Author Topic: A random thread for weatherish things that don't warrant a thread of their own.  (Read 278945 times)

ElyDave

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well, that made for an interesting approach to Aberdeen.  Half expecting the flight to be cancelled, instead arrived to 60mph horizontal rain which had disappeared by the time I got into town.  A blustery walk.
“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” –Charles Dickens

Pingu

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I nearly lost my hat on Union Street!

ElyDave

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There's probabaly either a song, or an Iain Banks novel about that
“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” –Charles Dickens

Wowbagger

  • Stout dipper
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Storm Bastard (or whatever this one's called) has just arrived.  It was preceded by a very large flock of gulls, which is a bird we very rarely see here.  Quite ominous.

They are clearly anticipating anthropogenic sea level rise, Basil.
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It doesn’t matter where you start. Just start.

Slowest ever commute home.  20km /hr this morning and 16km/hr on the way home into the wind!

hellymedic

  • Just do it!
Come, friendly Brend an blow on Slough...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-51114535

Not fast & rarely furious

tweeting occasional in(s)anities as andrewxclark

Unfortunately most of Slough is still here this morning  ::-) ;)
the slower you go the more you see


nicknack

  • Hornblower
There's no vibrations, but wait.

Wowbagger

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I've just checked ours. 1047.9 on 19th. 1039 now.
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It doesn’t matter where you start. Just start.

andytheflyer

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30.4" (aka 1029mb) at 450ft elevation on my gggf's marine (restored and calibrated) barometer - he was a mariner.  Not sure I've ever seen the bp that high now you mention it.

Pingu

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FurryBootToon top of the league  :o :D

ElyDave

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is running th enew crossfit? Umpteen "led" running groups out around the middle of than London this evening whilst I was trying to walk off dinner, in addition to the normal single runners and oblivious tourists
“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” –Charles Dickens

Cudzoziemiec

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Really smells of spring today. Still a few weeks to go but it's near.
Riding a concrete path through the nebulous and chaotic future.

T42

  • Apprentice geezer
Powerful gale through here last night, sounded line a TGV line was right under the window. Looked for damage this morning, but not a thing, now even the bin blown over.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Cudzoziemiec

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Around 4:30 this morning, the rain was so strong it woke me up. I looked outside and there was a solid river of rain a couple of inches deep flowing down the hill, while gusts of wind blew a solid spray of rain back up the hill. It was quite a sight with water going both up and down the hill at once.
Riding a concrete path through the nebulous and chaotic future.

T42

  • Apprentice geezer
18°C here, sunshine and lots of bees on the crocuses.  It's supposed to get wet & windy overnight but nothing dramatic.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

ElyDave

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I had pretty poor sleep most of the night with the wind and rain rattling against the bedroom window.  Hopefully tomorrow will be a bit calmer and no disruption to travel.  Last Monday I ended up on the train that was supposed to be half an hour earlier than my intended train but only left ten mins earlier, and was lucky enough to walk straigt onto the Heathrow express which was running a reduced service.

No idea what'll be happening tomorrow, so I'll aim for the earlier train again
“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” –Charles Dickens

Kim

  • Timelord
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Had to move to the middle of the right hand lane of the A38 dual cabbageway to avoid a unexpected lake at Bournville Lane (even the shared-use-bollocks footway was severely underwater).  The flooding was impressive enough that the drivers weren't arseholes about it.

Lots of debris on the road, and drains struggling to cope.

ian

I slept so well that I didn't hear the rain, it was only light rain when we got home at about 11pm last night but the wind was still up. But judging by flooded roads, it rained a lot overnight. We had to backtrack at one point as the road-spanning puddle had claimed a Cayenne (the water was mid-door, and it seemed abandoned, which was good as I didn't want to be guilty of rescuing the owners of a twatwagon). Never mind. Much sploshy everywhere else. Also had to avoid the local road-lake (normally navigable as once it reaches a certain height, it pours down onto the train tracks, but deep and impressive never-the-less). The hill outside the Asbestos Palace was an impressive river this morning.

Basil

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Today in Llandysul.

https://www.facebook.com/1489947595/posts/10221373863764626/?d=n

Does this work for you faceache people? No  I can't see it, but I hope you can.
Admission.  I'm actually not that fussed about cake.

Pingu

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Today in Llandysul.

https://www.facebook.com/1489947595/posts/10221373863764626/?d=n

Does this work for you faceache people? No  I can't see it, but I hope you can.

Nope.

Pingu

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T42

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Dramamine shares just went up.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight