behind the cottage. Something approaches methinks...:)
 
Exmoor is calm ATM, but I went outside and its the wrong kind of calm.

I suspect lots and lots of firewood in the morning, and I have shut the hydro electric power station down. Already one 55ft oak tree across the weir.
 
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