Highlandladdie Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Everything tied down, generator ready and whisky out! Just waiting on the big blow now. Anyone else preparing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta06 Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 All safe down South. Hoping your night passes safely too :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZ550Kevlar Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Yup we prepared by evacuating Scotland. Company chartered private plane to fly us out. Now safely back in Quiet non windy Kent in front of a warm fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandladdie Posted January 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Yup we prepared by evacuating Scotland Ha ha! Hopefully not as bad as forecast, starting to pick up now. Peak for us to be about 1-2am. Quite a bit of Scotland affected. At least there are no trees to blow over here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Its starting to pick up a bit here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew f Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Thought you scots loved bad weather? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Just starting to blow a bit here too but not expecting like they are in Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpy69 Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) Wind just started to pick up here, stove closed right off but still going like a furnace. We're supposed to miss the worse of it but still put chainsaw and straps in the car just in case. Edited January 8, 2015 by stumpy69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosswaters Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 we have a weekend arranged nr Portpatrick this weekend goose shooting on the splashes so got the lead boots oot for the trip, haha if it goes t1ts up then The crown hotel Portpatrick will be a good night/nights {booked in two nights) get in !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Everything tied down, generator ready and whisky out! Just waiting on the big blow now. Anyone else preparing? If you will choose to live at that godforsaken end of the Island what do you expect we tend not to get bad weather in my part of the world Wiltshire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 My old man lost the back half of his roof luckily it missed his car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 100 mph winds up there. That's pretty strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Blooming strong here in midlands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Blowing a hoolie all night with all rail suspended and the roads are pretty horrendous with many trees down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 we have a weekend arranged nr Portpatrick this weekend goose shooting on the splashes so got the lead boots oot for the trip, haha if it goes t1ts up then The crown hotel Portpatrick will be a good night/nights {booked in two nights) get in !!! i am about 8 miles south of portpatrick and it not to bad this morning , the crown is a great wee pub there should be some foot tapping music played over the weekend in the pub . good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novice cushie shooter Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Just a wee breeze....on the upside it kept the fifers out for a few hours!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Just a wee breeze....on the upside it kept the fifers out for a few hours!! Hey, what's wrong with those from the Kingdom? It was a wee bit windy over the water from you last night, taking the dogs out this morning was fun with wind blown branches strewn everywhere, but nothing more really than a good winter blow. A few years ago we had a sting jet that blew down around 5000 trees where I was walking this morning, so in comparison last night was mild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novice cushie shooter Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Hey, what's wrong with those from the Kingdom? It was a wee bit windy over the water from you last night, taking the dogs out this morning was fun with wind blown branches strewn everywhere, but nothing more really than a good winter blow. A few years ago we had a sting jet that blew down around 5000 trees where I was walking this morning, so in comparison last night was mild. ;-) ha ha its not that bad. Havent seen any trampolines rolling around yet! I was nightshift last night ans it was at its worst about 3am! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) Haha the trampoline video was excellent, "oh my god, trampoline, trampoline!!, oh ya pig! ". That was the same storm (hurricane bawbag) that blew down so many trees near me. We sit in a little bit of an exposed corridor for westerly & easterly winds and around 750ft so tend to catch a fair skelp of wind, some wheelie bins blew over last night and plenty of tree litter, but that was it. The trampoline video for the benefit of others. Edited January 9, 2015 by grrclark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Can someone translate that garble into English please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Hah that is an all time classic video in weather folklore in Scotland now when hurricane Bawbag swept through the central belt with awesome results. Our factory gatehouse ended up on its roof, it is around 10ft square and weighed 2 tonnes, it obviously wasn't fastened down very well and cartwheeled through 180'. In the same westerly gust (97mph) we had 7 double glazed window panels blow out on the south facing wall of the factory. Sadly we didn't have a trampoline blow past, although I had a wee 6x4 fabric greenhouse tent thing that blew over the top of the neighbours house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guss109 Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Been really windy up here. I'm on my first call out to two conis that decided to let go in the wind and just miss the gable end of a house. Bring it on I say as money in my pocket👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 The trampoline one was good the guy sounded Polish I thought but this one made me laugh out lowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novice cushie shooter Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Im more surprised bawbag gets past the swear filter! Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Im more surprised bawbag gets past the swear filter! Haha One to remember if you feel the need to use in future The trampoline one was good the guy sounded Polish I thought but this one made me laugh out lowed. That made me laugh too, top banana advertising by Greggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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