winter storm preparations

7:50pm and am hoping about the storms
Please, please let a tree fall down on the box of noisy fireworks the local tearaways are planning to let off probably once I’ve fallen asleep later tonight

Yesterday, we noticed the Council drain cleaners outside our home. I haven't seen them since Covid!

Thank you @karmalady. I will go with your recommendation. Linking to my laptop or phone would be handy. Thanks.

Today, in a cemetery near me...

I did not link mine to my computer, he linked his to his computer. Mine is up a pole fixed to a fence, his is very much higher, up to his roof ridge. I can see both from my recliner, always of interest. His is more accurate wrt general unobsructed wind, mine shows lower swirling wind. I would never be without one and it was easy to set up

I have had cheaper weather set ups in the past but they were like toys, this one is not

Mine is davis vantage vue, my neighbour has the same one. I brought mine to my present house and my next door neighbour brought his, co-incidence or what. Seriously it is a good one

Has anyone a good recommendation for a weather station to keep in the garden? I would love one, but overwhelmed by choice!

people came out of their houses this morning and cleared drains in my last village, flood water went down the drains after that. Community can still clear drains, all it takes is a bit of communal responsibility. The village was isolated today, no way in or out

madeleine45 We still have linesmen here in Devon, ours is called Steve. Out and about in all weathers but due to the towns position we still flood. I hate to think what we'd see without Steve...he's nearing retirement, let's hope he is replaced.

My house is quite high up so is unlikely to Get flooded, winds, I don't know apart from it stood up to 1987 and is still standing, so hopefully we'll be OK?

Right now I am thankful that I live in a large PB block of flats so that the worst any storm does to me is a bit of whistling around the windows! Back in 1990 the upper frontage of my house was very badly damaged when the wind whipped off the garage roof belonging to the neighbour opposite to me, ‘entering’ apparently, through a couple of unrepaired broken windows. It pretty much demolished my bedroom, damaging the roof and chimney too and sent rafters crashing through the ceiling into the lounge. Good job my then husband and I were out at work, our daughter was with her childminder and our dear old ‘home alone’ dog was very lucky! It was a terrible shock though, especially as I was four months pregnant with a difficult pregnancy at the time! Took ages to get it all sorted as there was quite a lot of structural damage. So now I’m thankful for my flat although I must say I enjoy LOOKING at a good storm through the safety (I hope!) of my windows.

suddenly dark and I have filled a flask ready in case of power cut

It was karmalady's link, M0nica. I hope we will be ahead of it as we travel 🤞

Callistemon Thank you for link. It tells me that our worset wind will be this afternoon, so I am planning my day to get everything done this morning.

I have been close to the centre of the low for much of the night and early this morning, so it has been quiet without wind but winds will build soon as the low moves away

pressure is still falling rapidly, now down to 957

The storm is not static, it moves, sit tight and best of luck to everyone

Our 'lovely' neighbour, recently swept lots of fallen leaves into the road drain outside his house!

In 1987, big winds were forecast but to go along the channel and hit France, the storm then veered and came to land on uk and suddenly we had that hurricane. Fingers very much crossed that we don`t get similar again

Don`t worry too much if it seems as though you are in the centre of the storm, that area will be relatively quiet, it is outside the centre that gets badly hit, where the isobars are closely together

Pressure is now falling rapidly on my weather station. It is all interesting and frightening at the same time. Nature is so powerful, 6" of fast moving water can knock you over and 12" can lift a car

In 1987 we were still living onboard. At the time we were tied up against a concrete wharf. As it turned out we were fine, the tide never came in. 🙏

You are no wuss Urms. 💐

My father in law died during the great storm of ‘87. They lived in Haywards Heath which was badly hit and he watched a tree uprooting in the garden. He was so convinced it was going to smash through the French windows he panicked and had a heart attack. My poor mother in law was alone with him for ages until help could get through. He had died almost at once.

The phone lines were all down so she couldn’t get through to us until the next day and it took us nine hours to drive from Cambridgeshire to West Sussex. I’ll never forget all the fallen trees and electricity cables in tangled heaps that reminded me of bowls of spaghetti.

According to the weather map we’re right in Cieran’s path. My hatches are well and truly battened down !!

My boss was killed by a falling tree, he’s pulled over to let an ambulance pass him and a huge tree fell on his car. It wasn’t the 87 storm but maybe 92? One of the chance occurrences, had he not pulled over when he did etc. it was just horrible.

Buggerstions Maw so near yet not to be. But better safe than sorry. Sensible decision I think. I’m in the “don’t travel unless it’s absolutely necessary” brigade. But then, I am a wuss.

Devastated - we had a booking for lunch at Mark Hix Oyster and Fish House in Lyme Regis tomorrow -and common sense has made us decide to cancel it 😢😢😢

Devon schools now deciding to close tomorrow. I think, due to our location, we're probably going to be badly hit.