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Earthdweller said:
magpie215 said:
Oh goody I'm on the Irish Sea coast...looks like we are in for a battering.
On yeah! I'm out at my place in Galway on the atlantic coast on the edge of Connemara I think we are in for a wild 24hrs starting later this evening
We have a Red danger to life warning here
My wife is planning on heading back on Sunday from Knock hopefully the planes will be able to land on top of the mountain
Edited by Earthdweller on Friday 6th December 16:32
...and everyone else.
eharding said:
Met Office forecasting 30mph / gusting 70mph here near Tiverton in the morning, up at Lynton on the coast forecast for 67mph gusting 82mph and out on Lundy Island they can apparently look forward to 70mph gusting 85 mph. Not ideal for a day-trip to Lundy then.
Is that on the helicopter? 
darreni said:
Us too, just outside of Taunton.
Likewise, near Tiverton. Wondered what the hell the noise was. Certainly got my attention. Not exactly designed to install a sense of inner calm and wellbeing though. You'd kind of hope when the message is "Ballistic Missile Inbound" the sound is a nice soothing tone, possibly with a big friendly "Don't Panic" message and advice to sit back, relax, have a (swift) drink because there's naff all else you can do.Updated: Just had the same alert again...
Edited by eharding on Friday 6th December 19:45
Master Bean said:
eharding said:
Met Office forecasting 30mph / gusting 70mph here near Tiverton in the morning, up at Lynton on the coast forecast for 67mph gusting 82mph and out on Lundy Island they can apparently look forward to 70mph gusting 85 mph. Not ideal for a day-trip to Lundy then.
Is that on the helicopter? https://x.com/donegalweatherc/status/1865122233255...
Suprisinglg calm at the moment
But I don't think it will last
Suprisinglg calm at the moment
But I don't think it will last
Earthdweller said:
https://x.com/donegalweatherc/status/1865122233255...
Suprisinglg calm at the moment
But I don't think it will last
The Met office warned that calm literally comes before the true storm. . The really strong winds ramp up rapidly from then.Suprisinglg calm at the moment
But I don't think it will last
Keep safe.
Just had a power surge in the area wind really picking up atm south wales valleys. Did see something idiotic post from llandow race track saying the planned super car experience day is still going ahead as planned. If people dont know llandow is right on the coast mental. Hope its not as bad as predicted.
Well we are still here 
It started in earnest about 10pm last night and ramped up very quickly. I think last night when I posted we must have been in the eye of it
It was pretty wild for about 4-5 hours with very high steady wind speeds and some gusts that were pretty insane, local forecasts were saying upto 100 mph .. I can well believe it
I got up for the loo about 3am and stuck my arm out the bathroom window and it was as if you'd stuck it out of a car doing 80mph down the motorway
Surprisingly we still have power ( for now ) although we have lost the broadband, I believe there are large power outages all over
It's still pretty breezy this morning and raining but I think the worst has passed here
It started in earnest about 10pm last night and ramped up very quickly. I think last night when I posted we must have been in the eye of it
It was pretty wild for about 4-5 hours with very high steady wind speeds and some gusts that were pretty insane, local forecasts were saying upto 100 mph .. I can well believe it
I got up for the loo about 3am and stuck my arm out the bathroom window and it was as if you'd stuck it out of a car doing 80mph down the motorway
Surprisingly we still have power ( for now ) although we have lost the broadband, I believe there are large power outages all over
It's still pretty breezy this morning and raining but I think the worst has passed here
Big Jet TV tends to be an entertaining watch during a storm. There’s been a fair few bails since they went live…
https://www.youtube.com/live/egvoBvcIGOQ?si=_SjYOI...
https://www.youtube.com/live/egvoBvcIGOQ?si=_SjYOI...
Huntsman said:
Isle of Wight update.
We're right at the bottom of the island, we pick up French radio and can see France on a clear night.
Its a bit wild here at the moment.
Wow must be on very rare occasions surely, I’m on Guernesey which is about 32 miles from France at its closest point, anyway getting a right battering hereWe're right at the bottom of the island, we pick up French radio and can see France on a clear night.
Its a bit wild here at the moment.
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