A bit windy ...

BanditsHigh · Worse than a woman Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Karma :

Looks like it's going to be a bit windy up this end of the country, forecasting gusts of up to 85mph ... all buses and trains cancelled.

When I were a lad we just got on with it, in fact we held the bottom of our jackets and then put the jacket up in the air to act as a sail ... the good'ol'days Laughing

I've ridden in wind like that when I was younger, I saw it as a challenge, I'm older now and don't think I'll bother going out tomorrow Thumbs Up

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

On the way to the Dragon Rally a few years back, I came over the crest of a hill in Snowdonia and a wind gust stopped my 612 enfield dead in the road from cruising at 50mph in third. Had the four people ahead of me off their bikes.

Fun times. That was the year of the port-a-loo ground torpedoes. Although not the windiest one I've been to. Oh how they laughed when they saw me ratchet strapping my bike down to a pair of screw-in ground anchors in the field. They weren't laughing next morning.
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Skudd · Super Spammer Joined: 01 Oct 2006 Karma :

It's a shame that all the rubbish in my garden has been blown into neighbour's gardens. Saved me a trip to the tip. Very Happy

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Polarbear · Super Spammer Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Karma :

ANd here in tropical Milton Keynes we had a bit of a blow, a little breeze with some rain. I'm sure we live in an alternate weather universe. Climate change my arse. Laughing

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Nobby the Bastard · Harley Gaydar Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Karma :

Conversely,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england

Plus a work colleague in Wales had the roof and windows of his house damaged, and was without power for some time.
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

I'm without power, been that way since 10.30pm on Friday. Which is odd because the wind had long gone past by then and it was actually a still, clear night by then.

I have a suspicion I've just been turned off so they can turn on power elsewhere because it seems everyone in a radius round the local town has no power but the town does. Maybe lost a phase or two. There's certainly no evidence of damage or work going on on the line between the sub-station and my house, or indeed the main supergrid step-down and my local sub-station.

They were projecting it coming back on at 6pm tonight. I hadn't planned on defrosting the freezer this weekend, but here we are.
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BanditsHigh · Worse than a woman Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Karma :

Nobby the Bastard · Harley Gaydar Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Karma :

Half the countryside is under water again here. Just in the 10 years I've lived here it's gone from maybe every 3 years to multiple times a year.
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Nobby the Bastard · Harley Gaydar Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Karma :

So are you agreeing that the Orange Fuckwit withdrawing from the Paris accord is a bad thing?

After all their output of greenhouse gases are comparable to China, the top producer.

China is second world and not third world, btw.
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Nobby the Bastard · Harley Gaydar Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Karma :

Communist block countries are second world. Capitalist are First world.
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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Second world country?

Isn't that just divisive and outdated terminology that serves no purpose other than to arbitrarily divide people?

GDP per capita is the reason why China is still considered a developing country.

Nobby the Bastard · Harley Gaydar Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Karma :

Just a bit windy, wasn't it?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70q84l9gx9o
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doggone · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 May 2004 Karma :

Doesn't prove much since that's supposed to be a road outside her house built on a flood plain no doubt.

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doggone · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 May 2004 Karma :

We get a lot of power cuts of various kinds, if it ever comes on seemingly at low voltage don't use anything with a motor or leave fridge/freezers turned on.
Because they will likely burn something out trying to start.
The local Coop had to repair all the cold cabinets when it happened here.

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