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General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: honeybun on January 02, 2014, 07:10:14 PM
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Storms.
Being told really high tides combined with storm surge. No ferries no trains and I have to go to mum's in the morning. Yes, down the coast road. My other alternative is a one track country road.
Oh joy
Honeyb
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You're not having much luck with the weather on the west coast. It's been really stormy, several times a week sometimes.
Could your sister not manage instead if the weather is too wild, or does that involve same coast road?
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She is five minutes away from the other direction CG.
I'm the one that has to go along the coast and most of it is just the beach and the road :o
Sis is grandchildren watching tomorrow so not really suitable.
I could get fed up with this.
Honeyb
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HB - I think the warning emphasis is on the South West, hopefully it won't get as far as you, but not sure ???
We aren't near the coast but getting out and about tomorrow may be interesting.
Good luck tomorrow :foryou:
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My area has had the weather warnings but I do hope you are right. We are in no danger of flooding as we are up a very large hill.
The Scottish News was broadcasting from the town my mum lives in giving dire warnings.
The last time we had this kind of warning people were going through the streets in canoes. They have build new flood defences since then. Just hope they work.
Think it's the combination of high tides and wind that's the problem this time.
Honeyb
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Yellow warning of wind & rain for your neck of the woods. Hope it's not too bad. Keep safe though, you won't be much use to anyone if you get stranded. Let's just hope it's not too bad.
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Well the storm has hit. No road closures as yet so will attempt the journey down the coast. I suspect it will be interesting as I only have a little car that gets battered about.
More storms for Monday.
What on earth is going on with the weather. We are well used to this kind of weather just not one storm after another.
Honeyb
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It's just been constant HB. No weather warnings up here last night, in fact we were specifically excluded, yet we were hammered with strong winds last night. Still very stormy today.
Take care HB!
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Well that was a very interesting journey. Very windy on the way down and the car was all over the place. It was quite scary to be honest.
I just made it back home before they closed the coast road. There was one really big flood but I got through.
The sea is awesome. Have not seen it like this for years.
Very glad to be home.
Honeyb
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Glad you're safely back! Lots of hail and thunder here not to mention the torrential rain and squally winds. All cats are snuggled on the sofa - they're not daft!
Taz x
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Heading out again soon. Hubby wants to see the sea but heading north this time instead of South.
High tide was just after 1pm so it should be a bit calmer.
Need to give the car a hose down. It's covered in salt ;D
Honeyb
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Glad you made it safely there & back again. Wind is relentless, yet met office still not got weather warning on their app for us. Lothian yes, Ayrshire yes, Grampian no. :-\
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The railway on the Cumbrian coast is under water - I have a photo of one of the stations with water on the tracks almost to the height of the platforms! Looks like a canal.
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Aberystwyth has caught it, when we lived there all the Hotels/Halls of Residence boarded up the windows so it's pretty 'normal' there. Blustery here. Squally light showers. Wind chilly.
It's the GULF STREAM that is causing this, winds from the States whooshing this way ::) - 24 hour BBC News explains why over and over and ........ there's a house for sale on the Norfolk Coast, will cost you £25,000 plus funds: sits about 12 feet from the cliff face ::) .. anyone interested in a house with open views to the sea?
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It will be snow next then if it's coming from America. My New York friends are making me jealous by posting FB photos of their beautiful snowfall. All public schools in NYC closed today because of the snow...
Taz x :xmas: :xmas: :xmas:
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Drove along the sea front, the putting green is a floating green and the ferries that are moored up are towering over the town as the sea is so high. All the main coastal roads are now closed so although we can go a few miles in each direction we are effectively cut off for a while ;D
All other routes out of here are one track roads.
I would love some snow just for a change. Hope it comes our way soon. Better than all this b###y rain and wind.
Honeyb
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Been looking at weather Wales - photos/videos of recent storm damage :o
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It's the GULF STREAM that is causing this, winds from the States whooshing this way
Think it's the JET STREAM - i.e. the air currents found in the atmosphere which play a large role in determining the weather.
The gulf stream is a current within the Atlantic ocean, not the same thing
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Fed up with this weather, last time I looked, the floor of the valley below us had no green at all.
Bit of a concern as there a number of stock paddocks down there.
Last time there were floods anything like this, animals died. :(
There's a stone wall opposite our gateway which is bulging. Think it's the amount of rain making the soil shift, if it goes, we won't be able to get out of the house in the car. ???
The wind is unceasing, it's a pain, really noisy, impossible to get any sleep.
Did I mention I was fed up?
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I so agree Limpy. Everywhere I looked this morning there were miserable looking animals huddled in corners of field. Lots of farmers out on tractors moving them around though and putting out feed.
I want to see blue sky. Winter blue is fine. My kids can't even get out of town tonight as we are being told the clear up will take a while.
Honeyb
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:thankyou: shows how much notice I was taking ::) :-X
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Well, you were close ish ;D
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"ish " ........ covers many situations then ;)
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Fed up with all too, we're about 12 miles from Edinburgh and on high ground. We've had tiles off the roof a few times in the past couple of years and again about a month ago. I can't sleep wondering if the roof will stay put this time ::) Eldest son sat motorbike test in it today and passed, phew!
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Would be nice to see some blue skies. I'm fed up with storms too, messing with my asthma.
Congrats to your son lily. Quite a feat in this weather!
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Thanks cubagirl, trust him to pass in winter - hoping he won't use it much in bad weather.
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My hubby used to own motor bike, he even instructed. However, I was never happy about him on two wheels despite all the gear.
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The main trunk road north is closed and in a right mess. Where the road was is now sea. It was never fit for purpose but now there is a 50 mile diversion. Can't even get a train that way. Good job mother lives south or it would be a real problem.
We have wanted a new road for a long while, maybe the powers that be will be persuaded that a major road that goes up the west coast of Scotland should be bigger.
Honeyb
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Similar picture up & down the west coast HB. Old roads & walls crumbling from the near constant battering from the elements. Ardrossan looked bad yesterday, though I suspect it's seen weather like that on many an occasion, just not the frequency.
My brother used to stay very near the sea some years ago, about 200 yards. Thankfully he's further inland now.
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We have wanted a new road for a long while, maybe the powers that be will be persuaded that a major road that goes up the west coast of Scotland should be bigger.
Do you mean the same powers that be that have decided to cut funds to the Environment Agency for flood protection work?
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The main road that goes up the West Coast is rarely by pass but a road that meanders through villages and small towns. It now struggles to manage the volume of traffic. Last year there was a fatality due to a huge coal lorry running into a house.
In places just north of me the main road is very narrow and runs right next to the sea. In high tides and stormy weather the sea gates close and that's it. Nothing travels along a fifteen mile stretch. Now a good part of the road is in the sea.
We were promised a bypass years ago that would skirt around the villages and join the M8 near Glasgow.
It's ridiculous. The money has not gone anywhere else, there is just no funding or so we are told.
We are regularly cut off and given this is the main road it's just plain daft.
Honeyb
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It is plain daft. A road along there is vital. Hard to believe in this day & age.