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Saddlebrains

Saddlebrains

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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?
 
JAM See

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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.
 
Sky_Blue_Daz

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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

Liquid Gold

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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

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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

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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.
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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.
 
Evo1883

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

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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

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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

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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

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Northampton away in the FA Cup :-(
 
fernandopartridge

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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

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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.
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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…..
 
Terry_dactyl

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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
 
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ovduk78

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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
 
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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
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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

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