Storm Arwen

[HappyHaddock]

I know that the extreme weather we get in the UK might not be as extreme as other parts of the world but I can't be the only one today dealing with the aftermath of storm Arwen.

 

Overnight we've lost many ridge tiles and other parts of our roof which have done damage to our neighbour's house. In turn bits of their roof have blown down and smashed the rear window of another neighbour's car.  We've also lost the roof from our shed and much glass form our greenhouse. We live opposite the lighthouse and about a dozen large 20m+ tall trees on their perimeter have all blown down to land on the adjacent hotel and block the road, plus the beach has been somewhat "re-sculpted" by the wind to the extent that many neighbours front gates and garden walls now need digging out from under newly forming small sand-dunes... Naturally you can't contact an insurer or a roofing contractor for love nor money today as their phones are permanently engaged.

 

And for comedy effect there has just been posted on our local facebook group a question asking who has lost a pig as one has been found wandering lost outside the local cafe.

 

Oh the joys of living by the seaside when you have to bear the full force of the weather coming in off the Atlantic!

 

Best wishes to any others clearing up this morning.

 

HH

 

[SidtheGit]

Strong wind, branches down, light snow and a chill blowing through the Midlands today. Stay safe mate, and all others affected.

 

Sid

[AndyJWest]

Nasty stuff, by the look of it. The BBC is reporting a couple of deaths due to falling trees, along with a whole lot of roof damage and power outages. Look after yourself, HappyHaddock, and stay warm.

 

Even here in London, where we missed the worst of it, its cold and blowy enough to dissuade me from leaving the house, and living in an archetypical 'leafy suburb', I'm often a bit wary after a storm anyway, given the number of noggin-busting-sized branches that generally litter the pavements. Down there they are just a trip hazard, but you can never be sure that there isn't another one caught up overhead, needing only a squirrel-sneeze to displace it and ruin your day. That or a roofing tile held on by a rusty nail that was undersized for the job when it was put in a hundred years ago.

[HappyHaddock]

Chatting to another of our neighbours and they've lost most of the glass in their conservatory and they say the chimney of the local pub has come down through the roof.

 

Plus if you set foot outside the whole village is now buzzing to the sound of a chorus of chain saws.