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We had stronger gusts than Sunday, but for a shorter period of time. Hope everyone is safe and we're set for a boring period of weather! Max gust 56mph. No obvious damage, thankfully despite the direction of the wind. WSW usually wins the battle with my fence
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The Odiham gusts were very local given that stations 30 miles either side returned maximum wind speeds in the low 50s
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Yep. The NE took a proper smashing in the early hours. Loftus is incredibly exposed, but my family live about 10 miles away. Looking at their damage this morning I'd say their gusts may have been in the low 60s
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Exactly my thoughts- hence my rant! Odiham isn't a million miles from me- but just because we didn't experience winds to that extent doesn't mean they didn't happen
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Like I said in my post, a lot of maintenance is done overnight and many workers will be responding to emergency calls e.g loss of power, trying to keep main road and rail routes clear, fire,ambulance, etc. However, there comes a point when it's too risky to do anything and the red is issued. Winds along the East coast really escalated in the early hours and it was the right thing to do to prevent loss of life
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Just a reminder that a lot, maybe most, of our maintenance staff/ oncall responders will be working at night (2 of my family members are maintenance shift workers). The red warning will be mostly geared at those who are responding to possibly stand down until the wind abates. For most of us,tucked up in our beds, it matters not a jot if we've headed earlier warnings and battened down the hatches.. They're not issued for fun- lives are at risk and these warnings save lives. I'm thankful this was a Sunday evening/night event and that our overworked emergency services weren't pulled to breaking point. Maybe the metO should just go back to issuing alerts to them and not the public if they're going to get such negative responses from us I'm sorry this happened to you. I hope you and your animals are safe and recover quickly
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Same here. Mercifully Henk was very short lived, but he caused chaos. I agree, there's a lot of "Told you it'd be better/ worse than it was". Maybe people need to remind themselves the warnings are for the emergency services to make plans and not for Joe Bloggs' opportunity to take pictures of the sea in hurricane force winds!
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Huge thanks to you, your colleagues and everyone else who was looking after us on a foul night.
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I'm going to have a quick rant because I am fed up of seeing the same moans after an event like last night. First of all,I hope everyone is safe. It's pretty obvious scooting around the forums that there's been a significant amount of damage overnight and some areas are more badly affected than others. However, it's been a pretty nationwide event, even imby where we got away relatively lightly. However, I get really cheesed off with people who tell us this was a non event ( this is in general) and use it as an excuse to beat the models/metO/ other keen forcasters on here. Forecasting isn't an exact science and that's what makes it fun. The clue is in the name. So, if you got away Scot free last night, pethaps be greatful it didn't pan out as forecast. There's a lot of upset, cold and worried people across the country about to start a clear up/ attempt to get to work/ check in on families. Just because it didn't happen in your back garden doesn't mean it didn't happen. Be greatful and maybe extend a little thought and sympathy to those who are facing a pretty crappy day.
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Sorry- repeat post
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Tayto? Best crisps in the world!.Not available outside ROI. Back on topic, don't think we've topped Henk's windspeeds yet,but in terms of longevity could have more impact. That is only local, obviously.
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Minimum Temperature Watch 2023-2024 season
Frosty hollows replied to damianslaw's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
I can confirm Benson. -10.3 IMBY. Don't know why I don't post more in here! Probably because we don't really raise our eyebrows until it goes into double figures!