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23-05-2011, 12:35 PM
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| | | Fen Blow
In the Fens we have a phenomenon where the wind whips up dry Peat particularly when it has been dry for a while creating like a sand storm.
People have been killed by it. I have seen at 4 today driving my Train from Peterborough to Cambridge. Don't leave your washing out :-0 |
23-05-2011, 02:44 PM
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| | | Re: Fen Blow
Well theres a thing, I've never hear of Fen blow before, hope it doesn't reach Cheshire. Mind you we might get volcanic ash tomorrow!
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24-05-2011, 01:56 PM
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24-05-2011, 02:20 PM
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| | | Re: Fen Blow
That's bizarre I've not seen anything like it in the UK before!
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24-05-2011, 02:55 PM
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Wow. How do they die? Suffocation maybe? Absolutely amazing (eerie music too). |
24-05-2011, 04:37 PM
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I have seen sand blow near Scarborough and down in Shropshire, but not as bad as that.
Read "The Grapes of Wrath" for description of American dust storms.
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24-05-2011, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Deb London  eerie music too | Hi Deb 
Slightly off topic but.... YouTube - ‪03. Funeral Music For Perez Prado‬‏
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You would think if it was a fairly common occurrence that we'd have seen something about it on a documentary/nature programme etc.....maybe? 
Tracey
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24-05-2011, 07:25 PM
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| | | Re: Fen Blow
Yes ive found it odd too. I remember this in the local paper.. File:Little thetford tornado may 2005.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fens reminds me of the American Mid West.. Big Skies,sparse population,Freight trains...
Unique Wildlife too. A mecca for Berwick and Whooper Swans, Lapwings fill the farmland,Barn Owls cruise along the road boundaries... |
24-05-2011, 08:18 PM
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| | | Re: Fen Blow
It was evil out near Lakenheath Fen on Sunday - a real Fen Blow. Most birds had taken shelter and I can't say I blamed them!!! |
24-05-2011, 08:33 PM
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| | | Re: Fen Blow
I have seen and felt it from overworking arable fenland. Does this also happen naturally?
The problem here in The Far north is Volcanic ash again. It`s all over everything, it`s in our house, on the washing you name it. Volcanic ash is there.
There is a visible haze in the air just now. Maybe it will be good for the ground.
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