- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
you can take the BBC out of London (metropolitan bias), but you can't take London out of the BBC!
Storm Arwen
- Thread starter Northeastfarmer
- Start date
Nearly
Member
- Location
- North of York
A large proportion of the audience are still south of Watford Gap.
Anything north of Leicester is covered by the foreign correspondant.
Because even though 25,000 families have gone without power for 5 days (and counting) it's far more important that the country be brow beaten about how racist Yorkshire county cricket club are.
Even if some things dont fit the BBC narrative >>> like Azeem Rafiq's antisemitic remarks on Twitter
Nearly
Member
- Location
- North of York
- Location
- Devon
There's been an item on every bulletin I've heard up to and including this morning about those still without power. Not sure what more coverage anyone expects?
Feel for those of you still affected though.
Feel for those of you still affected though.
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
I think the cricket clubs response was actually "Two Wongs don't make a white"
Dman2
Member
- Location
- Durham, UK
This is over Northumberland
Repeated over and over
Repeated over and over
Cab-over Pete
Member
- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Hell. That’s bad. And sad.
I presume they are plantation softwoods (tiny screen)
Are there many native, natural hardwoods in the area and have they been flattened too?
Apologies, I’ve not spent much time in Northumberland, something I aim to change.
I presume they are plantation softwoods (tiny screen)
Are there many native, natural hardwoods in the area and have they been flattened too?
Apologies, I’ve not spent much time in Northumberland, something I aim to change.
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Wind was up fairish again this morning about 5am
- Location
- East Yorkshire
Been off the grid since Saturday early doors thanks to the transformer in the yard going over and leaning against the grain store thankfully somehow it never went through the tin! Both commercial and domestic power out including the two houses along the road until they manage to get another transformer sorted. So meanwhile Northern power had run out tow behind gennys for each house on saturday night and have been running on them since least I can’t complain at them for once 
Dman2
Member
- Location
- Durham, UK
Atheys Moor airfield, near Longframlington
- Location
- Central Scotland
Not seeing many vertical braces to the timber purlins on that flat roof - the pitched roofs fared better.
Cab-over Pete
Member
- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Bugger
The Seeker
Member
News keeps saying worst storm in 20 years.. I cannot ever remember a storm as bad as that , I thought the roof was comming off at one point !
Skintagain
Member
- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
Haulage men often strap the cab roof onto tackle. Never thought about it in a storm
- Location
- Northumberland
Noticed a number of old curved roof haysheds seem to have had a hammering . Roller shutter doors facing the wind seems another victim.
Lots of rotten ash snaped off. Individual trees tipped over. Had to cut up a lovely sound oak to get the road open. Then acres of pine plantations wrecked as in the above pic.
1st time I can remember a red weather warning for this area, now we know what it means. Must be similar in strength to the Michael Fish storm that went along the southern counties in 1987
Lots of rotten ash snaped off. Individual trees tipped over. Had to cut up a lovely sound oak to get the road open. Then acres of pine plantations wrecked as in the above pic.
1st time I can remember a red weather warning for this area, now we know what it means
. Must be similar in strength to the Michael Fish storm that went along the southern counties in 1987
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Dman2
Member
- Location
- Durham, UK
Sounded like a jet engine coming down our chimney, was actually quite frightening
Just waiting for the next crash or bang
Just waiting for the next crash or bang
- Location
- Northumberland
Been past that place a few times. Never thought it looked the most robust construction
Makes my blood boil when alot of the trees that have fallen blocking roads and snapped power lines etc should have been felled and cropped way before any storm . Short sighted councils etc just store up problems rather than be proactive . It will be the same with rivers , one day all the trees that are blocking them will destroy a bridge and flood a town before the EA realise perhaps they should of removed them