Tie stuff down

[matty40s]

Latest satellite picture, the jetstream is going to force it Southwards from now on.

[tree monkey]

5 minutes ago, matty40s said:

Latest satellite picture, the jetstream is going to force it Southwards from now on.

All I see is a lot of cloud, which it is I suppose but what are we looking at in this context?

[matty40s]

The wind chart for tommorow.

 

1 minute ago, tree monkey said:

All I see is a lot of cloud, which it is I suppose but what are we looking at in this context?

 

Match it to the rainfall radar...

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[magnetman]

Its going to get serious if we get to the letter M for named storms this season. 

 

 

One wonders what Mike El Fish would have called the 1987 hurricane if he at the time had recourse to first names. 

 

 

[MoominPapa]

12 minutes ago, tree monkey said:

 

Similar, the additional solar and batteries are going on next year, we are also on a well but unfortunate that needs electricity for the pump, got bottled as a back up, coal stocked and a winters worth of firewood in the store, funnily enough just got in from cutting and stacking the winter after next firewood, I've got a load of Ash for next winter still to be processed 

It was the well that persuaded me to get the batteries and an inverter meaty enough to start the well pump. A few days in front of a roaring stove with some lights and computers powered from a little Honda would be fine with water supply, but no water is a bear. We have a booster pump too, so you can't even get water from the loft tank faster than a trickle without power.

 

I envy your homegrown wood supply: I have to buy my sticks from a bloke called Brian and supplement with prunings from the garden trees. I did score a load of old joists from a nearby house renovation one year: loads of handmade nails in the ash pan after that was burnt.

 

MP.

10 minutes ago, matty40s said:

The wind chart for tommorow.

 

 

Woah! That's a very _intense_ magenta right on top of us!

 

MP.

[tree monkey]

13 minutes ago, magnetman said:

Its going to get serious if we get to the letter M for named storms this season. 

 

 

One wonders what Mike El Fish would have called the 1987 hurricane if he at the time had recourse to first names. 

 

 

 

Does anyone know who rang in the warning to Mr Fish about the storm that he so embarrassingly debunked on air?

[MoominPapa]

7 minutes ago, tree monkey said:

 

Does anyone know who rang in the warning to Mr Fish about the storm that he so embarrassingly debunked on air?

I bet it was Matty.

 

MP.

[mrsmelly]

Lol, anyone would think it was the end of the World. All buses stopped here from midnight tonight, not that there are many lol. Xmas fair in high street tomorrow cancelled. Pub opens in ten minutes so I am off for a couple early doors just in case it gets blown away 😁

[magnetman]

44 minutes ago, tree monkey said:

 

Does anyone know who rang in the warning to Mr Fish about the storm that he so embarrassingly debunked on air?

The video on youtube says Mrs something but I don't recall the name. 

I think she might have called from Cornwall or something. 

[Mike Todd]

20 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:

Lol, anyone would think it was the end of the World. All buses stopped here from midnight tonight, not that there are many lol. Xmas fair in high street tomorrow cancelled. Pub opens in ten minutes so I am off for a couple early doors just in case it gets blown away 😁

Buses after 6 pm - what a luxurious world you live in!

[tree monkey]

1 minute ago, Mike Todd said:

Buses after 6 pm - what a luxurious world you live in!

Buses!

[GUMPY]

Buses to 11pm down here in Nth Devon.

I can easily go to the pub and get a bus home🤔

Edited December 6, 2024 by GUMPY
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[magnetman]

The storm naming scheme is all part of the dumbing down agenda. 

 

My girls are onto it. Last time it was a bit windy the younger unit said 'Papa, they say it is going to be a storm but did they forget that it is winter and also England?'

 

 

[MoominPapa]

Met Éireann has just upgraded us to red. Don't think I've ever been in a red weather warning before. The Walking Club Christmas dinner has been cancelled, and those guys think nothing of tramping up Mount Leinster in a white-out. Gonna be a wild night!

 

MP.

Edited December 6, 2024 by MoominPapa

[magnetman]

It might be the dumbing down. Tell people to expect the worst then they are relieved when it doesn't happen.

 

Or insurance. 

 

I wonder if insurance companies have infected weather forecasts. 

 

Ambulance chasers and all that jazz. 

 

[Tonka]

5 minutes ago, magnetman said:

It might be the dumbing down. Tell people to expect the worst then they are relieved when it doesn't happen.

 

Or insurance. 

 

I wonder if insurance companies have infected weather forecasts. 

 

Ambulance chasers and all that jazz. 

 

Only thing wrong with that is if you tell them it is going to be really bad and then it isn't. They will not take any notice next time you tell them it is bad

[Ken X]

2 hours ago, tree monkey said:

 

Does anyone know who rang in the warning to Mr Fish about the storm that he so embarrassingly debunked on air?

Wasn't a Mrs Trellis of North Wales by any chance? 🙂

[Mike Tee]

No, an Irish lady by the name of Tramp O'Line

[bizzard]

2 hours ago, magnetman said:

Its going to get serious if we get to the letter M for named storms this season. 

 

 

One wonders what Mike El Fish would have called the 1987 hurricane if he at the time had recourse to first names. 

 

 

Biggles probably.

[Stroudwater1]

The National Trust shut everything down at 50mph or more predicted winds now and then have a walk around with  full check before opening the next day.

 

Guess where we were walking tomorrow 🙄

Stay safe all! 
 

[matty40s]

2 hours ago, tree monkey said:

 

Does anyone know who rang in the warning to Mr Fish about the storm that he so embarrassingly debunked on air?

He actually made that up!!

[mrsmelly]

Lol. My fone just went off flashing and buzzing with a government warning to stay in the house as red alert danger to life 🤣 just left the pub, maybe I should go back to be safe!! Anyone else get the safety alert on your fone?

[Tonka]

Just had the government alert come on my phone to tell me about the red weather warning for our area

[Rob-M]

We've just had the warning alert and raining here.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:

Lol. My fone just went off flashing and buzzing with a government warning to stay in the house as red alert danger to life 🤣 just left the pub, maybe I should go back to be safe!! Anyone else get the safety alert on your fone?

Nope, I was in Beverley earlier on and the putvthe flood barrier in for Beverley Beck. Jayne was coming up to Beverley for the Christmas festival, however the weather is appalling this weekend so I have come back to New Whittington instead. Its a shame as it promised to be good but I suspect it will be cancelled