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Title: Wind and rain
Post by: Techno on 12 February 2014, 07:49:42 AM
Must be truly AWFUL !! (Understatement of the year !!)
As 'I' says....VERY best to anyone caught up in it.
Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: get2grips on 12 February 2014, 08:13:24 AM
Quote from: Techno on 12 February 2014, 07:49:42 AM
Must be truly AWFUL !! (Understatement of the year !!)
As 'I' says....VERY best to anyone caught up in it.


Seconded :(
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: fsn on 12 February 2014, 08:25:43 AM
Thirded.

Shall we start a sweepstake on when the hosepipe ban will be brought in?
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 12 February 2014, 08:42:46 AM
Tomorrow ?

BTW it wuz snowing here yesterday.

My sympathies to all those in S. West.

IanS
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: get2grips on 12 February 2014, 08:44:11 AM
Quote from: fsn on 12 February 2014, 08:25:43 AM
Shall we start a sweepstake on when the hosepipe ban will be brought in?

There will be riots >:(
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Leon on 12 February 2014, 10:05:44 AM
We had quite a bit of wind and rain over the weekend, we went up on the moors for a short walk and it pretty blustery up on top.  Then the snow has started today, so we'll see how long that lasts.  I thought I'd managed to get through the winter without having to defrost the car once...  :(
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: nikharwood on 12 February 2014, 08:50:18 PM
Snowing here now - with plenty more later...brrr...
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 12 February 2014, 11:32:23 PM
Been wet and windy here in Bedfordshire, but we're heading to the Promised Land (South West Shropshire, Hi Matt) on Saturday. Breaking out the thermals!
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Hertsblue on 13 February 2014, 08:31:20 AM
Wet and windy here too, but calmed down this morning. My thoughts are with the poor sods in the Levels and the upper Thames.  :( :( :(
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Fenton on 13 February 2014, 09:33:45 AM
Hope everyone and their families are ok after the high winds last night
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Leon on 13 February 2014, 10:09:48 AM
We've been quite fortunate up this way considering the devastation elsewhere in the country.  High winds and some closed roads, but no flooding as yet.

PS, I've merged this thread with some of the similar posts in the N-Gauge thread.
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Matt J on 13 February 2014, 10:28:12 AM
power out all night. Entertaining 3 kids without electricity not fun  :(
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Steve J on 13 February 2014, 11:12:47 AM
It's been wet and very windy in Bristol but not that much rain as that's been dumped on the Mendips etc before it gets to us. Frankly utterly fed up with this weather as I cycle to work and pretty much no change since December :(. I think we've only had two proper ground frosts this winter which speaks volumes.
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: get2grips on 13 February 2014, 11:19:25 AM
Quote from: Steve J on 13 February 2014, 11:12:47 AM
I think we've only had two proper ground frosts this winter which speaks volumes.

The real bummer will be when we DO have a ground frost; it will lock all this water in.  If it's then followed by Spring rain some folks are going to be in a dreadful mess :(
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Fenton on 13 February 2014, 11:23:34 AM
We only had 40-50 mph winds here lat night though heavy snow over lots of Fermanagh and Londonderry
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Fenton on 13 February 2014, 11:25:33 AM
On the other side my Aunt who is in country new south wales as 2 inches left in both her water tanks  and will cost $300 for 3000 litres if they want to buy some
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Hertsblue on 13 February 2014, 01:15:49 PM
Quote from: Fenton on 13 February 2014, 11:25:33 AM
On the other side my Aunt who is in country new south wales as 2 inches left in both her water tanks  and will cost $300 for 3000 litres if they want to buy some

OK, volunteers to bore a pipeline through the centre of the Earth?
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: DanJ on 13 February 2014, 02:42:01 PM
Quotepower out all night. Entertaining 3 kids without electricity not fun

How much current do you normally give them?

Very windy here in North Lancs last night but only casualty was the Mut's pride when he very nearly got blown over by a particularly violent gust, I shouldn't have laughed...
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: kev1964 on 13 February 2014, 05:18:59 PM
Sounds pretty rough over there, my sons based at Gosport so i would imagine on sandbag duty this week. Had shed loads of snow a couple of weeks ago here in Hungary but sunshine today , not really had a proper winter this year,( yet) maybe a surprise or two still to come,


kev
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Techno on 14 February 2014, 08:34:55 AM
I've popped a note in Fenton's 'We're back' thread.
It's been frightening over here !! :-SS :-SS :-SS :-SS
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Hertsblue on 14 February 2014, 08:40:20 AM
Calm and sunny all day yesterday but mega-storm on the way according to the Met Office (but what do they know?)
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: republic of tolworth on 16 February 2014, 12:56:04 PM
Well Friday night was a barrel of laughs.

Sound of a small cannon ball hitting our house was not too fun  :(

Went out in to rain and wind and nearly lost my head. In the morning I found one of those stupid round metal spinny things that sit on chimmneys . Oh and half my roof tiles all over the place. Some impaled 4" into the ground!

I now have half a roof and someones elses spinny thing (not even scratched!) which I am willing to install free of charge up their jacksy. >:(

Sigh, no new toys this year  :-S
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Fenton on 16 February 2014, 01:03:15 PM
Quote from: kev1964 on 13 February 2014, 05:18:59 PM
Sounds pretty rough over there, my sons based at Gosport so i would imagine on sandbag duty this week. Had shed loads of snow a couple of weeks ago here in Hungary but sunshine today , not really had a proper winter this year,( yet) maybe a surprise or two still to come,


kev

I am glad I no longer live in the basement flat in Southsea that I used to
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Steve J on 16 February 2014, 03:47:28 PM
QuoteSigh, no new toys this year

Your house insurance should cover this I would have thought.

For us we survived with no damage which suprised me given that we had around 12 hours of continuous gale force winds. However plenty of trees down and missing fence panels in our area :(.
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 16 February 2014, 04:08:54 PM
I lost my BBC channels on youview, but that is all.

IanS
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Fenton on 16 February 2014, 04:50:16 PM
Quote from: ianrs54 on 16 February 2014, 04:08:54 PM
I lost my BBC channels on youview, but that is all.

IanS

Are you writing to your MP about it?
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: marie on 01 March 2014, 10:02:33 PM
I feel for you guys in the u.k.
Here in Ghana when it rains, its like having a bucket of water thrown at you...the wind storms are small, but however, my garden umbrella, enjoys random flights,
Only down side is after the rain, Cobras and the like start moving around, so all my staff reach for their Machete...
My garden path is a no go zone at the moment due to a Black Mamba sitting in a bush...
Even my staffy is not impressed by that...
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Steve J on 02 March 2014, 07:41:07 AM
That is one thing I do not miss about West Africa. My wife hates snakes with a vengeance, but then she has seen too many people die in her village from snake bites :(.
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: FierceKitty on 02 March 2014, 08:11:03 AM
More than 500 people lost their lives in our last big floods here, a few years ago. Needless to say, Fanny Adams has been done about preparing for the nexxt ones. :(
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: marie on 02 March 2014, 11:42:51 AM
I have a hose ban here, as some locals keep nicking the tap fixings, and one tap was completely stolen, leaving a fountain, in the villa garden.
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: marie on 09 March 2014, 12:46:23 AM
its 25 degrees here and its passed midnight.....
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 09 March 2014, 09:06:53 AM
Anybody would think you were in Africa.....

Least there are no snakes in Birkenhead.

IanS  ;)
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Techno on 09 March 2014, 09:23:10 AM
Quote from: marie on 02 March 2014, 11:42:51 AM
I have a hose ban here, as some locals keep nicking the tap fixings, and one tap was completely stolen, leaving a fountain, in the villa garden.

If only there was a way to export the rain that falls here.
We'd all be rich..........rich I tell you. (Maniacal laughter !)

We had a  'drought' yesterday.......So I had the joy of cleaning most of the guttering.
I've got the nasty high one one to do this morning......So if I'm absent for a while. it means I've fallen off the ladder.
Cheers - Phil.

Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: FierceKitty on 09 March 2014, 09:27:16 AM
If worse comes to worst, can I have your figures to cherish in memory of you?
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Techno on 09 March 2014, 09:29:01 AM
There really aren't that many FK !
Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: paulr on 09 March 2014, 09:30:23 AM
Quote from: Techno on 09 March 2014, 09:23:10 AM
I've got the nasty high one one to do this morning......So if I'm absent for a while. it means I've fallen off the ladder.

Remember break your fall with your NON-scuplting hand  ;D

Take it slow Mr Clumsy  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Techno on 09 March 2014, 12:29:45 PM
Back on solid ground now Paul.......Huzzah ! :)
I really do NOT like that job. :-SS :-SS
Cheers - Mr Taking A Lot More Care Than Normal.
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: marie on 09 March 2014, 04:19:23 PM
are you sure about the snakes, lol....
spotted a mamba today doing the Harlem shuffle to our river gardens, at least the guest was amused, as my assistant (the screaming female type)
let go an almighty asjghdgdhgyrsybnaaaaaaghhhh! and grabbed my guest,ha,ha...
Needless to say the snake escaped....as the security  guy was watching the female tennis match.....top totty......ha,ha,ha...
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 09 March 2014, 04:20:55 PM
An eres me thinin youse all young and innocent ........

IanS  :D
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 09 March 2014, 06:19:19 PM
I nearly caught the sun today,
The ref ruled pass interference though!
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Hertsblue on 10 March 2014, 09:01:54 AM
I get the impression that the weather's trying to lure us into a false sense of security....  :-\
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: mart678 on 10 March 2014, 09:48:10 AM
Very Abnormal Day in West Wales

THE WIND HAS NOT TURNED UP TODAY
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Or THE RAIN
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Just glad I don't live by Techno
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
This weather could make you MMMAAADDD!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Techno on 10 March 2014, 03:06:26 PM
It's been sunny the last three days here !
This is probably Summer. :'( :'( :'(
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Steve J on 10 March 2014, 04:19:29 PM
22 degrees in Downham Market, but only 18 in Bristol on Sunday!
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Nosher on 11 March 2014, 08:24:34 AM
Quote from: Techno on 10 March 2014, 03:06:26 PM
It's been sunny the last three days here !
This is probably Summer. :'( :'( :'(
Cheers - Phil

Careful its not WAS summer...

Thats why I moved to East Anglia. Best weather in the country and as long as you live inland you dont have to worry about your house falling into the sea in your lifetime.

I look at what the rest of the country is getting and have a wry smile.
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Hertsblue on 11 March 2014, 08:26:35 AM
Yep, back to cold and clag again today. Ho-hum!
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Techno on 11 March 2014, 08:52:15 AM
It's STILL sunny.
Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 11 March 2014, 09:49:29 AM
Quote from: Techno on 11 March 2014, 08:52:15 AM
It's STILL sunny.
Cheers - Phil.

WHAT - IN WALES  :'(  :D

IanS
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Techno on 11 March 2014, 11:30:52 AM
FOUR DAYS ON THE BOUNCE, Ian !
(Maybe I'm hallucinating.)
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 11 March 2014, 12:30:47 PM
Leave FSN's pills alone.

Course it will start raining at about 16.45 when I cross the border.

IanS
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: marie on 11 March 2014, 09:49:12 PM
Wales is closed due to mongols in the hills....... 8)
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 12 March 2014, 07:46:48 AM
Na - not even Gengis would want to stay in Wales.....


IanS
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Hertsblue on 12 March 2014, 10:11:14 AM
"We'll keep a Mongol in the hillside, we'll keep a ....."   Oh, sorry, got carried away there for a moment.  :D
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 12 March 2014, 10:12:34 AM
Write larger, can't see you through the fog!
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: get2grips on 12 March 2014, 10:15:58 AM
Quote from: mad lemmey on 12 March 2014, 10:12:34 AM
Write larger, can't see you through the fog!

Get an optivisor :D
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Techno on 12 March 2014, 10:16:42 AM
FIVE SUNNY DAYS !!! :P
(This MUST BE Summer !)
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Nosher on 12 March 2014, 04:42:58 PM
Quote from: Techno on 12 March 2014, 10:16:42 AM
FIVE SUNNY DAYS !!! :P
(This MUST BE Summer !)
Cheers - Phil

And if tommorows sunny too I will have had four days off in sunshine.....

I have sat for the past three days in the garden from lunchtime till 4pm studying with a tall glass of cold stuff and sandwiches cut into little triangles :)
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: paulr on 12 March 2014, 06:58:17 PM
Quote from: Nosher on 12 March 2014, 04:42:58 PM
And if tommorows sunny too I will have had four days off in sunshine.....

I have sat for the past three days in the garden from lunchtime till 4pm studying with a tall glass of cold stuff and sandwiches cut into little triangles :)

Have you taken the posh test yet?  ;)
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Techno on 12 March 2014, 07:43:44 PM
I was thinking the same thing Paul.  ;)
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: marie on 13 March 2014, 02:02:40 AM
Big storm here again, so the Gardner has finally put down snake repellent... Hooray......
Rainy season has come early....
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: marie on 13 March 2014, 02:06:35 AM
Big storm here again, so the Gardner has finally put down snake repellent... Hooray......
Rainy season has come early....
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Techno on 13 March 2014, 07:11:34 AM
Sunny here AGAIN !
Though it sounds as though a  lot of folk in the UK are waking up to a 'pea-soup' fog !
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Hertsblue on 13 March 2014, 08:21:35 AM
No, just a bit of mist in the valleys. Burning off nicely now. And, hey, there's that big round yellow thing again.  :)
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 13 March 2014, 09:03:01 AM
Misty here, not too bad....remember heavy rain over the Principality later today....

IanS
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Techno on 13 March 2014, 10:19:19 AM
I spoke too soon.
Quick drive to the local town early this morning.....Sunny when I left....But got foggier and foggier the closer I got to sea level.
By the time I got back it was trying to 'fog'.....Tho' I'm hoping it'll burn off quite quickly. ;)
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Nosher on 13 March 2014, 11:48:30 AM
Quote from: paulr on 12 March 2014, 06:58:17 PM
Have you taken the posh test yet?  ;)

Must be ULTRA - POSH.

Now sat in the garden on another sunny day collating the cricket fixtures for the forthcoming junior season. This morning (whilst it was a trifle foggy) I was at the gym and this afternoon once the fixtures are done it'll be more studying in the garden with curly sandwiches and Pimms.

What-ho! Pip, Pip!
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Techno on 13 March 2014, 12:17:39 PM
Spiffing, or what ?  ;)
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Hertsblue on 14 March 2014, 08:09:41 AM
Really misty this morning - visibility down to twenty yards in some places. Still some morons driving around without lights.  >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Techno on 14 March 2014, 08:47:38 AM
Same over here, Ray.....Can't decide if it's fog, or just low flying cloud.
Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Steve J on 14 March 2014, 09:50:04 AM
QuoteRainy season has come early....

Blimey, that is early! I hated the build up to the rains with the unbearable humidity for weeks before hand.
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 14 March 2014, 10:55:48 AM
Pea souper this morning, now the sun is glorious! 8)
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Fenton on 14 March 2014, 10:58:52 AM
Quote from: mad lemmey on 14 March 2014, 10:55:48 AM
Pea souper this morning,

It was a bit Cock-a-leekie  with me
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: marie on 14 March 2014, 08:33:48 PM
36 today, and humid, `the night was hot and humid`
Ten points who said that?
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Techno on 14 March 2014, 08:40:38 PM
You did.....Just then.
Otherwise it was Howard Fast....Who I've never heard of. :P
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Steve J on 14 March 2014, 08:45:29 PM
Been foggy here all day, bar the briefest glimpse of the sun :(. Fingers crossed for tomorrow so that I can get some gardening done.
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Nosher on 14 March 2014, 08:55:27 PM
Another belting day here in posh Sunny Suffolk :D

Sadly i was working :(

But I did get to deliver a baby in a hotel bar by the seafront and am now chilling with a beer or six and feeling pretty pleased with my day/week. Mother and baby doing very well :-bd

I have the best job in the world 8)
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: marie on 14 March 2014, 11:10:56 PM
Guess again,
I will give you a clue....its from a film.....
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: fsn on 15 March 2014, 12:00:25 AM
Zulu or Platoon?
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 15 March 2014, 12:06:47 AM
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back?
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: Matt J on 15 March 2014, 08:38:44 AM
QuoteBut I did get to deliver a baby in a hotel bar by the seafront and am now chilling with a beer or six and feeling pretty pleased with my day/week. Mother and baby doing very well

Well that's a rewarding day  :-bd

Quote36 today, and humid, `the night was hot and humid`
Ten points who said that?

Billy Crystal in 'Throw momma from the train'
Title: Re: Wind and rain
Post by: marie on 15 March 2014, 08:47:13 PM
Well done Matt...you get a free lunch when you come to the resort...
Please bring your own trunks....