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Someone said something about looking for an 'erection' I saved this from a warning issued by the one only Met Office on 15th December

As a driver of a 7.5 tonne lorry with a 26ft long / 13ft high body, it is in my own interests to keep a check on up to the minute weather warnings. I have done this for the last 12 years. I start out in Manchester at 5pm every night and my first drop is in Darlington then Stockton, Leeds and back to Manchester. I was expecting it to be windy as forecasted and set out with this in mind. The trip across the M62 was easy enough, it was when I turned North onto the M1 and then further on the A1(M). From Wetherby onwards(the time now 6:30pm) the wind strength increased so much I was down to 35MPH, by the time I got to Darlington (8:30PM) I counted 6 articulated lorries on their side, 2 of which looked quite serious. The trip to Leeds is something I never want to drive in again. The wind had obviously increased with even stronger gusts. The chaos and mayhem I drove past was unbelieveable. Another 14 HGV's on their sides, the emergency services must be stretched to say the least. That was just the A1(M). The M62 had another 4 on their sides. Like others have said, inappropriate warnings for these areas tonight which I sincerely hope has'nt cost any lives. If I thought for one minute it was going to be as bad as it was, I would never have set out.

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Hi everyone, went out for a drive to the top of Ashworth Road in my home town of Heywood, Lancs. Its great for storm watching because you can see almost all of Greater Manchester. After taking some pics of the storm moving north over the region I set off home. From Ashworth Road I turned right onto Edenfield Road heading towards Rochdale, I stopped again when something caught my eye to my right(looking south). There were 2 funnel clouds no more than 1-2 miles away. It could be possible that 1 of these touched down, but because of the terrain around where I was its difficult to say. Dazmaster, you should know where I am talking about. Has anyone else seen anything approx where I was? Anyway I did manage to film this so I will get on with uploading it and see what everyone thinks.

I have just turned 40 yrs old, my take on this type of subject had always been 'I will believe it when I see it'. I live in Heywood, Lancs. Ashworth Valley is a part of Heywood renowned for its outstanding beauty, and is a place I regularly go to practice my photography. In August of 2009 whilst up Ashworth Road, as I was getting back into my car I saw something no more than 50 yards from me about 30 feet from the ground. My first reaction was to take a photograph, as I did so it started to make a loud mechanical whirring sound but did'nt appear to be moving anywhere. Adrenaline pumping, I just remember thinking I want to get out of here and go home. I still have the photo and have no intentions of sharing it until I see something similar. I don't know what it was I saw that night but seeing is believing. Does anyone remember the Alan Godfrey encounter in 1980? He did a TV documentary last year I think, for anyone who may need a more reliable source of information regarding this subject watch it. If the link does not work just type Alan Godfrey into YouTube.