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Morning all
I went into my bank (Santander) the other day and they've set up my bank account card so I can use it free of charge anywhere in the world and their new credit card also is free of charge anywhere. Sounds to good to be true so I'm going to ask about that again to make sure. I'm also going to take a few days supply of dollers with me before I start using any cards.
I've a Sony HDCX105 camcorder and space for around 10 hours of video footage and I've also bought a FUJI FinePix S9600 digital camera, I still need to buy the memory cards for this though. I was thinking about getting a tripod for the digital camera but I might just hang on now until we go to Radioshack or Walmart as mentioned by Paul and John.
Just wondered what people's thoughts are on the camera/camcorder I'm taking with me.
Can anyone please advise me on the Remote Cable that seems to be pretty essential for taking pics. Basically I know nothing about them.
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Surely if I go to the States and get covered for injury or death by accidentally bumping into a Tornado that;s OK...Isn't it?
oR does it specifically need to stait StormChase cover..
Any thought's.....as these big companies seem to be making a killing in money to do with this subject.
I just went with Go Walkabout and got their Storm Chasing First Class cover. I also added baggage cover and cover for my camcorder and it cost me about £122. I know that maybe sounds a lot but with me being a novice in this area of insurance I've just played it safe! I think the quote I got without the baggage and camcorder cover was £93.
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Some footage on the BBC as well : http://news.bbc.co.u...cas/8557015.stm
It's also made it in the headlines on bbc news at 1pm. Just waiting for it to come on now.
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I just want to say my thanks to Ian for organising a great weekend. It was also a great chance to finally meet up with everyone and put names to faces.
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Not going to be a problem for me. I'm in Manchester at 8:45
Well my train gets in to Manchester at 0925 just means an early start and a good fry up anywhere you want to visit before we head to the hotel in the afternoon
Ian
I should be in Manchester for about 11 if the trains running on time.
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Hiya Andy,
sorry for not getting on this sooner have been pre-occupied work and stuff but we are getting there I am going to have a gander at what hotels we can find and will post something up in the next few days.
People can you let me know how many of you have already booked at the jurys inn so I know how many rooms to look for many thanks
Ian
Thanks Ian, i'll keep my eye on this thread for any details.
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I get covered with the airline Im traveling with for loss of luggage ect...
Then get separate Insurance for hospital care and doctor's bill's and equipment..
Through direct line.
Thats how it was last time
Thanks Pat,
I'm aiming to get the insurance sorted out this weekend.
I've got alot going on here at moment. Its maybe not the best time to decide to move house while trying to organsie everything for a storm chase!!
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I got a single trip quote for £41. (I don't get out much LOL)
I've been on the directline site and got the same quote.
The only thing that I'm kind of unsure about is:
- We need normal travel insurance as you would normally take out for a holiday + the specific Storm Chasing insurnace on top of that.
Am I right in thinking that's what we need to arrange.
Please advise.
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That's 4 of us on the BA flight out of Heathrow on the 27 April if I counted right!! I'll be getting a flight down from Newcastle earlier on that morning though.
My uncle has a Fujifilm FinePix S9600 for sale. Would anyone recommend this camera to do the job? I'm also looking at buying a HD camcorder but I can't decide what to get!!
Out of curiosity what kind of camera's/camcorders is everyone looking at? Any recommendations are welcome!! My knowledge on camera's and camcorder's is not the best!!
Just another thing which I'm planning on sorting out in the next 2 weeks is the Insurance and Visa. Has anyone still to sort out thier Insurance/visa's?
15 weeks today and I'll be on the chase!!!
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Various weather sites including this one are giving the latest temperature reading in Carlisle to be between -10 and -11.5 as of 20:00hrs!! But the temperature hasn't got above 0 for about 4 or 5 days here now. Our local newspaper reported the temperature was as low as -19 in an area of Carlisle the other night. I'm not surprised when the following morning people came into work saying the car readings were showing -13 to -15 at 8am!!
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Andy
I will phone Ian up and find out about rooms for you etc
Cheers
Paul S
That'll be great if you can Paul.
Thanks
Andy
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I've just tried to book a room for the Manchester meet up on 27th Feb but its saying rooms not currently available in the Jury's for what I want.
I'm just wondering if there is anyone else who's planning on going but haven't booked a room yet?
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I've just noticed this thread now.
But you can definitely count me in for that weekend.
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Just been to look at the rivers caldew and Eden and WOWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!
I bet there will be some flooding whne the tide comes in, the caldew sounded like thunder :S
A helicopter has flown over my house, must be checking the Eden and Caldew now from above.
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I've just got back in and they were a lot of people looking over the bridges in Carlisle at the River Eden and I also noticed that they seem to be a gathering of Land Rovers etc outside the castle maybe in case of flooding in the city. It looked like they were on standby maybe in case the River Caldew floods because I don't think the flood defences have been completed for this river. It's still raining here but not very heavy.
The RAF have been called in to help resuce 200 people from the main street in Cockermouth and the water is still rising. High tide not until early hours.
Sky News has live coverage on now from Cockermouth. I wouldn't like to think what its like in the surrounding areas around the town. I only walked down the main street in Cockermouth last week.
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Is the flooding quite extensive in parts(widespread) or very local...
How is your area doing Andy seeing as you are in Cumbria.
It looks like the Cockermouth and Keswick areas are worst hit towns, dogs. Been some flooding down in Kendal as well. It looks like the flooding is quite widespread throughout the county but particularly the Lake District region. The train line is closed from Carlisle to Whitehaven because the line is under a foot of water at Aspatria which is in north west of the county. The surrounding area outside Carlisle had roads closed yesterday for flooding and some were only passible where the River Eden flows near by.
I think in the morning it will become clearer how extensive the flooding has been throughout the county.
- The Met Office has said that Seathwaite, near Keswick, recorded 173mm (6.8in) of rain in the 24 hours up to 11am today.
Over the same period, 71.6mm (2.8in) of rain fell on Shap, 64.2mm (2.5in) on Keswick and 57.8mm (2.3in) on Eskdalemuir in Dumfries and Galloway.
An extra 75-100mm (3-3.9in) of rain is expected over parts of Cumbria, western parts of Scotland and north Wales by midday tomorrow, the Met Office said.
The higher fells of Cumbria could experience another 150mm (5.9in) of rain.
I've just got the above details from our local paper website.
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god thats nasty Andy..
Still raining there at prsent..
I think the front is now trying to swing East
It's still raining here but we had a dry few hours this afternoon in Carlisle. The river is full but most of the flood defences are in place now. They might get their first real test later tonight though depending how much water they is come through from further up stream.
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I like Image 7. Why do the police always think they can drive through floods?
The others look pretty bad though, I cant even begin to imagine what it would be like to get flooded, thankfully theres a huge mud bank along the River Taff where I live.
Picture 4 is looking over Lake Windermere. It's look likes it's overflowed with the amount of rain that's fell today, quite amazing to think that. The big building in the middle usually has the lake right behind it and to this near side. By the looks of the picture the bank of the lake has been submerged.
More heavey rain and strong winds forecast for Saturday. Not good!
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Pictures of flooding in Cumbria
Here's some pictures taken from the county today showing the flooding.
It's also raining heavily again in Carlisle.
Hope this link works!
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The rain in Carlisle this morning reminded me of the day before the city got flooded a few years ago but it hasn't rained in Carlisle much since about 1pm. With the River Eden starting in the south of Cumbria at Appleby there maybe a lot of water to flow through the river in Carlisle yet in the next 24hrs.
Just looked on our local paper website and Cockermouth's main street is knee deep and rising. Shops, hotels and pubs all flooded.
And Keswick also has been hit by flooding. Not looking good in that part of the county.
I'll try and get a the picture of Cockermouth's main street on here now showing the flooding.
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Just a few little thoughts about next year!!
Has anyone any tips on what kind of camera/video camera you need to have to get the best shots?
How much film/video would you need to have with you for the 10 days? I don't want to run out because that would be my worst nightmare!!!
Any advice on these thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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crank up the volume
That storm looks absolutely amazing. Great video.
Its gonna be an experience of a life time seeing those storms at first hand next year.
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Hey Tom and Andy and Others
Yes we will be using the Same Base Hotel we always Use which is the Best Western in Irving (DFW) And if you need to Address then just Pm either myself or Paul, although this will all be sent to you in the Information Pack that Paul sends out.
Cheers
Paul S
Thanks for the info Paul.
Andy
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Hi Andy
I booked my insurance with "Go walk about" 0845 3450 327 they do a storm chasing cover. Ross came on the tour this year and got his through Dirct on line. Yoy could get quote from both. Also don't forget you need to apply for an on line visa. You will need the address for the motel in Dallas for that. I assume it will be the same as this year. You may need to confirm that with Paul Sherman.
Tom
Hi Tom
That's great, thanks very much for the info and pointing me in the right direction.
Andy
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Thanks for the info Paul. I'll lookout for the updates.
Cheers
Andy