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Well, I'm lucky I got to work this morning (or unlucky? :D ) Loch Lomond has swollen by at least 60cm over the weekend, possibly more ... and the wind is blowing up waves I never thought I'd see on a body of inland water. Balmaha harbour is flooded and now the Loch has covered the road as well. And of course, with high winds and big waves comes debris. The road is covered in it.

I'm going home early this afternoon so I'm not driving in the dark, so if I get a chance I'll post a piccie of it. Dramatic doesn't begin to describe it.

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:LOL:

It's still pretty windy here as well, I could hear it all night and that's even over the jet-engine of the PC...

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Its when your telling your missus why Fido, aint come back...well dear...it was very windy, and Fido was a small dog....

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A feller just got blown off the main bridge here, most harsh.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4165489.stm

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worst thing so far is the tree at kent's cricket ground has been knocked over and died

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4164313.stm

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I'm hoping either that was tongue in cheek, or that you didn't read Bifta's link - the lorry driver that was blown off the bridge fell several hundred feet to his death. :(

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Sorry, is that an attempt at humour? Have a little compassion, boy.

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yes it was tongue in cheek.. i hadn't read the link from Bifta's post..

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Latest weather reports suggest much worse is to come tonight, especially in Northern Ireland and Scotland. Batten down the hatches.

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I take it thats the new bridge they are referring to in the report?

I saw the weather forcast this morning and the Met Office reckons on gusts upto 80 - 100 mph tonight in western Scotland, the Western Isles and N.I. Glad I dont have anywhere to be tonight.

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I feel for that mans family, if he has children and a wife. I hope they cope as well as could be expected.

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I feel for the tree... ;)

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Yeah, I think they're probably going to close both of them. What annoyed me was that the DOE never bothered closing it beforehand and also kept it open during the storm at the weekend. Only a few hours beforehand they were saying "there's no need to close it, we're monitoring the situation" then some poor feller plunged off the side of it :(

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Local government agencies, about as useful as a chocolate fire guard....

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The man from the DOE has skilfully avoided any interviews since it happened.