Storm Eunice

[Steve J]

Well I've just seen the update weather for hear in Bristol and for the first time I'm aware of, we are under a Red Alert warning, with forecast 70 mph plus winds . So I'm now off to do the shopping I planned to do tomorrow morning! I hope everyone is safe after Storm Dudley and fingers crossed for tomorrow...

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

A little bit breezey and rather wet but no damage here, lets hope it's the same tomorrow. Fortuneatly our electric supply is burried, and my phone and internet are as well.

[Leon]

Bit of a rough night up here but everything's survived so far.  We're supposed to be driving to Bangor tomorrow for the eldest's Uni open day but I'm not sure if it'll be cancelled.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Long drive that and some rough spots particularly if you are going over the 62.

[Leon]

Long drive that and some rough spots particularly if you are going over the 62.

Yeah, it's not much fun over the top of the moors when the weather gets bad.  It used to be my commute when I lived in Doncaster but worked in Manchester and there were some hairy nights driving home over there!

[Steve J]

Well they've closed the schools in South Wales tomorrow and cancelled all train services. The latest update is now for 80 mph winds .

[T13A]

Hi

Just had an e-mail from my son's school here in Somerset saying it will be closed tomorrow due to the storm (we are about 15 miles from Bristol). At least they have given us some notice, but not surprising really as the roof partially blew off in another storm about 3 years ago!

We are due to go up to London early on Saturday morning by train for a few days, catching a match at the Cottage ("come on you Whites!!") and booked to go to the National Army Museum and the British Museum on Sunday and had planned to go to Greewich on Monday. But given what is happening who knows!

Stay safe everyone.

Cheers Paul

[Raider4]

I've had two emails from my insurance company today: "here to support you when you need us most" and "here to protect your home during a storm".

Think it's going to be the north coasts of Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, and the Cardiff area that's going to be hardest hit.

[steve_holmes_11]

Good luck everybody. 
This is the 4th in these parts this year, and forecast to be the big one.

Stay in if you can, be careful if you cant, be lucky in either case.

I hope to hear from everybody (save and well) once it's all blown by.

[Steve J]

My wife's school now closed, along with other in Bristol and surrounding areas. Unsurprisingly bus services suspended until tomorrow afternoon and the police advising against all travel.

[paulr]

Good luck all

[kustenjaeger]

We're due to be going to the New Forest later tomorrow (from Surrey) for a week's holiday. So we're watching the wind speeds to avoid the worst of the high winds (presently forecast to be high 70s mph here and (before we get there) high 80s at our destination.

Edward

[jimduncanuk]

Bit of a rough night up here but everything's survived so far.  We're supposed to be driving to Bangor tomorrow for the eldest's Uni open day but I'm not sure if it'll be cancelled.

The advice is not to travel.

[Orcs]

The advice is not to travel.

Yes It might be, and its possibly good advice. It might also be over exaggeration to get people not to travel.

A good few years ago I was up in Wigan when a huge snowstorm was forecast down central England and people were told not to travel. I had to get home so I borrowed a shovel made sure we had blankets and food in the car, and set off earlier than planned.

The M6 had not been cleared and we ended up being diverted off of it for the bit through Birmingham. I then got onto the M1. All lanes and the hard shoulder had been completely cleared of snow by the snow ploughs and the road gritted. I was happily zipping along at around the speed limit with the few others on the road, when The radio  announced that the police had said the M1 was completely shut and snow bound from the junction I had got on at down to the M25, and saying and not to use it. Both the M1 and M25 had been  completely cleared of snow  all the way home to Essex. 
   
Several times since in bad weather the radio has reported that the bit of Motorway I was cruising down at 70mph+ was impassible and not to use it.

[pierre the shy]

Best of luck to all those affected by Storm Eunice. We had ex-tropical cyclone Dovi pass through central NZ last weekend with plenty of high winds and lots of rain.

Staying at home sounds like a plan......decrease your lead piles a little instead