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Post by phil70 on Feb 23, 2017 14:52:03 GMT
My solar panels are stuck down but in the boat I could a strange tapping noise. Went out to check and found one panel had a corner lifting so I had to get up and lash it down with rope. A couple of boats have broken free and a dinghy has sunk with only the bows above water being held by the bow line won't do the outboard sny good. Check all the immediate boats and all OK. Will be glad when it blows out.
I hate wind. Phil
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 23, 2017 15:01:49 GMT
Worst is supposed to over by noonish I believe. No sign of it abating here yet...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2017 15:12:24 GMT
The guy had tied up after the top 10 locks. Done well to get that far.
Very windy but basically dry and bright here.
I think other parts of the country have had it worse.
Rog
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Post by Jim on Feb 23, 2017 17:10:59 GMT
Doris knocking on your door? Southerners have been advised to stay in, lock doors and windows and go to bed early. Northerners put your vest on and tuck your shirt in.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2017 17:18:46 GMT
Doris knocking on your door? Southerners have been advised to stay in, lock doors and windows and go to bed early. Northerners put your vest on and tuck your shirt in. Been getting some 10 second average wind speeds showing on my anemometer to about 30+ mph. Thats in Limehouse on the cut not on the Thames. Probably worse out in the open. quite windy but nothing too shocking. Doesn't seem to be dropping yet so i suppose it may get worse. A kayak was removed from a roof of a nearby boat by the wind (not mine).
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Post by JohnV on Feb 23, 2017 17:29:35 GMT
My sack barrow (old fashioned and bloody heavy) has taken itself for a wander down the jetty.
Easing off very slightly, was a bit strong down here on the estuary. Lots of stuff blown on to the salt marsh (Just been and retrieved a couple of (my) empty 25 litre diesel containers that managed to get bounced over my handrails !!!) fortunately neap tides so they won't get washed away ..... I'll have a walk out tomorrow and clear stuff that you wouldn't want round your prop (also to "bags" anything worth rescuing)
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Post by patty on Feb 23, 2017 17:43:28 GMT
still tad windy here..trees bending but still there..apparently tomorrow better day
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Post by naughtyfox on Feb 23, 2017 18:03:36 GMT
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 23, 2017 18:13:56 GMT
A woman in Wolverhampton has died after being hit by flying debris from the storm. I bet she wasn't expecting that when she got out of bed this morning. Shouldn't her family sue the building owner, and also the Health & Safety authority slap a fine on them? I don't think either of them would get very far, legally it's force majeure, act of God sort of thing.
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Post by thebfg on Feb 23, 2017 18:33:14 GMT
I bet she wasn't expecting that when she got out of bed this morning. Shouldn't her family sue the building owner, and also the Health & Safety authority slap a fine on them? I don't think either of them would get very far, legally it's force majeure, act of God sort of thing. It happened in London a lady was squashed and killed in a taxi. It was deemed accidental but they did note there was no evidence of poor maintenance. If there was who knows.
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Post by naughtyfox on Feb 23, 2017 18:50:12 GMT
I bet she wasn't expecting that when she got out of bed this morning. Shouldn't her family sue the building owner, and also the Health & Safety authority slap a fine on them? I don't think either of them would get very far, legally it's force majeure, act of God sort of thing. No - it's badly constructed buildings, and poor maintenance supervision. A tree falling on someone I can understand, or a flying dustbin, but not sloppily nailed-on roof parts.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2017 18:55:14 GMT
Not weather related afaik but a few years ago a William Hell sign above a bookies fell off the building and killed a pedestrian. Bad shit. I would have thought buildings would be constructed to tolerate high winds.
I know about force majeure but does this sort of thing come under that definition?
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Post by JohnV on Feb 23, 2017 19:14:19 GMT
Inland winds of gale force are rare .... inland winds of severe gale force are very rare ....... storm force winds inland exceptionally rare.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2017 19:29:58 GMT
Inland winds of gale force are rare .... inland winds of severe gale force are very rare ....... storm force winds inland exceptionally rare. When I was 13 I lived in a house (oh the trauma) and it was well inland (Surrey). There was a rather windy night when 5 of the 6 trees in our garden fell over. And a neighbours oak tree crushed their car (outside my bedroom window). Thankfully very rare inland
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 23, 2017 19:40:50 GMT
There are three closures on the Oxford Canal due to fallen trees, Humphris Bridge, Boughton Road and Haynes lift bridge.
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