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    Hurricane Ophelia

    in Hurricanes, Cyclones and Extreme weather worldwide

    Posted · Edited by Ukwoody

    30 minutes ago, karlos1983 said:

    Idiots

    I could not believe my eyes. I took this picture this afternoon.  Not only is a woman holding a baby near the front, there is another letting her toddler lean through the railings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   What the hell is wrong with people?????????  They stayed there for some time. (Just to add the waves are 4 STORIES HIGH!)

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    Hurricane Ophelia

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    Posted · Edited by Ukwoody

    31 minutes ago, Fiona Robertson said:

    Right. Here's a prime example of what really annoys me. The BBC have a live page which is constantly updated. Down one side they have a summary. That summary mentions what's been happening in ROI and then we get this little gem. "Amber wind warnings are in place in Northern Ireland and in parts of Wales". No mention that parts of Scotland also have an amber warning. Anyone who looks to that live page for a quick summary will be misled. Thanks, English Broadcasting Corporation. Then again it's not as if the Met Office emphasised this until it was too late. They put out their amber warnings for parts of Wales and parts of Scotland AFTER the morning commute to work or school. I'm sorry to go on about this, but I'm really annoyed and seeing that BBC summary was the final straw.

     

     

     

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    Its alright, The BBC at lunchtime barely mentioned Wales, Then BBC Wales came on, warned of dangerous conditions in North Wales, spoke to a reporter in Bangor who didnt even mention Pembrokeshire other the the fact the Cleddau bridge was close partially closed. And was far more interest in Ireland!  Typical BBC, we dont exist here in West Wales, Even BBC Radio Wales went on and on about the M4 delays didnt say anything about us and just said if you know of any other problems let us know!

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    Hurricane Ophelia

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    5 minutes ago, Jen Beachcomber said:

    That's a bleeding shame, does no-one broadcast from the Narberth office anymore Ukwoody ?!  I used to love listening to the snow forecasts during 2010... "Hello this is Joyce here I just wanted to let you know we have about 1" in Charles Street" ... "Hello this is Sharon here I just wanted to let you know it's snowing on the A40 between Narberth and Caneston Bridge the cars are sliding down the hill"  "This is Jane here and there are cars struggling to get up the road between Pembroke and Pembroke Dock, it's chaos cos nobody can get up the hill, just wanted to let you know" it was brilliant and you knew just what was happening in the county...  It would be a real shame if this didn't happen anymore... 

    Narberth is just a sales office now, with a spare studio (that Jim uses occasionally I believe). I tried to report an accident about 6 weeks back and the presenter wasn't interested and didn't know the A477 by Lewis Vauxhall garage was a main rd...  asked me if it got much traffic there... sigh.

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    Hurricane Ophelia

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    7 minutes ago, Jen Beachcomber said:

    Hi coldfingers1 I live in Pembroke, At the most we will get 70+ mph wind gusts more so on the coast than in Pembroke Dock, Trees may come down and as I recall for the last time we had storms this intense we kept our power and were ok. By Tuesday we will at the most be "mopping up" I sympathise with your worry, I'm sure your folks will be fine and if they want to listen to whats going on to tune into Radio Pembrokeshire, it's brilliant for when a storm is coming in. It's going to get a bit blustery for a while tomorrow and the Cleddau Bridge will probably shut. I'm sure they will be safe. I certainly don't want to make light of the situation but I'm sure we'll all be ok, just inconvenienced. Me (the mad bugger that I am) am planning to go down Freshwest to see what the storm surge brings... Hugs to you x 

    Jen, just for info.  Radio Pembs now broadcast from Cardiff, and their news is now produced and presented by a company in Leeds!  They are very tardy in responding to information.  

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    Hurricane Ophelia

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    2 minutes ago, Man With Beard said:

    I recall Monday 12th Feb 2014. The 00Z models were screaming for a red warning for S Wales. They only gave one at 10am. By which time everyone was at school/work, so too late! 

    I just hope they aren't going the same way this time.

    I don't question their expertise, but I have questioned their assessment of risk, and unfortunately I'm doing it again now. Why take the risk?

    Whilst I do agree with you, really they are on a hiding to nothing.  If they issue one and nothing really happens (like with say, snow) then Joe Public gets peed off and takes less and less notice of them.  If they issue one too late people moan they werent told.  The other thing to bear in mind is that as soon as it goes Amber, HUGE forces of emergency plans are put into operation with Millionss of pounds worth of manpower being put on standy by.  If they then get it wrong people want their blood!  I worked on an LNG gas plant for a while. An Amber alert would mean partial shutdown, maintenance stopped etc etc.

      

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    Hurricane Ophelia

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    Posted · Edited by Ukwoody

    51 minutes ago, BREIFMAN11 said:

    Flocks of sparrows, tits and even a blackbird coming to check out the fuss, all arrived at my bird feeder which has been practically inactive for the past few weeks! Birds must be able to sense a storm long before we'd ever see it for our own eyes.

     

    8 minutes ago, Polar Bear said:

    Funny you say that... a flock of geese flew over going north, as to a flutter of sparrows...in about the same half hour. 

    Actually it is interesting as when I got out of my van about 15 mins ago, there were literally approximately 200 Crows landing on the sheltered side of the roof to the flats where I live. Never ever seen so many here before. Blooming Racket too LOL.  So yes I do wonder if they are sensing something.

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    Hurricane Ophelia

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    4 minutes ago, crimsone said:

    In terms this lass from the Valleys believes that others from the Valleys would understand: The Met Office has a responsibility to ensure that there's bread on the shelves and milk in the fridges. It doesn't take a lot to kick off a panic buying spree.

    Build into it, and people are used to the idea and take it more seriously. Go straight for the amber warning, and all hell breaks loose both before and after.

    Crimsone, I think thats a bit unfair and condescending towards the lady in question!

    Hurricane Ophelia

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    4 minutes ago, benb said:

    Any SW facing beach in Pembs is going to have exceptionally large swell Monday into Tuesday, probably peaking after dark on Monday evening. Freshwater West being the most exposed of these; Newgale probably 2nd best (road may be closed along seafront). Having said that, large autumn surf isn't unusual in these places, so impact may be less spectacular.

    If you're looking for impact, maybe Wiseman's Bridge to Amroth/Pendine might be a good place. I've seen the road E of Amroth literally washed away after the 2014(?) storm/s.

    High-tide is late afternoon.

    Agreed. Newgale is one of my all time favourite views and beaches, but with the pebble bank there, you probably wont see the big smashing breakers.  Wisemans Bridge should be good though.

     

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    Model Output Discussion 01/09/17

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    HI all, some guidence please. Getting a tad confused here with all the lows ,lol   . We are still expecting a sigificant low pressure on sunday, Yes?   More importantly for me, In West Wales  (Tenby area) what sort of wind/weather/sea states likely to be on sunday morning, say 10 ish please.  We have a major sporting event on (Iron Man Wales) and I'm trying to keep some of my own followers up dated as best as possible.

    Many thanks for your help

    Woody

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