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GAME OVER PEOPLE!
WE'RE DOOMED!
The great storm is going to wipe us all out or at best sink the UK if you go along with the loony press. Batten down the hatches in your local pub and sink those pints. :har:
Hurricane': UK Will Take Full Force Of Storm
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hurricane-uk-full-force-storm-104043269.html
BrucePartington
10-26-13, 08:13 AM
We had a tornado forming right off the coast of Ericeira (north-west of Lisbon) right where I live.
Although it was a "small" tornado, this is usually a very rare event for this corner of the world. And it would certainly have caused some destruction if it had drifted to shore. This was the third in a week in this area.
Weather patterns are definitely changing for worse.
Tango589
10-26-13, 08:42 AM
GAME OVER PEOPLE!
Batten down the hatches in your local pub and sink those pints. :har:
Jawol, Herr Kaleun!
I will infiltrate the nearest Shepherd Neame pub, man the flak guns and assist in the destruction of the Spitfire!
http://www.smartgiftsolutions.co.uk/images/full/spitfire-beer.jpg
:salute:
Wolferz
10-26-13, 08:42 AM
Enjoy your blow job while you can.:O::up:
Enjoy your blow job while you can.:O::up:
Jim...can he say that? :har::har::har:
Sailor Steve
10-26-13, 09:31 AM
Are you stoic Brit-types gonna let a Texan get the best of you? Neal survived a hurricane and so can you!
Or are y'all a bunch of big babies? :O:
Skybird
10-26-13, 09:34 AM
All strings, please report on the highest hill. :D
nikimcbee
10-26-13, 10:03 AM
Well Steed, you can always move to Scotland.:up:
Got haggis?:O:
Jimbuna
10-26-13, 11:53 AM
Jim...can he say that? :har::har::har:
He just did...wish I knew what it means :hmmm:
Sailor Steve
10-26-13, 11:57 AM
As I was a'walkin' down Paradise Street,
(Weigh, aye, blow the man down)
A fetching young damsel I chanced for to meet.
(Give me some time to blow the man down)
She was round at the scuppers and bluff at the bow,
(To me weigh, aye, blow the man down)
So's I took 'er in tow and cried "Where away now?"!
(Give me some time to blow the man down)
nikimcbee
10-26-13, 12:32 PM
He just did...wish I knew what it means :hmmm:
:o:haha:
Multi quote the new Subsims game bought you by BossMark packet of pork scratchings and 10 pints of beer Inc.
Are you stoic Brit-types gonna let a Texan get the best of you? Neal survived a hurricane and so can you!
Or are y'all a bunch of big babies? :O:
Hey we beat you WW3 you know...Oops another time slip. We got iron balls you know. :DL
Well Steed, you can always move to Scotland.:up:
Got haggis?:O:
Right on baby. :D
He just did...wish I knew what it means :hmmm:
Beats me, like you jim us Brits only know...cough better not post it. :haha:
We can send your cricket team home to act as ballast if you want.
We can send your cricket team home to act as ballast if you want.
BLOODY HELL...!!!
This storm is to keep us busy while those crims pinch the ashes, jim get down to Lords with your baseball bat and curry.
Tango589
10-26-13, 02:55 PM
We can send your cricket team home to act as ballast if you want.
We'd rather have your team Tarjak, they're fatter and better to weigh a country down with.
:cool:
:O:
We'd rather have your team Tarjak, they're fatter and better to weigh a country down with.
:cool:
:O:
They've only just got back. They don't want to travel over there again. They didn't appear to be able to win a match when over there apart from the pub fight. . They also prefer the beer over here. They didn't like that Fosters muck your mob were drinking.
BossMark
10-26-13, 03:05 PM
Well here is my bit of friendly advice DON'T PISS INTO THE WIND :har::har:
Jimbuna
10-26-13, 04:20 PM
Well here is my bit of friendly advice DON'T PISS INTO THE WIND :har::har:
LOL :)
nikimcbee
10-26-13, 04:35 PM
Well, you'll enjoy being ruled by the Welsh.
Tribesman
10-27-13, 01:24 AM
Looking at the wind this morning I am having second thoughts about going for the swim, it is a little blustery.
Wolferz
10-27-13, 03:43 AM
Hurricanes should be named after politicians.
They have so much in common.:shifty:
Think that trying to travel on the Great Eastern Mainline tomorrow will be an exercise in frustration, it doesn't take a squirrels fart to bring down the overhead power lines and throw the trains into disarray. Therefore going to get a lift back with Nagy/Keab before it all kicks off. Cuts short the holiday a smidge, but given how well this country handles two inches of snow....
Kapitan
10-27-13, 05:06 AM
Think that trying to travel on the Great Eastern Mainline tomorrow will be an exercise in frustration, it doesn't take a squirrels fart to bring down the overhead power lines and throw the trains into disarray. Therefore going to get a lift back with Nagy/Keab before it all kicks off. Cuts short the holiday a smidge, but given how well this country handles two inches of snow....
Might want to get a lift there too east coast is shocking lately hence why I don't bother with trains in the UK its sad but everyone else gets a better service.
As for the weather its not kicked up too much yet.
Hurricanes should be named after politicians.
They have so much in common.:shifty:
That is a great idea. :yeah::yeah:
My local supermarket opens 10am and is normally half empty but today at 10:10am it was chock a block! There is only one possible reason for this, panic buying!
Jimbuna
10-27-13, 06:08 AM
That is a great idea. :yeah::yeah:
My local supermarket opens 10am and is normally half empty but today at 10:10am it was chock a block! There is only one possible reason for this, panic buying!
Either that or as your title suggests....the end of the UK :)
Either that or as your title suggests....the end of the UK :)
Nahhh...noticed this sort of thing before like when the shops close for 24 hours over Xmas.
Jimbuna
10-27-13, 06:29 AM
Nahhh...noticed this sort of thing before like when the shops close for 24 hours over Xmas.
Aye, never forget doing the xmas shop over the years and buying two or three of the same items and end up throwing them out as at least one comes out of date....no need now, 24 hours is usually the maximum length of time the buggas are shut these days.
If they shut for 25 hours jim there would be riots. :rotfl2:
Jimbuna
10-27-13, 07:02 AM
If they shut for 25 hours jim there would be riots. :rotfl2:
Aye....the shoplifters would not be amused :)
Tribesman
10-27-13, 07:35 AM
Just got the panic phone call from the wife, she isn't looking forward to her flight home out from Luton tonight
I pity the poor bugger who gets to sit next to her:har:
Tango589
10-27-13, 08:02 AM
Just got the panic phone call from the wife, she isn't looking forward to her flight home out from Luton tonight
I pity the poor bugger who gets to sit next to her:har:
Tell her to take an antihistamine (certerazine, not loratadine), she'll sleep right through it!:up:
:rolleyes:Luton is a real dump. :fff:
Tribesman
10-27-13, 12:19 PM
Tell her to take an antihistamine (certerazine, not loratadine), she'll sleep right through it!:up:
But where is the fun in that?
:rolleyes:Luton is a real dump. :fff:
So I have heard, but it does have an airport.
Well, back in the land of Eastern Angles now, sure enough Greater Anglia have shut down trains tomorrow until at least 9am, and then on a pretty random scheme afterwards. So made the right call in bugging out today, I think.
Can't blame the railways for not wanting to risk it, trains and trees do not mix well:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/leebrompton/Misc/hst_tree.jpg
Jimbuna
10-27-13, 04:15 PM
Well, back in the land of Eastern Angles now, sure enough Greater Anglia have shut down trains tomorrow until at least 9am, and then on a pretty random scheme afterwards. So made the right call in bugging out today, I think.
Can't blame the railways for not wanting to risk it, trains and trees do not mix well:
Just watched the 9pm news Jamie and it looks par for the course with the majority of rail companies.
Just watched the 9pm news Jamie and it looks par for the course with the majority of rail companies.
Yeah, well they've got to run track testing trains on all of the lines before passengers can use them, and then after that it's a case of trying to run to some kind of timetable. Of course, the real fun comes for those trains who rely on overhead power lines, because if they're knocked down in multiple places then kiss goodbye to that line for a good part of the day as it has to be repaired.
Take care my english friends
Markus
Herr-Berbunch
10-27-13, 06:40 PM
I think the weather forecasters were again being over eager - I'm not saying that it's not going to be bad in places but just recently (years) they appear to make worst-case forecasts only for reality to be totally different. This has reduced the local economy for my area as the likes of BossMark will look at the weather and no longer jump on the train and come for the day - despite many of those days being gorgeous sunshine (earlier in the year, obviously) with the odd high-cloud or small shower.
Yesterday the forecast I read for here was for pretty similar as the south coast, but later and with slightly less wind. Now we're due heavy rain about 6 am for a short period, and a strong breeze with occasional gusts. :-?
BrucePartington
10-27-13, 08:18 PM
I think the weather forecasters were again being over eager - I'm not saying that it's not going to be bad in places but just recently (years) they appear to make worst-case forecasts only for reality to be totally different. This has reduced the local economy for my area as the likes of BossMark will look at the weather and no longer jump on the train and come for the day - despite many of those days being gorgeous sunshine (earlier in the year, obviously) with the odd high-cloud or small shower.
Yesterday the forecast I read for here was for pretty similar as the south coast, but later and with slightly less wind. Now we're due heavy rain about 6 am for a short period, and a strong breeze with occasional gusts. :-?
Even with all the technology available today - satellites, weather stations, super-computers - weather forecasting is still quite fallible. There are simply too many variables to consider.
Now imagine you are a supreme commander, responsible for thousands of lives, anxious to get a reasonably accurate weather forecast for the very next day, say, around June 6 1944.
BossMark
10-28-13, 07:13 AM
Hurricane in the US: Board up the windows, get the sandbags in place, stock up on supplies, hide in the cellar and pray for salvation.
Hurricane in the UK: Ooh, better bring in the washing off the line.
Stay safe poms. Don't get blown away.
BrucePartington
10-28-13, 07:34 AM
https://n0tice-static.s3.amazonaws.com/images/reports/microblogs/mediumoriginalaspectdouble/13829588426261895677466c3e5fb29fa65956c40d381.jpg
So, is everyone ok there?
Herr-Berbunch
10-28-13, 08:16 AM
So, is everyone ok there?
Two dead from falling trees, another swept away, a few hundred thousand people without power. Some transport disruptions. All in the south, up here the predicted heavy rainfall lasted for about half an hour (but it was heavy) with normal rain after it. Had to drive to work in my sunglasses as it was really sunny but clouding over again now.
Edit - just looking through the BBC's storm highlights and came across this one. Can anyone else spot the irony?
Both reactors in Dungeness power station's B units have been automatically shut down after power to the site was cut off. The site's own generators are providing power to the site
Where was the great storm of 2013 I ask?
This was nothing I repeat nothing like 1980's one. About 6:55am the wind picked up here and was all over by 7:30am, just wind no rain no thunder no lightning what a bloody joke! I would stand more chance being blown over by standing behind a hippo while it farted.
danasan
10-28-13, 12:19 PM
So today I found some roof tiles in my front yard. Who is missing them? They are red ones.
AndyJWest
10-28-13, 12:25 PM
Definitely wet 'n windy for a few hours overnight here (S.W. London), though no obvious signs of major damage locally. The Guardian reports that a falling tree in Hounslow caused a gas explosion, killing two people. :(
BossMark
10-28-13, 12:33 PM
Where was the great storm of 2013 I ask?
This was nothing I repeat nothing like 1980's one. About 6:55am the wind picked up here and was all over by 7:30am, just wind no rain no thunder no lightning what a bloody joke! I would stand more chance being blown over by standing behind a hippo while it farted.
Had bugger all up here STEED apart from a few drops of rain. And there want enough wind to blow a candle out :haha:
Jimbuna
10-28-13, 01:18 PM
Had bugger all up here STEED apart from a few drops of rain. And there want enough wind to blow a candle out :haha:
Same in the north east.
Last week we knew the storm that should hit England will reach us in the beginning of this week.
As the days goes it became more and more sure that it would not only be little storm.
Earlier this morning the meteorologist knew it would be as bad in england.
This afternoon about 1600 CET Denmark's Meteorological Institute measured the strongest winds ever in Denmark it measured 54 m/s or about 195 km/h
This occurred only, thank God, in a local area of Western Jutland
We had our share of this storm/hurricane here on Aero island.
One of our pear trees had been broken in half like it was a matchstick
on our lawn there is, lots of small and medium-sized branches
and not to forget, some parts from my neighbors roof
Markus
Jimbuna
10-28-13, 03:50 PM
The death toll now stands at four:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24699748
BrucePartington
10-28-13, 03:58 PM
Two dead from falling trees, another swept away, a few hundred thousand people without power. Some transport disruptions. All in the south, up here the predicted heavy rainfall lasted for about half an hour (but it was heavy) with normal rain after it. Had to drive to work in my sunglasses as it was really sunny but clouding over again now.
Edit - just looking through the BBC's storm highlights and came across this one. Can anyone else spot the irony?
Sad aftermath indeed, regarding the loss of lives. However inconvenient, damage and disruptions can be repaired.
Herr-Berbunch
10-28-13, 07:00 PM
Where was the great storm of 2013 I ask?
Well the BBC have got it covered, here are a selection of their headlines -
UK storm upturns marquee (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24707110)Planes wobble on way into Heathrow (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24717969)Hundreds of calls to police (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24700565)Sad news about the increase in deaths.
Well, we've only just got power back on, thirty hours after the event, had a pretty nasty gust which took it out, also tore off some fence panels at a nearby building site, downed a tree and removed some tiles from our roof.
Good thing that we decided to come back from London on Sunday though since the railways shut down for all of Monday and the buses only started again in the afternoon after a double-decker got itself knocked over in the wind.
As for myself, I used the same procedure for dealing with this storm as I did for the 1987 one...I slept through it... :oops:
Herr-Berbunch
10-29-13, 09:36 AM
...I slept through it... :oops:
That's the way to do it, no point being awake and worrying what might be - if you need to be awake for something you'll soon know about it. Glad you and house ok.
That's the way to do it, no point being awake and worrying what might be - if you need to be awake for something you'll soon know about it. Glad you and house ok.
Aye, was starting to get internet withdrawal too :o :haha: I've got a message from my Dad and he's alright too which is good, daft sod decided to spend Monday at his caravan on the Kent coast, it was quite breezy apparently. :doh:
Herr-Berbunch
10-29-13, 09:59 AM
Sounds like Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, and Denmark suffered too, not just the UK.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24723120
Hope everyone from here is ok. :salute:
Sounds like Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, and Denmark suffered too, not just the UK.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24723120
Hope everyone from here is ok. :salute:
I'm okey. How it went here were I live? See post #50
Markus
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll118/v11cu96/1381431_10151636622625653_1766568076_n_zps6cfb37c2 .jpg
Herr-Berbunch
10-29-13, 11:24 AM
Welcome back JU_88, haven't seen you around for a while. :yeah:
Aye Francis good to see you survived the storm.
Jimbuna
10-29-13, 12:38 PM
Aye Francis good to see you survived the storm.
I heard he waited it out at No 10 :)
Jimbuna
10-29-13, 02:22 PM
Are you stoic Brit-types gonna let a Texan get the best of you? Neal survived a hurricane and so can you!
Or are y'all a bunch of big babies? :O:
I still remember seeing what was left of that tree in his rear ranchero area...very lucky it didn't crush the Ponderosa :o
Welcome back JU_88, haven't seen you around for a while. :yeah:
Aye Francis good to see you survived the storm.
Cheers mates, yeah I still stick my head around the door every now and then.
LoL Jim, No 10? Nah thats for the riff raff, I hang out at Buckingham palace now. :D
Jimbuna
10-29-13, 03:53 PM
LoL Jim, No 10? Nah thats for the riff raff, I hang out at Buckingham palace now. :D
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2063/image2rza.png
Hey the radio said another one is on the way and more powerful. Michael Fish dose not think so.
Herr-Berbunch
10-31-13, 10:13 AM
Michael Fish dose not think so.
Well I'll listen to him, he wouldn't make the same mistake twice, surely? :hmm2:
Well I'll listen to him, he wouldn't make the same mistake twice, surely? :hmm2:
Hope not, not picked up on anywhere else of another one.
I did hear rumours on the build-up to Jude that the models had another storm in the works for Saturday, no doubt the Diana Express will scream that the UK is about to be submerged by tsunamis and force 2000 gales.
Ah, yes, here we are:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/439848/New-deadly-storm-on-the-way-after-100mph-gales-claim-6-lives?utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_medium=email&utm_term=VPL+4718+for+List+4297&utm_content=%%%3dRedirectTo%28%40LINK%29%3d%%&utm_campaign=Express_Newsletter
Can't see it being as hefty as Jude but it might be enough to bring down some trees and structures already weakened by the storm. We'll see, if Jude was anything to go by none of the models would actually agree with each other even as close as 12 hours before impact, so anything is possible.
Had to laugh though, on the way back from London we'd stopped at the South Mimms services for lunch, so I took a look at the satellite image of what was going on, and the advert that popped up was, well I had to grab a screenshot on the phone.
http://imageshack.us/a/img843/9602/vu5z.jpg
EDIT: Also, in terms of storms and their occurances, a chap at this blog - http://xmetman.wordpress.com/2013/10/31/storm-catalog-of-the-british-isles-1973-2013/ has put together a nice list of storms that have affected the UK from the period of 1973-2013. Here's the list:
http://xmetman.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/british-isles-storm-catalog-1973-2013.png
Certainly, if you were to go back even further you'd find historical storms, usually around the October period, which have caused great damage. My 3rd great-grandfather was a fisherman at Eyemouth in 1881, he became one of the victims of the Eyemouth disaster - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyemouth_disaster
At least now we have warning, some may say that it's overhyped, but honestly when it comes to the elements the adage 'Better safe than sorry' is never more true.
Herr-Berbunch
10-31-13, 11:38 AM
Well I've just checked their website out* and found this graphic!!! :o
http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/9217/5pxw.jpg
*If you believe I did that then yes, it's all true, a big hurricane is going to swamp the UK tomorrow. Ruuun tooo the hiiiills, ruuun fooor youuuur liiiife! :rock:
Run into my pub, I can do that. :DL
Jimbuna
10-31-13, 12:30 PM
Run into my pub, I can do that. :DL
LOL :)
Next one rumoured to be less powerful but wider ranging and lasting a little longer.
bertieck476
10-31-13, 06:19 PM
@ Oberon interesting looking at the storm records you posted I had a look at the weather station I use for my sailing weather and noticed it just topped your chart at mean average of 56.5 kts and max gust of 70 kts on 28/10/13.
Compared to storms other countries get its still a minnow but its a pretty big one for the UK.
Bert.
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