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  1. Spikecollie
    We had one lovely, loud rumble of thunder in the Aire Valley on Monday evening and pea sized hail both then and Tuesday morning before we left. The storm season is approaching...
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    Same for here in France...giboulées de mars en program, temps up and down and round about!
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    Looking forward to getting back to our lake and watching for the tadders to emerge. Spring is such a life affirming season.
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    We had some convective cloudscapes in Limousin a couple of weeks ago and it was delightful to see. I too am looking forward to some good t-storms - and storm watching with my Collie baby!
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    Just met a lovely young couple from NY who had arrived in Paris and were held up at the RER station with me (mayhem due to a security alert at CDG!) They said they were so glad to have outrun the NE! Looks fun...
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    Some nice little cluster of storms breaking out in northern France at the moment...
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    I'm pretty happy with some rain. Our totals are very low here going into Spring/Summer. Some provisos: warm, dry days in between the rain; no deluges to wash out the plants/seeds; some T&L to make the rain worth it!
  8. Spikecollie
    Forgive the intrusion into your thread, but I am looking at them all at the moment to see what has been happening. Leaky "man caves" are not allowed. Get that roof fixed!
  9. Spikecollie
    The woman who died in Wolverhampton was only 29. RIP, poor lass... http://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-39068972 40,000 without power in East Anglia, 12,000 in Suffolk. Doris hit very far south...
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    Our refuse collectors over here are faultless, they leave your bin right where you left it. I've only had one instance of a disappearing bin in wind, it was last year, and a kindly neighbour who was up early put everyone's errant bins outside his house for "retrieval"!
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    Don't go checking! Unless you believe someone was sitting on it at the time...
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    Micro-chipping the bin is one answer, but that doesn't take account of the annoying refuse people who leave the damn things half way off the pavement and into the road when they could have tucked them well in...
  13. Spikecollie
    As with our recent storm, a lot of the trees that fell looked quite diseased, and weren't actually uprooted, but broke away at ground level. Shallow-rooted, weak specimens also tend to succumb The same with weak or diseased branches, the wind is nature's pruning tool for trees.
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    Someone else hit by debris in London and taken to hospital... http://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-39068972
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    I do, Moki!
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    That's pretty normal for LBA in windy conditions - but the first time I had one like that, many years ago, I was scared sh-witless! I now know that crabbed landings are well controlled and that if there's any doubt, the pilot will up and "go around" again and once again, then try somewhere else. Seems like a bit of the latter has been going on today. Not nice for some folks on board though.
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    OH just texted to say he put the bin out! He said it wasn't that bad yet...
  18. Spikecollie
    Never as bad taking off into the wind as landing in it. I am an LBA veteran! Eat that breakfast, you'll be fine!
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    Thanks for that, and I am thankful for that! My OH has his work leaving "do" tomorrow night, and although, happily, he is working at home tomorrow he still has to brave the vagaries of Northern rail in the afternoon! He will study the bus timetables, just in case...
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    Worried for my OH in the Aire Valley tomorrow, like he was for me during our recent storm. I hope everything is OK for all of you over there. We could have done without "Doris" this week of all weeks!
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    And so it should! I'll be having the same with our new incoming pup! Hope you get what you want for tomorrow, and none of what you don't!
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    Here we go: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39034050
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    Sorry for butting into your thread, but I'm looking at everyone's tonight in anticipation of tomorrow! What a lovely name for a dog! What breed is he? Dogs love the wind and ours have always seemed to get very exuberant in it. Snow - a physical and mental reverie! Stay safe though, all of you...
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    BA are usually the first to start cancelling flights. The springs of 2014 and 2015 (I think I have got that right) were a 'mare for frequent travellers.
  25. Spikecollie
    I wish they wouldn't use that phrase! I'd rather they stuck to "explosive cyclogenesis", even if people don't fully understand it. Anything with the word "bomb" is too sensationalist. Is Doris likely to undergo EC, by the way? Or do we just have to wait and see?
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