Wind Amber Warning Thursday

[TheQ]

Norwich airport is reporting around 50Mph, the metal roof of this building by the airport can be heard wobbling.

[Timbo]

Sadly a weather related fatality in the Midlands.

[JennyMorgan]

Like Chris I'm getting gusts up to 60mph. One large sycamore down so far and several big boughs off one of my neighbour's oaks. No flood this morning. 

[grendel]

back home as I have a dentist appointment, bridge closed at Dartford, diverting via east tunnel, so minimum 1 hour delays getting back across the river.

[Polly]

We just propped up the garden fence with the spars and oars from the Whimp, hope they will hold it. 

[NorfolkNog]

Stuck on the train just outside Attleborough - tree on the line apparently 

Think it's going to be a long journey back to the land of the flat caps and ferrets 

[Bound2Please]

ooopsss not good Howard is there a buffet car ?

 

[Timbo]

57 minutes ago, grendel said:

I have a dentist appointment, bridge closed at Dartford, 

Good God Grendel! That's a hell of a lot of dental work! 

[Bound2Please]

Minus one TV Ariel and compost bin lid so far

Charlie

[SueH]

Next door has just brought back our shed roofing felt.   It had decided it was more fun in his garden rather than on the roof!

Job for tomorrow me-thinks.

[andy]

No electric at Rackheath so home early 

[JennyMorgan]

Be positive, Howard, at least you are stuck in Norfolk.

[TrevorAndDeirdre]

Just seen a picture elswhere an Alpha 32 the sliding roof has come off and landed on a post nice repair job now for them. This was in Horning.

 

[Viking23]

Just had one fence panel pop out, luckily we had some 3 mm galvanized wire across it acting as plant supports, otherwise it might have been blown into the next county.

Job for Saturday..

Neighbour will help, I don't want piercing with fire thorn spikes, not whilst on chemo... bleeding will never stop.

I hate the wind. 

[Hylander]

Here is the photo.   By all accounts it landed on a mooring post.   This has been the worst winds we have had here in Worlingham.   Fence posts and panels just gone.    Small photo as I had to reduce and reduce it.   I have copied from tuther side.  I am sure he wont mind.

[NorfolkNog]

1 hour ago, Bound2Please said:

ooopsss not good Howard is there a buffet car ?

 

Not on East Midlands Trains! 

[JennyMorgan]

20 minutes ago, TrevorAndDeirdre said:

Just seen a picture elswhere an Alpha 32 the sliding roof has come off and landed on a post nice repair job now for them. This was in Horning.

 

If a door or window is left open then sliding roofs can and do lift off. The boat fills with wind and up pops the roof! Normally the weight is enough and gravity does its job. Remember seeing a wood one lift off on Breydon and floating onto the mud. Amazed that the Alpha roof has traveled so far!

[grendel]

1 hour ago, Timbo said:

Good God Grendel! That's a hell of a lot of dental work! 

actually my crown had come off, seems like I need a new crown, who needs bridges when you have lost a crown.

[diesel falcon]

just got home to this ,our chickens must have charmed lives, (Fritton)j

[stumpy]

Just rescued a six foot fence panel c/w both posts (snapped at the bottom, rotten as a pear) from next door and spotted a 20 foot forked lilac that's splitting down the fork! Fairly happy that if/when it goes it shouldn't hit anything, I int a-going to stand out there waiting for it it. Highest gust half a mile from us was 55 mph about 4 p.m.

[Gallipoli]

Where I am there is some wind but nothing to complain about it was worse on tuesday, though it has just stopped raining must be in the eye, though we need some felt on the shed roof from tues.

Good luck to those with the wind, stay safe

 

[Bound2Please]

Well just been told weve lost the canopy and windscreen off Bound2Please and we cant get out of here for fallen trees grrrrrr

Charlie

[Gracie]

So sorry to hear this Charlie, hope you can get to her and sort it soon

It's been dreadful here, as far as I know it's only been the odd dustbin blown over though, so not as bad as some of you have got it

Stay safe everyone

Grace

[deebee29]

Hope the damage isn't too bad Charlie

it's not been too bad up here, just wet and a bit breezy nothing too serious but it seems to have been bad all around us

it was worse on Tuesday 

[LizG]

I hope all damage sustained isn't too bad for everyone. I haven't heard how WR is as I know there was already a tear in one of the canopy sides ...

As to the local Hertfordshire situation, the A10 viaduct around Ware/Hertford is shut and a tree was done on one of the other main ways out so major congestion. All trains out of London in our direction are none existant so my husband went off to Cockfosters to collect daughter 2.  He is on his way home apparently.

This morning daughter 2 whilst walking the mile to the station got caught in a massive rain storm, umbrelllas were impossible and she got absolutely soaked.  It had stopped when it was my turn to walk to work.  Watching the pedestrian lights outside my work swaying in the gusts was a bit disconcerting.