Storms battering parts of Britain
 

I'm in Manchester , i was working today and it was crazy ,probably 80 mph+ winds then the next second loads of hail thundered down then amasing flashes of lightning,still going on now not ass bad.I hope it calms down as i bought a motorbike from some guy in leeds :P

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Blackpool used to have a notorious corner where the wind used to literally blow people into the road and on to the promenade !!!

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I hope it's cleared up by next Friday as I'm heading up to Norfolk!

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It's now calmed down considerably near Portsmouth.

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Calmed down here in Ipswich aswell, thankfully. Seeing that I've got a parents evening to go to tonight!:)

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did you go out in the winds last year (same time roughly as now). considering they were swirling winds, walking in it made you look rather silly, one second you'd be fighting a head wind trying to move, the next you'd be trying to stop yourself fall flat on your face :p:

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Went down to Cheltenham very early doors this morning and it was pretty horrendous: gales, sleet, spray, standing water and idiots in 4x4s still doing a ton in the fast lane. Set out at about 11 to come back home and it was pretty pleasant all the way home although a tad windy.

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Calmed down here in Poole :)

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Indeed. Whilst out at work last night I caught the midnight shipping forecast on R4 forecasting gale force 10>violent storm force 11 from St Davids head to the north channel,winds SW > NW

This was what had obviously blown inland by this morning.

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Very bad in Leeds still gales, sleet, snow and a bit of thunder and lightening thrown in for good measure and in between it all we have had sunshine lol

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As fate would have it, today is the 55th anniversary of the sinking of the Princess Victoria in the Irish Sea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Princess_Victoria), which Mother Nature is celebrating in her own way:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...de/7221237.stm

The Irish Sea is a *horrible* bit of water, and always has been.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...de/7221237.stm

Quote:

Passengers and crew are being airlifted from a ferry in the Irish Sea after it was hit by a freak wave in bad weather.[

This just about covers how windy it is in the north west atm - I'm also in a 14 storey towerblock, which feels like its rocking :rolleyes:

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Flew back into Belfast from Cardiff at 9pm tonight, very very bumpy on the way in, bit scary at times

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thank heavens this incident doesn't seem to be as bad as the one 55 years ago

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/2705901.stm

I still wouldn't like to have been on that ship, today - 'hats off' to the rescue services, though ...

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Blowing a gale here, nice sat at the pc with the patio door 'just' open enough to enjoy it, but closed 'just' enough to keep it out :D

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Do they not,as responsible mariners, check the shipping forecast? This is madness. I check it and I do'nt even captain a passenger carrying ferry !

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Er, yes, it was a freak wave. Plenty of other ships out there, if you check the online shipping website for the area (linked off the BBC). If you want to run a risk free ship, don't leave port.

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We have had high winds driving rain, sleet, hail, snow here in the Nottingham\Mansfield area. I straddled the centre markings on the A614 on the way home due to high winds blowing me car into the on coming lane.