Eunice (2 Viewers)

Saddlebrains · Feb 17, 2022

Gonna be the worst storm of the last 30 years apparently

School closures, train cancellations the lot.

Got me thinking, whats the worst weather event any of you lot have witnessed/been in the middle of?

BodicoteSkyBlue · Feb 17, 2022

Pffft! Gets a bit windy up Burton Dassett regular.

JAM See · Feb 17, 2022

The big snow of 1990. Great fun if you were at home.

Not so much for the poor buggers caught up in it away from home.

Nick · Feb 17, 2022

Don't they always say that though? It's always over hyped.

fernandopartridge · Feb 17, 2022

Beast from the East (2018) was quite bad up this way. Remember that great snowstorm in 1990 as well.

Sky_Blue_Daz · Feb 17, 2022

1990 was ace , although me dad had me digging paths from his pub to the surrounding blocks of flats at 8:30 in the morning

Liquid Gold · Feb 17, 2022

Supposed to be flying out of Bristol airport tomorrow. Looking pretty ropey right now.

All busses have been cancelled across the city already so I'm going to have to reply on an uber already.

Marty · Feb 17, 2022

Been in sandstorms & forest fires. The worst was a heat wave where the temps were close to 50. The sun just sucks the energy out of you as soon as you step into it's gaze; couldn't even get any relief in the shade.

Liquid Gold · Feb 17, 2022

Marty said:
Been in sandstorms & forest fires. The worst was a heat wave where the temps were close to 50. The sun just sucks the energy out of you as soon as you step into it's gaze; couldn't even get any relief in the shade.

Have to agree with you on that. I've been everywhere from minus 15 to about 47 and the head just makes everything seem impossible.

I love hot weather in general too.

Wyken Sky Blue · Feb 17, 2022

The wInd was pretty strong in Newcastle the other week, was there the morning before the Boro away game

Evo1883 · Feb 17, 2022

Liquid Gold said:
Have to agree with you on that. I've been everywhere from minus 15 to about 47 and the head just makes everything seem impossible.

I love hot weather in general too.

When I went to Iraq it was around 46 to 50 every day in May and June.. you do get used to it eventually

xcraigx · Feb 17, 2022

I was at Butlins Pwllheli in 1989 when it was hit by a tornado. All I remember is the crazy winds and rain but not finding out anything had happened until we went to the on site theatre later on that evening. It was our first day there and we went home that night.

The terrifying day a massive tornado ripped through a North Wales holiday camp - North Wales Live (dailypost.co.uk)

I decided to walk 3 miles home on one of the coldest nights on record in the UK. -20 or so back in 2010. Within 100 yards I genuinely thought I would die. All taxis were off as the roads were like ice rinks and as it was gone midnight there was no other public transport.

oakey · Feb 17, 2022

That pre season friendly at Nuneaton, which was abandoned, was pretty wild!

oakey · Feb 17, 2022

I drove across Florida during Hurricane Charlie in 2004 - that was like the twister in the Wizard of Oz.

Earlsdon_Skyblue1 · Feb 17, 2022

Anyone interested in weather, I find this website really insightful. The map and colour charts are seriously impressive.

You would not want to be out in some of those seas at the moment!

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50+ weather layers, weather radar and satellite

www.windy.com

ajsccfc · Feb 17, 2022

I didn't know it was 1990 specifically but I remember that time, particularly the one day it snowed so heavily it weighed the telephone wires down so low you could grab them. Nobody did as we assumed we'd be electrocuted and/or arrested by BT.

Coldest I've experienced was in Canada, walking around Edmonton for the day when it was -30 and the coldest inhabited point on the planet that day, I didn't realise nasal hairs could freeze. Couldn't call it extreme weather though, it was basically a slightly colder Tuesday for them

Paul Anthony · Feb 17, 2022

Probably the first time since we left I can say I'm glad I don't still live in Gloucestershire.

Our next door neighbour had part of her Conservatory roof blown off last night. Couldn't get anyone out to fix it today either. All she's got up there is one of those roof blinds, apart from that there's this big gaping hole where the plastic panel was. Not good with what they're forecasting tomorrow.

olderskyblue · Feb 17, 2022

Not weather I guess, but I’ve ”felt” 5 earthquakes. 2 in while in Cov, 1 in Newquay as a kid and I was in a meeting in Shrewsbury when one hit, the epicentre was Shrewsbury!!

the other was in Venice in 2015, epicentre about 20km away I think.

Oh, and I was sharing an apartment in Alabama when one hit in LA. You might remember the pictures of the top level of the motorway collapsing onto the lower level. My room mate was from LA….

rob9872 · Feb 17, 2022

Northampton away in the FA Cup :-(

fernandopartridge · Feb 17, 2022

I'm a bit annoyed tbh and this sounds petty and selfish (it is) but I was due to go out for a (nowadays) very rare evening out with the missus this weekend. It's already been rescheduled once due to COVID so I hope this Eunice doesn't put paid to the latest attempt.

I'm hoping being in land (not as far inland as Cov though) that it should hopefully be just a bit windy rather than anything catastrophic but hopefully the whole thing in the end just burns out over the sea or something.

LastGarrison · Feb 18, 2022

Liquid Gold said:
Have to agree with you on that. I've been everywhere from minus 15 to about 47 and the head just makes everything seem impossible.

I love hot weather in general too.

I can remember my first time flying into Tallinn many years ago in February and when we were landing were told it was -15 outside. Actually didn’t feel that cold as there wasn’t much wind so you kind of adapted quite quickly.

Also, my first time to the Middle East I was in Oman and it was around 46/47 degrees and I was visiting partners suited and booted and it was in the middle of Ramadan!! Although it wasn’t frowned upon for a non-Muslim to openly drink water I felt that it would be disrespectful to do so, so refrained.

That was a long few days…..

Saddlebrains · Feb 18, 2022

Winds picking up well in Cov now. Part of my fence looking worse for wear already

vow · Feb 18, 2022

Saddlebrains said:
Winds picking up well in Cov now. Part of my fence looking worse for wear already

I've brought the pot plants in!

JAM See · Feb 18, 2022

vow said:
I've brought the pot plants in!

Shouldn't they be in the attic anyway?

Nick · Feb 18, 2022

Saddlebrains said:
Winds picking up well in Cov now. Part of my fence looking worse for wear already

Just driven to work, just a bit of a breeze. Not the carnage I was expecting when everywhere was closing for "safety".

Deleted member 5849 · Feb 18, 2022

Nick said:
Just driven to work, just a bit of a breeze. Not the carnage I was expecting when everywhere was closing for "safety".

It hasn't come in yet!

Terry_dactyl · Feb 18, 2022

The wind is starting to ‘get up’ here in cardiff!
I’ve been told to cancel face to face appointments and work from home.

I remember my funniest weather event experience. I was about 4, it was the early 80s and when we had loads of snow. My dad had left his jeans on the line, when he bought them in they were stood up right on their own, completely frozen stiff

Liquid Gold · Feb 18, 2022

I’m in the airport with a so far uncanceled flight for anybody that’s invested

ovduk78 · Feb 18, 2022

We've come back early from a week away in wet & windy Dumfries to Callander because the forecast was bad here for snow and wind. So far we are struggling with a light breeze and a few flurries but thankfully it's forecast to get better by lunchtime

Marty · Feb 18, 2022

Liquid Gold said:
I’m in the airport with a so far uncanceled flight for anybody that’s invested

Anywhere nice?

Liquid Gold · Feb 18, 2022

Marty said:
Anywhere nice?

Prague for the weekend rearranged from NYE when they were in lockdown

vow · Feb 18, 2022

Marty said:
Anywhere nice?

you're a hairdresser now?

Terry_dactyl · Feb 18, 2022

Liquid Gold said:
I’m in the airport with a so far uncanceled flight for anybody that’s invested

What times it at? Hope it’s not cancelled for you!

vow · Feb 18, 2022

ovduk78 said:
We've come back early from a week away in wet & windy Dumfries to Callander because the forecast was bad here for snow and wind. So far we are struggling with a light breeze and a few flurries but thankfully it's forecast to get better by lunchtime

You live in callander? Been there a couple of times for walking purposes as a mate lives in Stirling. Beautiful part of the world!

Sky_Blue_Daz · Feb 18, 2022

They’ve told all our staff to leave the offices and work from home as a precaution.

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