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Whilst opening the curtains to my duaghters room this morning I see an 8ft trampoline rolling Into the side of a bus. Very funny until I realised it was ours. Thankfully bus driver was dismissive of it and couldnt give two hoots about the dent in the side of the bus.
After a fight with mother nature to drag it back up the street and into the back garden I noticed its left a path of destruction already, smashing a glass table and a ripping out thebfence post it was chained to last night.
Then I get 3 calls from tenants with slates being blown off the roof. As I approach one of the houses I hear a clattering on the roof, dive out of the way just in time before a concrete ridge tile smashes onto the floor. It actually caught the back of my boot it was that close.
Anyone else picking up the peices this Morning? I know this was a gentle breeze compared to what other parts of the world suffer but didnt expect it to be that bad.
After a fight with mother nature to drag it back up the street and into the back garden I noticed its left a path of destruction already, smashing a glass table and a ripping out thebfence post it was chained to last night.
Then I get 3 calls from tenants with slates being blown off the roof. As I approach one of the houses I hear a clattering on the roof, dive out of the way just in time before a concrete ridge tile smashes onto the floor. It actually caught the back of my boot it was that close.
Anyone else picking up the peices this Morning? I know this was a gentle breeze compared to what other parts of the world suffer but didnt expect it to be that bad.
DrDeAtH said:
Haha knew that was coming, however in my defence, mine has been assembled with correct tools, not with a kitchen knife, and the protective padding is all in place.But dont get me wrong I want to get rid of the feckin thing, ruins my grass and the kids only jumped on it about 3 times before getting bored.
Edited by dazwalsh on Wednesday 11th January 15:21
dazwalsh said:
Haha knew that was coming, however in my defence, mine has been assembled with correct tools, not with a kitchen knife, and the protective padding is all in place.
But dont get me wrong I want to get rid of the feckin thing, ruins my grass and the kids only jumped on it about 3 times before getting bored.
The wind had done you a favour... you undid it's good deed...But dont get me wrong I want to get rid of the feckin thing, ruins my grass and the kids only jumped on it about 3 times before getting bored.
Edited by dazwalsh on Wednesday 11th January 15:21
It was bad in West Yorks certainly. I live in a bit of a greenhouse in that its a 2 storey penthouse with 2 walls made of double height glass. Last night I didn't sleep much and legged it onto my roof terrace to stop a load of rattan furniture from departing over the sides onto the road below. Even the solid wooden dining table on the terrace had shifted 2 feet and that thing weighs a ton. Obviously was some incident over the road as I noticed the police around and a lot of smashed glass over the road and pavement so presumably one of the tall apartments in that block had lost part of its fascia and it had landed storeys below which could have been bad if there were pedestrians.
ked! dazwalsh said:
But dont get me wrong I want to get rid of the feckin thing, ruins my grass and the kids only jumped on it about 3 times before getting bored.
Mother nature was about to rid you of it yet you still chased it down the road to retrieve it! Edited by dazwalsh on Wednesday 11th January 15:21
I used to think I knew what a windy day felt like, then I moved to the west coast of Scotland. From my house apart from the outer Hebrides, about 30 miles away, there is nothing between us and the Atlantic to slow the storms down. After the first winter you realise that things you thought couldn't possibly blow in the wind, can move and do some serious damage.
A few examples- We brought a glass topped garden table, about 6ft by 3ft,up with us. It was at the side of the house and I forgot about it, after one storm I went out and the wind had lifted the glass out of the frame, but somehow it had landed on the ground and not broken. I decided to leave it where it was as it would be safer on the floor, next night there was another storm which lifted some rocks and dropped them on the glass breaking it.
The barn had a Perspex window in the back, a storm sucked the whole window out and launched it into the croft next door. Most caravans/sheds have straps over them, people have had static caravans flipped completely over.
We get gusts of over 100mph every winter, when you lie in bed it sounds like a train is going past the window, for hours on end. Trust me what you have is a light breeze...
A few examples- We brought a glass topped garden table, about 6ft by 3ft,up with us. It was at the side of the house and I forgot about it, after one storm I went out and the wind had lifted the glass out of the frame, but somehow it had landed on the ground and not broken. I decided to leave it where it was as it would be safer on the floor, next night there was another storm which lifted some rocks and dropped them on the glass breaking it.
The barn had a Perspex window in the back, a storm sucked the whole window out and launched it into the croft next door. Most caravans/sheds have straps over them, people have had static caravans flipped completely over.
We get gusts of over 100mph every winter, when you lie in bed it sounds like a train is going past the window, for hours on end. Trust me what you have is a light breeze...
Alpacaman said:
I used to think I knew what a windy day felt like, then I moved to the west coast of Scotland. From my house apart from the outer Hebrides, about 30 miles away, there is nothing between us and the Atlantic to slow the storms down. After the first winter you realise that things you thought couldn't possibly blow in the wind, can move and do some serious damage.
A few examples- We brought a glass topped garden table, about 6ft by 3ft,up with us. It was at the side of the house and I forgot about it, after one storm I went out and the wind had lifted the glass out of the frame, but somehow it had landed on the ground and not broken. I decided to leave it where it was as it would be safer on the floor, next night there was another storm which lifted some rocks and dropped them on the glass breaking it.
The barn had a Perspex window in the back, a storm sucked the whole window out and launched it into the croft next door. Most caravans/sheds have straps over them, people have had static caravans flipped completely over.
We get gusts of over 100mph every winter, when you lie in bed it sounds like a train is going past the window, for hours on end. Trust me what you have is a light breeze...
A little more than a breeze.A few examples- We brought a glass topped garden table, about 6ft by 3ft,up with us. It was at the side of the house and I forgot about it, after one storm I went out and the wind had lifted the glass out of the frame, but somehow it had landed on the ground and not broken. I decided to leave it where it was as it would be safer on the floor, next night there was another storm which lifted some rocks and dropped them on the glass breaking it.
The barn had a Perspex window in the back, a storm sucked the whole window out and launched it into the croft next door. Most caravans/sheds have straps over them, people have had static caravans flipped completely over.
We get gusts of over 100mph every winter, when you lie in bed it sounds like a train is going past the window, for hours on end. Trust me what you have is a light breeze...
93mph in sheffield according to the met office and local news
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