 Re: Into the storm
I lived throught the storm of 87 frightened me, I was a young mother left with alone with no electricity with a small child. Guess where I am now...the Outer Hebrides and those winds are normal now to me. Though when I hear that whoopping sound...only ever heard before in 87, I do feel a little nervous. The winds were reaching 60mph here last night.....we have just had about 2 hours of torrential rain. Tonight is supposed to be mean speeds of 60 mph with gusts that means of 80mph.
The good news we don't have any trees to fall down, they don't grow!! The wind is measured as follows:
25mph plant in garden waves about
35mph lamp posts start to shake
45mph letter box starts to rattle - shops sell out of bread and milk no ferry
55mph wheelie bins gone - schools close as causeways dangerous to cross
65mph roof tiles lift and thump down making it impossible to sleep
70mph strange whooping noise
80mph roof tiles on floors, sheep all over the town (fence blown down)
90mph no electricity, no food and seaweed blown miles in.
We don't have rivers to flood here the grounds gets over satuated and runs down roads, enters lochs which in turn floods the ground and starts all over again until it gets to the sea.
Why am I here........pass the sun tan lotion, sunglasses and passport.  |