The wind...

[FifeingEejit]

Bit blowy here the day, bridge down to cars only so that's >60mph

Antiquated building has harmonicas for window vents though, currently looking for some way of getting the building condemned so I can go home, any ideas?

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[Mr Larrington]

Bit blowy here the day, bridge down to cars only so that's >60mph

Antiquated building has harmonicas for window vents though, currently looking for some way of getting the building condemned so I can go home, any ideas?

Strategically-placed petril and a Zippo?

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Bethany (11): IT WEREN'T ME!!1!

[CarlF]

Bit blowy here the day, bridge down to cars only so that's >60mph

Antiquated building has harmonicas for window vents though, currently looking for some way of getting the building condemned so I can go home, any ideas?

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Suspicion that Asbestos has been discovered is traditional for antiquated NHS buildings isn't it?

[FifeingEejit]

I'd need to accidentally on purpose put a hole in the ceiling or wall

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[CommuteTooFar]

On Tuesday there was a lot bin bags flying around.  So much for the council claiming the bags were waited.  The papers bags were mostly Ok provided you sheltered them behind the glass box. The cans and plastic bottle bag is obviously too lightweight. Very few of them stayed where they were put. I put everything out the night before.  When I got up the paper bags at moved a few feet.  The can and plastic bottles  bag was 20m down the road. I collected my bags and the spilled debris and some that did not belong to me. I then placed them more securely. When the bin lorry arrived I rushed to grab my bags before the empty bags disappeared. My next door neighbour's bag were blown up the road.

[FifeingEejit]

Due to the positioning of my wheelie bins they either:
Go for a walk into the fence or get pinned against the wall and fall over.

I still need to practice hiding it behind the hedge on bin days such that neither Westerly nor Northerly can shove it over.
Easterly will be a problem, might need to use a neeburs hedge

[Feanor]

I lost the cowl from the lum of my outdoor pizza oven.

It took me an hour to find it: I'd almost given up, expecting it to fetch up somewhere in Stonehaven when I unexpectedly came across it.
It had been blown over the roof of the nearby summerhouse, and landed in some rough ground beyond!

[Mr Larrington]

Romain Bardet joak goes here ==>

[FifeingEejit]

I lost the cowl from the lum of my outdoor pizza oven.

It took me an hour to find it: I'd almost given up, expecting it to fetch up somewhere in Stonehaven when I unexpectedly came across it.
It had been blown over the roof of the nearby summerhouse, and landed in some rough ground beyond!

This sounds a lot like my one and only attempt at Golf.

[campagman]

12 polycarbonate panes were blown out of the greenhouse. A neighbor had collected up 7. We found 4 panes scattered around the site. So are missing 1. I think the problem was gaps where the wind blows in and blows the panes out. Maybe.

[ElyDave]

they flex in and the wind gets underneath them, or they bow out on the negative pressure side and get sucked out from under the clips.  When I had polycarbonate, I also ran a silicon bead around the aperture, with improved things.

[andrewc]

https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/polar-vortex-2022-north-atlantic-storm-bomb-cyclone-mk/

[quixoticgeek]

Replaced the plastic that goes round the balcony to protect the plants from the wind. The previous lot lasted 25 years before the storms of last weekend destroyed it. I hope this lot last a similar length of time.

J

[mrcharly-YHT]

Ridiculous winds yesterday. Gusting up to 70mph. 

We have a load of grey willow in the garden. They grow well here, but they are a weak tree.

Three of them have half ripped out of the ground. I'm going to try cutting them back to near ground level, see if they regrow ok. If so, I'll keep them low and small, sort of coppicing.

[Flite]

We have a lot of native and introduced willows on the riverbanks.
As well as removing wind damage, we routinely cut some down to the ground to let new growth thrive. Many look better coppiced, and another advantage is that the younger shoots don't flower and seed everywhere!
A mix of older tall plants for singing posts and seeds for the birds, and lower coppiced plants for cover for small mammals and inverts as well as birds is good.
I'm sure you know that if you want more willows, just stick the cut branches in situ and stand back.

[TimC]

I used to have a bat willow plantation on a water meadow. In (I think) 2013 or 14 we had a big storm which knocked over about 20 trees, which were about 17-18 years old by then and pretty lanky. Made a hell of a mess. But the big shame was a really old weeping willow on the boundary which lost its top 40-50ft. It looked really sad afterwards. Surprisingly, all of the damage was above ground. None of the roots shifted.

[mrcharly-YHT]

We have a lot of native and introduced willows on the riverbanks.
As well as removing wind damage, we routinely cut some down to the ground to let new growth thrive. Many look better coppiced, and another advantage is that the younger shoots don't flower and seed everywhere!
A mix of older tall plants for singing posts and seeds for the birds, and lower coppiced plants for cover for small mammals and inverts as well as birds is good.
I'm sure you know that if you want more willows, just stick the cut branches in situ and stand back.

We were given some willow sticks to plant last year. Got them in a bit late, but even so, it is willow, right?

Only about 50% 'struck' and those produced a few pathetic leaves by the end of summer. Ground is wet, acidic and lacking in nutrients (constant rain, no soil depth will do that).

The soil depth above rock can be measured in inches. Much of the land around here has about a spade depth of soil before you hit rock.

[Flite]

Admittedly, the water table is high - it is a riverside!
It is also very rocky, but the willows hang on.

[andrewc]

It's not a named storm, but it's a tad breezy in Liverpool at the moment.  Doors rattling & there is something creaking. 

[Peter]

It's Liverpool FC.  Home defeat by Inter Milan is a bit of a shaker.

[spesh]

It's Liverpool FC.  Home defeat by Inter Milan is a bit of a shaker.

Nah, he just doesn't want to admit that he had an extra-hot lentil curry last night.

[Jurek]

I no longer have a fence at the bottom of my garden.
No matter.
It was overdue for replacement.
I've just saved Gary (my tame fencist) the trouble of taking it down.

So I've gone from this: (Viddy the old panels supine behind the bench)


To this:


In the space of two and a half weeks and £780.00

[Giraffe]

Saw a fence today, 3 - panels down - rotten posts, but the posts had been replaced with concrete posts and the wooden posts fastened to them. The concrete had snapped off at the bottom - must have been cheap posts, no sign of degraded concrete but also no rebar.

[Mrs Pingu]

I no longer have a fence at the bottom of my garden.
No matter.
It was overdue for replacement.
I've just saved Gary (my tame fencist) the trouble of taking it down.

So I've gone from this: (Viddy the old panels supine behind the bench)


To this:


In the space of two and a half weeks and £780.00

They look nice but holy carp, was that £780 for 2 panels?

You also have a lot of spray cans (paint?) in your shedde...

[Jurek]

I no longer have a fence at the bottom of my garden.
No matter.
It was overdue for replacement.
I've just saved Gary (my tame fencist) the trouble of taking it down.

So I've gone from this: (Viddy the old panels supine behind the bench)


To this:


In the space of two and a half weeks and £780.00

They look nice but holy carp, was that £780 for 2 panels?

You also have a lot of spray cans (paint?) in your shedde...

No, the entire span is 4850mm (Half of which is behind the shed, half of which you can see)
I've had new fenceposts concreted in.
The 'panels' are actually lengths of Tanalised decking dropped in to the slots.
You are looking at mostly 1 panel. Look closely - between the concrete posts is only one panel.
The cans in the shed contain a butane/propane mix.
There's also the best part of 5l of isopropyl alcohol in there .
Neither of which I'm overkeen on  storing in the house.