Storm Doris...

[Andehh]

MockingJay said:

3 Fence panels have lost their lives in the great storm of 17 thus far.

Yep, wife is giving me a blow by blow(!) account of the our fence panels falling.



Doris blows fence panels, fence panels go down on Doris?

[Freds]

Pleased I'm not flying today

[jshell]

And I've got two guys replacing my upstairs bay windows today - right back to the bare stonework. I've opened the fridge door to help heat the place up!!

[I Am Milk]

Doris has done a proper number on my fence.

Bugger.

[condor]

Just back from walking the dogs, was very windy.
Driving through the village, most of the recycling bins have blown over and rubbish is strewn across the high street.
From my lounge window I see someone's bbq cover tangled in a tree.
Lots of whistling wind noises too

[thetapeworm]

condor said:

From my lounge window I see someone's bbq cover tangled in a tree.

It could be mine, I'd be grateful if you could hop up the tree and check please.

[Pooh]

Some snow around Perth, particularly on the higher ground, it has caused a lot of problems on the roads, I believe the M90 was closed due to the number of accidents on the high section south of Perth.
I have been appreciating my winter tyres.

[z4RRSchris]

60m copper beech has just fallen on my house and fked it. crushed the car and prob £100k of damage to the house.

[antspants]

z4RRSchris said:

60m copper beech has just fallen on my house and fked it. crushed the car and prob £100k of damage to the house.

fk what a nightmare!!

And I was just about to post about a roof tile narrowly missing my car

[z4RRSchris]

[TTOBES]

There's nobody operating the crane next to my office today - and occasionally I can see why!

[MockingJay]

Next doors plastic shed has also taken a battering.

Edited by MockingJay on Thursday 23 February 13:26

Edited by MockingJay on Thursday 23 February 13:27

[Cold]

Reports of a Wolverhampton woman being killed by debris.

[talkssense]

Isle of Man Airport closed, ferries all cancelled.

Loads of roads closed with some pretty big trees down. Plenty big enough to seriously hurt some in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Loads of debris on the roads and falling from trees, roads closed due to roofs and tiles flying about, including the roof on the power station.

And the biggest news of all is that the newly returned Macdonalds is shut as the roof might come off, although they would have probably run out of food later since the ferry was cancelled anyway.

They tend to overhype these things these days but we have as much damage as I can remember from a storm for a good few years.

[Mr GrimNasty]

z4RRSchris said:

That'll be expensive, roof widely damaged and box sash windows too!

My holly tree in a pot blew over, thankfully my 2 week old fence is completely unphased, but then I did a proper job.

Edited by Mr GrimNasty on Thursday 23 February 13:46

[z4RRSchris]

knocked the fking chimneys off too. fking doris

[Nezquick]

I'm currently in Glasgow and need to get the train back to Preston at 4pm, then driving down to Reading tonight.

Currently, the WCML is flooded near Carlisle, the electricity has stopped working near Warrington (so all of my trains are therefore fked) and I'm contemplating whether just to stay up here an extra night.

Don't you just love British weather!

[red_slr]

Thelwall closed.



Major congestion in Warrington!

[red_slr]

Just watched TOM55 from Goa go around at Manchester, its rather windy now!
That must be a bummer after a 10 hour flight.

[red_slr]

Arriving flights going alternate now at Manchester.