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Got some blue sky now

Thanks. I know they are all ok but hope they’ve not had any damage.

Around the Croydon area it is fairly calm and hardly any wind. The rain is relentless though. Hopefully I’ll hear from my family down near Eastbourne soon. if this had tracked further North, I feel we’d have had an 87. The nearest of misses (aside the coasts!)

Squall line lost its energy by the time it got here. Rain has stopped and wind much calmer

Very noisy now, gusts seem more frequent than on Friday. The last one came with a loud crash, so something’s been damaged locally.

Did a longer walk around the area today to see what damage had been done. Thankfully not much. No trees but a number of large branches and a few fences. For someone with a fascination for extreme weather, I sure picked an odd location to live in. Fairly low ground and sheltered. Similar to when there’s marginal snow, just a short stroll up the road, made a noticeable difference. The wind must be in a slightly different direction as the bigger gusts are much noisier than or Friday, despite being less strong. on a side note, I’ve muted my family WhatsApp as I can’t keep explaining why 87 wasn’t a hurricane and why other factors (lack of warning, middle of the night, time of year) made it so unusual. Ha! Noticed Southern Trains are now advising not travelling tomorrow and have a 50mph limit on trains that do run.

When was the last time we had winds like this in the SE? I’m thinking it was around 9 years ago? I know we’ve had a few storms since but I can’t recall the winds being at this strength