Hurricanes in the UK? What is this madness!?

[Alnitak]

I don't agree. Bristol is a lovely city.

I agree. Looks quite nice. But I've never been there.

 

[Sausy]

Glad things weren't as bad as they could be, even with the localized severe weather, and damage. Sad there are casualties, but that's why mother nature can be so capriciously cruel and unfair. The wind gusts are nothing to scoff at, 70-90MPH knocking trees down, power lines even in the absence otherwise of severe weather... just glad things weren't worse. Better play it up too much than dismiss it and a catastrophe occurs.
About Sandy by the time it got to New Jersey the rainfall and the wind weren't so much of the problem as its course and coming around high tide... the flooding off the ocean caused almost all of the damage.

 

[talbot57]

There were high winds in the East of London. At 7.30 this morning I heard a loud bang. My neighbours tall conifer had come down. Has taken part of my garden with it. As it came down it lifted fences, moved an outbuilding 6 foot and fell onto another outbuilding. A third outbuilding is now about 3 ft off the ground as the earth has lifted. Thankfully it missed houses. But plenty of clearing up to do. I have two tall conifers which were close to the one that came down, don't know how mine survived. I have decided to have them removed, it was a nervous time watching them bend this morning.

 

[Adrock-JD]

Stay safe, UK people. I did an extra jack off this morning to relieve my stress over this. Okay, I probably would've done that anyway but I digress.

 

[Sausy]

There were high winds in the East of London. At 7.30 this morning I heard a loud bang. My neighbours tall conifer had come down. Has taken part of my garden with it. As it came down it lifted fences, moved an outbuilding 6 foot and fell onto another outbuilding. A third outbuilding is now about 3 ft off the ground as the earth has lifted. Thankfully it missed houses. But plenty of clearing up to do. I have two tall conifers which were close to the one that came down, don't know how mine survived. I have decided to have them removed, it was a nervous time watching them bend this morning.

Glad you're okay Talbot... this is what I mean about the wind gusts being nothing to scoff at. A lot of times it's fortunate no severe damage occurs, or more injuries or fatalities... sometimes though the worst happens. Just glad you're safe and the storm has wound down and passed off but oftentimes in its wake the winds still remain fierce for awhile.

 

[star-warrior]

Apart from the rattling and the pitter patter of raindrops, its not been that bad here. None of the slates were making any noises this time around, so I guess it was just a mild rain storm, rather than a bad gale/hurricane.

 

[gsdx]

I have decided to have them removed, it was a nervous time watching them bend this morning.

The ones that bend are the ones most likely to stay up. If they survived those winds, they will survive them again if such winds pay you another visit. I wouldn't chop them down if I were you.

 

[LeicsDom]

The ones that bend are the ones most likely to stay up. If they survived those winds, they will survive them again if such winds pay you another visit. I wouldn't chop them down if I were you.

Pine trees are probably the least likely to be blown over. Pine wood is very wet and springy

 

[cgymike]

I don't agree. Bristol is a lovely city.

Well maybe now...was last there in 1977 during the bad times...the squalor of that place was unreal and the people very aggressive and nasty.

 

[Midgar]

We've had a bit of rain up here. That's about it

 

[paulo999]

This shows the nice bits: Georgian houses and the famous Clifton Suspension Bridge; the scummy part is out of picture.

I agree. Looks quite nice. But I've never been there.

 

[unloadonme]

Every city has its "scummy" parts. Bristol is no exception, but anyone who thinks that Bristol's bad should try somewhere like Birmingham or Manchester.

 

[HoodedRat]

I was merely trashing Bristol for throwaway 'comedic' purposes.

For the record, I consider Bristol (the proper two-thousand-year-old city in England, not one of these other modern-day name-stealers) to be, for the most part, a beautiful place. I was born here and I have chosen to live here for most of my life thus far.

 

[star-warrior]

I was merely trashing Bristol for throwaway 'comedic' purposes.

For the record, I consider Bristol (the proper two-thousand-year-old city in England, not one of these other modern-day name-stealers) to be, for the most part, a beautiful place. I was born here and I have chosen to live here for most of my life thus far.

Why are 'bristols' associated with mammary glands?

 

[Alnitak]

This shows the nice bits: Georgian houses and the famous Clifton Suspension Bridge; the scummy part is out of picture.

Fair enough...

My city has decayed industrial and residential areas as well.

 

[HoodedRat]

Cockney rhyming slang: Bristol City = titty. Therefore, Bristols = tits