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seems to have just hit us in the last hour in Langley, heard nothing but sirens since then and te trees at the bottom of my garden are not looking healthy
Bin collection day in N12 so the council are kindly emptying the bins, most of which are already on the floor and leaving the street full of hollow bins which seems like a great idea given the wind.
Bin collection day in N12 so the council are kindly emptying the bins, most of which are already on the floor and leaving the street full of hollow bins which seems like a great idea given the wind.
Wind kicked off properly at 6.30 am here in NW10.
Carnage out back - I had a 12 ft by 12ft olive tree in a pot on the patio. The tree is now half way across the lawn, the 3 ft pot is smashed and in a trail across the garden. Smaller bay tree, same story.
Looked up to check roof - big section of flashing torn off, the remainder flapping in the wind. Wondered what all that banging was......
FFS. I've only just sorted out the lightning damage from July.
Edit; had a look out front one tree in the street down + quite a few branches down.
What a start to the day and work out that was! Spent 6am - 7am trying to hold onto a 30 ft tarpaulin that the builders thought would be fine. On the plus side though, I now don't need to go to the gym today and learned to fly
Carnage out back - I had a 12 ft by 12ft olive tree in a pot on the patio. The tree is now half way across the lawn, the 3 ft pot is smashed and in a trail across the garden. Smaller bay tree, same story.
Looked up to check roof - big section of flashing torn off, the remainder flapping in the wind. Wondered what all that banging was......
FFS. I've only just sorted out the lightning damage from July.
Edit; had a look out front one tree in the street down + quite a few branches down.
Flew in to Stansted last night. Before takeoff the pilot was clearly bricking it as he kept trying to get everyone to sit down quicker so he could take off. Said he didn't wanna fly through a storm he was told could be even bigger than '87. Way to calm down bad flyers, mister pilot (like me )
Suffolk where I am no more than a slight breeze, as its flatter than Kiera Knightly's chest by me, have ear marked a couple of mole hills to hide behind if it really does kick off.................
Just finished removing my 20 feet+ pear tree off the top of my conservatory. Amazingly not a scratch on the conservatory! Garden looks bloody awful. And as for moles..............
Nope some sort of plastic. I've got a flat roof on my dormer finished in GRP. There's a dark-coloured strip which fits over the edge. Seems to overlap the sofit (am I using the right terms?).
Anyway it's been working its way loose over the last few windy days (I could hear it clonking) and now it's made it's bid for freedom.
I don't think it's a massive job - it's more the access that's a problem, tbh.
Oh, a the roofing contractor is trying to claim that it's not covered by his 10 year guarantee (it was done in August 2012) . FFS.
Carnage down here in Glos. I walked the dog this morning and at least 6 apples had been blown off the trees in my local park. Heart breaking, really hope the area recovers.
Well I spent the morning clearing my roof tiles from next door's drive. It also seems they have hit and dented their UPVC window sills. Does anyone know anything about insurance or repairing windows? Called my insurers (LV) and they said they won't cover damage to next door. So I will have to pay my excess and should offer to pay the neighbours too I guess unless I can get some repairs done cheaper.
Easy for those unaffected to mock but there has been three fatalities and counting. A fallen tree caused a large gas explosion in Hounslow. The rail network has been brought to a stand-still in parts of the south-east. Tens of thousands still without power in Essex and East Anglia.
Easy for those unaffected to mock but there has been three fatalities and counting. A fallen tree caused a large gas explosion in Hounslow. The rail network has been brought to a stand-still in parts of the south-east. Tens of thousands still without power in Essex and East Anglia.
Who was mocking the afflicted?We're not like that on LFW.
Well I spent the morning clearing my roof tiles from next door's drive. It also seems they have hit and dented their UPVC window sills. Does anyone know anything about insurance or repairing windows? Called my insurers (LV) and they said they won't cover damage to next door. So I will have to pay my excess and should offer to pay the neighbours too I guess unless I can get some repairs done cheaper.
I'm astonished a decent insurer like LV doesn't include third party liability - perhaps you got the tea boy as they were all busy on the phones - worth checking again I think.
Precisely. Should be covered by his own insurance, nieghbour that is, for falling debris wherever it came from.
This is the big difference between areas like here where there is regularly wind like today's storm and those where it is a rare occurence. The house I had built was right on the west edge of Orkney right by the sea and we caught every gale of wind. The building regs are very stringent and after a gale of wind it makes you glad of it, the standing joke is that England are on panic stations while we have this weather every Spring and Autumn but in reality i would rather be in Orkney during a wind gusting to 120mph (like last year) than the uncertainty of what could be blown at you in an 80mph wind in some of these areas. I remember last years wind when i was landing the catch off a boat at 4am, it was blowing a hoolie and wearing full oilskins i was catching the wind like a sail. All of a sudden a squall of rain came in and what a wind came with it, thankfully i caught hold of the forklift and sat behind jt till the rain passed and the wind subsided, bloody hellish and would have been worse if there was loose debris flying about too. Anyhow, don't take the threat of injury lightly if you are caught up in it, a flying trampoline will hurt! Btw nice day here today if a bit wet in the heavy showers
Easy for those unaffected to mock but there has been three fatalities and counting. A fallen tree caused a large gas explosion in Hounslow. The rail network has been brought to a stand-still in parts of the south-east. Tens of thousands still without power in Essex and East Anglia.
"Tens of thousands still without power in Essex and East Anglia". NFN - That's Normal For Norfolk.
Got 1 and a 1/2 ton of logs delivered today for £95, that's power in Norfolk, so that's me fuelled up for the next two years.
Why does it feel like R'SWiPe is still on the books? Yer Couldn't Make It Up.Well Done Me!
The prediction was entirely based on computer modelling by the Met Office and therefore I think you'll find it didn't happen at all, as those things are worthless
The estate agents must have done a roaring trade, There isn't a single flat or house up for sale or letting in my area, whereas there was loads at the weekend.
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