Storm Arwen

[Still Farming]

some one`s shed in north wales off FB
summer day here untill you go out north east breeze
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Drafty.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Sounds like you need a air vent in the room for combustion air

With the draughty doors it’s the last thing we need. We even have the windows open a chink to regulate the air pressure in the room and therefore the flue.
Works a treat, but kind of negates having the woodburner lit!!
We have given up with it today, lighting the open lounge fire instead.

 

[melted welly]

Lots of trees down, roads blocked, power off since 5pm yesterday, estimate 10pm tonight before get it back. Lots of trees to be sorted out. Bit of damage to buildings but we’ve got off lightly, well until one of the broken trees I was tidying up just about did for me . Glad wife didn’t notice. Don’t like wind.

 

[puppet]

Don't get killed for some firewood.

 

[sticky]

Seem to of got away with it here. It snowed for an hour or so this morning but that’s all gone, it’s windy but not bad and the temperature keeps dropping away and then rising.

 

[redsloe]

Bit of snow here and very choppy. We always have a bit of bother lighting the woodburner when it’s really windy, but having a right game this morning. On the fourth go now, it just gets going and the wind blows down the flue and blows it out! Then the whole kitchen is filled with acrid smoke.

We often have to have a window open a chink to get it up and running, but we sitting here now on the coldest day of the year so far with a howling northerly wind with two kitchen windows and the lounge window wide open!!

Oh yes, been there! I can sympathise!
Our old rayburn would blow out with a northerly gale very regularly and be sat in the same conditions as you!
Very often the only way to keep it burning was to have the kitchen window wide open.

Put a heritage in during the summer with a balanced flue.......

Definitely better.

 

[Pan mixer]

Just getting a bit breezy in sunny Essex, no storm here this time fortunately. Heart goes out to all you sufferers.

 

[KennyO]

Bit of snow here and very choppy. We always have a bit of bother lighting the woodburner when it’s really windy, but having a right game this morning. On the fourth go now, it just gets going and the wind blows down the flue and blows it out! Then the whole kitchen is filled with acrid smoke.

We often have to have a window open a chink to get it up and running, but we sitting here now on the coldest day of the year so far with a howling northerly wind with two kitchen windows and the lounge window wide open!!

Had similar with our fire last night. Had to let it burn out.

 

[Llanman]

Someone's stable in the middle of the road

Probably just my eyes but it looks like the horse is still in there.

 

[KennyO]

Lots of trees down, roads blocked, power off since 5pm yesterday, estimate 10pm tonight before get it back. Lots of trees to be sorted out. Bit of damage to buildings but we’ve got off lightly, well until one of the broken trees I was tidying up just about did for me . Glad wife didn’t notice. Don’t like wind.

Powers still ok at our side of the river.
One tree nearly through the pony and stable.

A few other limbs off trees and one big one come out of wood and into our field.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Bit of snow here and very choppy. We always have a bit of bother lighting the woodburner when it’s really windy, but having a right game this morning. On the fourth go now, it just gets going and the wind blows down the flue and blows it out! Then the whole kitchen is filled with acrid smoke.

We often have to have a window open a chink to get it up and running, but we sitting here now on the coldest day of the year so far with a howling northerly wind with two kitchen windows and the lounge window wide open!!

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[melted welly]

Don't get killed for some firewood.

It wasn’t that, was a big broken limb hung up in garden, too close for comfort, and too far for forklift. Gust at the wrong moment. Cut up into tiny pieces now out of spite.

 

[melted welly]

Powers still ok at our side of the river.
One tree nearly through the pony and stable.
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A few other limbs off trees and one big one come out of wood and into our field.

close enough. Yes I see the powers ok next door too, almost taunting us with all his lights on

 

[roscoe erf]

Strong wind makes me irrationally angry! I bloody hate it and puts me in a vile mood.

does the same to me although the mrs suffers more from my strong wind

 

[Nearly]

Wires still live.

 

[theboytheboy]

does the same to me although the mrs suffers more from my strong wind

I was waiting for someone to chirp up with this sort of comment.....I would have put money on it being you

 

[primmiemoo]

Dinner du Woodburner will be ready by 7. Last report from Western Power was to have electricity back two hours ago. Candles are ready just in case they can't get everything done. In fact, they're being lit now.

 

[Wombat]

Wife on one of the farming wives facebook groups and some poor buggers chimney gone through the roof.

 

[curlietailz]

North East here. Had a really rough night wind from North and unusual. I’ve hedge bushes blown out, trees down, a roller shutter door blown in and buckled, and tiles off the house as well as loads of water standing.
nothing that can’t be fixed though

 

[Lincs Lass]

Someone's stable in the middle of the road

Please dont say there was dead horse in it