Hurricane Ophelia.....

[Eric Mc]

Very, very dark here in the south of England at the moment. I presume we are experiencing the effects of the aftermath of Ophelia.

[FurtiveFreddy]

Yes, very weird sky. Not so much clouds as a blanket of darkness

[matchmaker]

p1esk said:

dazwalsh said:

MartG said:

The roof of a Cork school has landed in someone's garden !



Video clip here https://twitter.com/eoinbearla/status/919904356614...

Holy moly!

...and that looks like the roof of a modern(ish) building.

It amuses me to note (though amuses is not really the best word to use) that whenever we get these extreme weather events, the buildings that fail are those constructed in the modern regime of Building Regulations and fancy design codes, whereas the older buildings seem to survive much better.

Not always...


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west...

BBC said:

A tenement building in Glasgow has partially collapsed as the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia brought high winds to parts of Scotland.

Firefighters were called to the unoccupied building in Albert Road, Crosshill, at about 04:00 after reports of debris falling into the street.

Three floors of the building were damaged in the collapse at the front of the building.

[PositronicRay]

FurtiveFreddy said:

Yes, very weird sky. Not so much clouds as a blanket of darkness

Odd, beautiful sunny, clear T shirt weather this morning in the midlands.

[MartG]

Next storm, due on Saturday, has been named...Brian !

[Gandahar]

MartG said:

Next storm, due on Saturday, has been named...Brian !

heh

I do love the way we start to do storm naming like the USA and not long after our cunning A to B naming convention gets screwed

Aileen
Ex-Hurricane Ophelia
Brian

Not even Ophelia, but ex hurricane Ophilia. Which is a bit like a Monty python sketch in itself. Perhaps Michael Fish should have said "It's not a hurricane, it's just resting"

We still had the Martian sun over Kent today due to just the right amount of opacity at 11am

[B'stard Child]

TurboHatchback said:

B'stard Child said:

TurboHatchback said:

Pfft, it was great! After going dark yellow in the morning the sky cleared up, the sun came out and the wind really got going.

That's a great place to mount a camera/go pro - good shots - guessing laser

Yes it is indeed a laser. Fortunately I have access to a harbour so the water was relatively flat, out on the open sea was a different story and frankly would have been rather dangerous!

I have one too - currently missing it's mast after it was possibly "borrowed" by someone at the sailing club where it was stored and they forgot to return it

I really should start looking for one and give it an overhaul for next year - I think it also has a small water leak by the dagger board so if you sail it for more than 2 hours it used to get sluggish

[p1esk]

matchmaker said:

p1esk said:

dazwalsh said:

MartG said:

The roof of a Cork school has landed in someone's garden !



Video clip here https://twitter.com/eoinbearla/status/919904356614...

Holy moly!

...and that looks like the roof of a modern(ish) building.

It amuses me to note (though amuses is not really the best word to use) that whenever we get these extreme weather events, the buildings that fail are those constructed in the modern regime of Building Regulations and fancy design codes, whereas the older buildings seem to survive much better.

Not always...


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west...

BBC said:

A tenement building in Glasgow has partially collapsed as the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia brought high winds to parts of Scotland.

Firefighters were called to the unoccupied building in Albert Road, Crosshill, at about 04:00 after reports of debris falling into the street.

Three floors of the building were damaged in the collapse at the front of the building.

Well OK, I should have said that older buildings usually seem to survive much better.