Weather

[Blaze]

One heck of a hooley here. It started last night but really blew up a couple of hours ago.

[Bayleaf]

Didn't get the hail (of course we didn't - we put the car away!). Blew a hoolie most of the night, and I see the polytunnel cover tried to fly away - literally hanging onto one corner of the frame by one little piece of velcrose! Not sure if it's repairable .......

Wind and rain forecast for the rest of the day. It's called Têmpete Larisa, and if we only copped the edge of it with winds of 60km/hr ish, I dread to think of those suffering 140km/h at the core of it.

[hughnique]

Greenhouse gone, few fence panels down, haven't been out to check the garage/workshop yet, fully expecting some missing slates, all those bleddy trees I had cut down last month gave us a bit of wind protection.

[MAD87]

We had hail (briefly) yesterday late afternoon, during a long storm. Tons of rain for the last 2 days.

[Lori]

Lots of rain during the night. Gusts of wind kept me awake from 3h30 to 6h00. Fairly calm now. More rain in the forecast, along with rather high temperatures. Will be planting some seedlings (veggies) this weekend. Never planted seeds before. They don't come cheap !! I was surprised at the price of a small pack of seeds.

[exile]

Blowing a hoolie here for the last few hours and still going strong. Things that were tied down, now aren't.

[hughnique]

It just doesn't give you any incentive, over the years we have had a shed blown up in the air, only to land in the next field on the windscreen of the van, various tonnelles pergolas, umbrellas, fences the list goes on.

[exile]

I share your pain.
1 greenhouse smashed beyond repair.
Replaced with a second that blew down and was rebuilt with more secure foundations.
This then blew down with all of the foundations on the windward side lifted out of the ground - around 100kg of concrete.
Plus of course all of the small items that have blown over, disappeared forever and so on.

[L Austin France]

Rain & blowing a hoolie all night when I checked the cctv recordings this morning. I never heard a thing as I'm a bit mutt & the house is well sealed up .
So bad even the horses thought it wise to stay in the field rather than risk the stable/shelters.
Fortunately no damage. Garden furniture blown around & bit of stable gutter unclipped. Poly tunnel still in one piece despite one door blowing open & all 'leccy fences seem intact with no branches blown onto them.
Got away lightly methinks.

[MAD87]

Commiserations to all who've had stuff blown away/damaged. Nothing like that here (we're en centre ville), but venturing out to place some dosh on the Loto this morning, I had to hang on to a directions pole at one point, afraid I'd be blown over