About the hurricane winds and flooding I am hearing about in Western Europe.
Are any of you experiencing this?
I will be thinking (and worrying) about those of you in these areas. Please check in and let us know as to your safety... :(
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About the hurricane winds and flooding I am hearing about in Western Europe.
Are any of you experiencing this?
I will be thinking (and worrying) about those of you in these areas. Please check in and let us know as to your safety... :(
Hi, Everose :D
It is fairly mild where I am but I've heard about the rest of the UK getting hit quite hard with flooding and whatnot. I think the worst has passed over us now but is probably in Scandinavia now, we've a few members there so I hope they're OK, along with their compatriots of course.
It's very windy here, but that's the worst of it ;)
Snny mentioned it in one of his eloquent posts yesterday.
Thanks for answering. Have been hearing various news reports about this storm this morning, and also about the bitter cold and snow in the Northeastern United States and the flooding and snowing on the west coast of the United States. Always wonder if our members and their loved ones are okay.
Just been windy here, no floods thankfully.
it's like the film 'the day after tomorrow' is coming true :(
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Head to the library :01:
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i'm leaving now :fear:Quote:
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I know a lot of people have like worries, what with Mother Nature seeming to be on a rampage of late.
I try to remember there have been many years and many 'rampages' before this.
Sometimes it is like she vomits after years of our ravaging her. :(
Allmost wrecked my Car last night on a fallen tree.........
The storm sounded very impressive here in the woods....
Yogi
the landscape where i am is very lumpy so only the fields flood. the wind is doing damage though
We lost parts of our roof at this place. And the parents had some trees blown to bits at the country place. I swear the entire upper floor wobbled yesterday too, but that may have been due to other factors and the sound was something else, the entire place creaking and a constant whooosh outside.
Oh, and we lost power for a bit.
No one hurt tho'.
when you think about it, a storm is the perfect time to murder someone
Carlilse is underwater, most of the uk been hammered by high winds but serious flooding in Cumbria.
:( reports said people were on their balconies to get above the waterline
Jonno :cool:
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:lol: :Lol: just noticed that :ermm:Quote:
Holy Guacamole we got chips!!
You're fucking joking?!?!? I was born in Carlisle. I still have family up there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon L. Obscene
Now I can't get through on the phone :(
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4158641.stmQuote:
Originally Posted by Samurai
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Carlisle left cut off by flood waters
STEPHEN BREEN
THE city of Carlisle was completely cut off by flood waters yesterday as elsewhere in England motorways were closed and thousands of homes left without electricity.
Police appealed for help from boat owners in Carlisle to reach people trapped in their homes after flood water reached kitchen table height and started to creep upstairs.
In Cumbria, the fire service said the level of flooding was "vast", with houses being evacuated in Appleby, Longtown and Shap.
In Northumberland, 40 people were evacuated from their homes in Haydon Bridge to shelter in a village school after the River South Tyne burst its banks.
The Environment Agency issued seven severe flood warnings and more than 100 lesser flood warnings for rivers, while the Highways Agency warned drivers not to venture out unless their journey was essential, following a spate of serious accidents.
The A1M near Darlington, a major route into Scotland, was closed as high winds blew 25 lorries over.
The M6 was closed near Wigan, Lancashire, and at Birmingham, while the M1 was shut near Nottingham following a lorry accident.
The A591 in Kendal was closed due to flooding, part of the A69 was closed, and on the A6 between Carlisle and Penrith flooding was causing severe delays.
The Severn crossing at Bristol on the M48 and the QE2 bridge at Dartford were both closed from midnight because of high winds.
More than 80,000 businesses and homes suffered power cuts in the Midlands, and by yesterday afternoon more than 9,000 were still without electricity.
Tis fuck all when you consider the other recent flooding though
it is a lot closer to home though. i dont think the whole of carlisle is under what just bits
Yes thats both true. But you got to think at least these people still have a house to go back to when the water is goneQuote:
Originally Posted by TheDave
The roads here are actually flooded here and there. About 30 miles from here some villages are completely flooded and Carlisle (100 miles) has no electricity whatsoever and 3 people died :(
They recorded one gust at 128 miles an hour so I guess it was officially a hurricane.
Been pretty damned wet today too.
Apart from a couple of windy days.....nothing too stressful here.....but the midlands tends to be lucky that way. :)
the winds is picking up again and a phone cable keeps whipping the window. i dont know where its from but its hanging off my house
Dioes your house phone work? :unsure:Quote:
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yeah. i dont know what the wires purpose is, or was. its been on the wall for as long as i can remember but now it keeps whipping the window and shitting me up
Perhaps that is its sole purposeQuote:
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It's picked up again. :unsure:
"whooosh"
Yup same here, really windy last night/this morning and its been raining all day
Tomorrow looks bad. :(
90mph winds again. When are we going to get decent weather ... calm, crisp and cold? It was 14 degrees (57 F) last night - a record apparently. That is a respectable July night time temperature in Scotland about - 5 would be more normal (23 F) . What is going on? :blink:
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Have you checked your thermostat? :)
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:D :no: I don't know, BigBoab. It sounds like thermostats, raingauges and wind meters are going crazy world wide. :-(
the wind is pickening up again :(