Pearlsasinger
Up in the clouds
Thanks for the update. Very relieved that you all survived the experience. All the best for the clean up!
Storm
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Gloi
Too little time, too much to read.
New storm on the way tonight looks particularly nasty for people near the south coast 
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Looking at the weather maps, I'd say don't underestimate it, and all the best to people and animals in the path.
.Looking at the weather maps, I'd say don't underestimate it, and all the best to people and animals in the path.
Keith_Beef
Novice equestrian, accomplished equichetrian
Storm Ciaran is hitting Brittany and part of the Normandy coast today.
Airports are closed and some high-speed trains are cancelled as a precaution.
Airports are closed and some high-speed trains are cancelled as a precaution.
cobgoblin
Bugrit! Millennium hand and shrimp.
It's suspiciously quiet here at the moment. I suspect we will lose power later on.
AmyMay
Situation normal
All of you on the south coast, stay safe. I think we’ll all get hit to some extent - so take care everyone.
Birker2020
Well-Known Member
Its quiet in the Midlands but I believe its going to be very wet Saturday morning and it will be 10C all day long.
As Amymay says, stay safe guys.
As Amymay says, stay safe guys.
SilverLinings
Well-Known Member
I am currently in an area due to be hit by the storm, and there are several flood warnings in place. My parents are on the south coast in Devon in a village that is often battered by storms so I expect they will get the worst of it (fortunately they live on a hill). It is currently sunny and still here, which seems a little ominous in light of the forecast for tonight/tomorrow 
Gloi
Too little time, too much to read.
Hold on to your hats.
The Fuzzy Furry
Living in 🦄 🦄 land
I'm keeping everything crossed that it sticks a bit below the warning line on the forecast maps, I sit right on the edge of it!
Squeak
Well-Known Member
Our area was hit hard by flooding from Babet and are due to be hit by Ciaran too (although not as badly as further south). We're still saturated from Babet, it's just not dried, so it's a bit worrying as to whether everything will flood again or flood worse this time. I've never been so grateful to live on the top of a hill but really feel for those affected by the flooding and our trade off is being very exposed to the wind.
Hope everyone, humans and animals, stays safe.
Hope everyone, humans and animals, stays safe.
SilverLinings
Well-Known Member
I have to drive down (and back up!) the M5 to a work meeting in Exeter tomorrow, looks like it will be a fun drive
webble
Well-Known Member
This is why zoom teams etc were invented, colleagues in Somerset have been told schools are closed so might be worth checking the meeting is definitely onI have to drive down (and back up!) the M5 to a work meeting in Exeter tomorrow, looks like it will be a fun drive
AmyMay
Situation normal
Don’t do it.I have to drive down (and back up!) the M5 to a work meeting in Exeter tomorrow, looks like it will be a fun drive
cobgoblin
Bugrit! Millennium hand and shrimp.
I have to drive down (and back up!) the M5 to a work meeting in Exeter tomorrow, looks like it will be a fun drive
You do realise no one else will turn up? Even if you manage to get there.
SilverLinings
Well-Known Member
It is on, that team all live in the area and all say they will be there. It is a vital meeting so I can't miss it, and Teams isn't an option. I know a back route down to Exeter but suspect that will be more of a risk due to large trees, so the M5 is probably the best option. I will set off really early so I can go slowly.
Pearlsasinger
Up in the clouds
Honestly, no job is worth dying for.
SilverLinings
Well-Known Member
At the moment I'm not convinced the weather will be that bad (just usual heavy rain and wind for the time of year), apparently it's still calm down there at the moment, but I will see what it is like in the morning.
Gloi
Too little time, too much to read.
Be sensible and talk to your boss about rearranging or doing it in Zoom. No point in unnecessary risks. If you have somehow convinced yourself this is a normal storm, think again, this is another sign of the screwed up climate .I have to drive down (and back up!) the M5 to a work meeting in Exeter tomorrow, looks like it will be a fun drive
Pinkvboots
Well-Known Member
It looks like we are on the edge of where the worst of it is so hopefully won't be too bad here, mine will be in tonight and tomorrow night as its heavy rain.
Squeak
Well-Known Member
Honestly I've been the person who got to a meeting 200 miles away and everyone else (who lived max 10 miles away) didn't make it. It's just not worth it. There's technology to allow you to join a meeting even others make it there in person. Your employers shouldn't be asking you to come in with weather warnings out.
Wishfilly
Well-Known Member
Feels like the calm before the storm here at the moment, today hasn't been too bad so far, but I think tomorrow is supposed to be the worst of it here. A lot of schools around here are also planning to close or open late tomorrow.
SilverLinings
Well-Known Member
I don't have a good enough internet connection where I am staying to use Teams (at a friends house at the moment, took a day's leave so I could meet a friend's new puppy on the way*), and only an intermittent mobile signal. Everyone else is planning to go in tomorrow and all patient appointments are going ahead as planned. I will be sensible but at the moment I am planning to attend (with the knowledge that may change in the morning).
It is still very still here, has anyone in the SW/S had wind yet? We had one shower during the day but otherwise it was sunny and pleasant.
*In case anyone thinks I've been at work and on HHO all afternoon
It is still very still here, has anyone in the SW/S had wind yet? We had one shower during the day but otherwise it was sunny and pleasant.
*In case anyone thinks I've been at work and on HHO all afternoon
Nicnac
Well-Known Member
I'm right in the middle of the storm area and am ready to invoke our business continuity plans tomorrow in offices around the south east coast and maybe elsewhere? Have left horses out as think it's safer.
My chickens have gone onto the perch in their covered run at night (into which they get locked in) since late Spring when I got them but only go into the attached coop to lay. Tonight they have gone into the coop for the first time ever. They obviously know something is afoot.
Stay safe all and @SilverLinings - Exmouth already starting to feel the first of the storm. I think you'd be mad to go to Exeter.
My chickens have gone onto the perch in their covered run at night (into which they get locked in) since late Spring when I got them but only go into the attached coop to lay. Tonight they have gone into the coop for the first time ever. They obviously know something is afoot.
Stay safe all and @SilverLinings - Exmouth already starting to feel the first of the storm. I think you'd be mad to go to Exeter.
paddy555
Well-Known Member
middle of Dartmoor and it is seriously starting to kick off. I think from what I have read that the wind etc gets really bad around 3 am onwards and I think it extends into tomorrow. Everyone shut in and top doors closed which is the first time for over a year and I am sleeping in my outdoor clothes tonight just in case.
Got more petrol today for the generator as we could well lose the leccy and no doubt we will lose the broadband which won't be any different from normal as we lose it up to half a dozen times a day in normal times.
Stay safe everyone.
meleeka
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Wishfilly
Well-Known Member
I'm in Cornwall, it was pretty windy earlier (but not excessively so), now just raining- no noticeably high winds yet. Where I am is a yellow weather warning for wind from 9pm, and Amber from 3am. It's yellow for rain now, it's not especially heavy at the moment, but the ground is saturated already.I don't have a good enough internet connection where I am staying to use Teams (at a friends house at the moment, took a day's leave so I could meet a friend's new puppy on the way*), and only an intermittent mobile signal. Everyone else is planning to go in tomorrow and all patient appointments are going ahead as planned. I will be sensible but at the moment I am planning to attend (with the knowledge that may change in the morning).
It is still very still here, has anyone in the SW/S had wind yet? We had one shower during the day but otherwise it was sunny and pleasant.
*In case anyone thinks I've been at work and on HHO all afternoon
Gloi
Too little time, too much to read.
Penzance and idiots still driving on the prom.
cobgoblin
Bugrit! Millennium hand and shrimp.
I’m about as far South as possible and our weather forecast says this. Either everyone is panicking about nothing (local college is shut, Im not sure about schools), or the Met Office weather is wrong
I've just looked at ours on the met. Shows winds of about 27mph tomorrow with gusts of max 50mph. A bit different to 85mph being talked about!
Bobthecob15
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Hopefully not too bad in the midlands… meant to have a competition Saturday (indoors) but I hate towing in bad weather so will see..
Gloi
Too little time, too much to read.
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