Batten Down The Hatches!

[carolegif]

Very strong winds and gusts! Rain! Washing line cover gone! Olive tree in a pot over. Around the Bay there are trees down and I expect the seafront to close too, and obviously Dawlish rail line will be closed!

[carolegif]

Wrong category! Should be in CB! I blame the weather!

[DTCwordfan]

why should Dawlish be closed, it's a west-south-westerly coming in, so Dawlish is on the leeside.

[Eleena]

Yes Carole, I’m being blown in to a pub. What’s a girl to do! ;0)

[Jonathan-Joe]

The railway line along Dawlish sea wall has suffered damage from the heaviest storms in the past but is currently open.
However, the Voyager trains used by Cross Country have brake resistors on their roofs which are liable to seizing up if penetrated by seawater. In windy weather, at high tide, these trains will not run through Dawlish and, coming from the North, are usually terminated at Exeter.

[ABSpareEditor]

I have moved this thread into the category "ChatterBank".

[ducksie]

We have it here in Rep of Ireland since last night, Storm Erik,mainly wind, so I put out a big load of washing earlier, been keeping an eye on it, rain's starting now so brought it in, dry woohoo - think the worst has passed over us :)

[Baldric]

North Kent Coast, very windy, no visible damage but not nice,
dogs limited to back garden for the time being.
Where's spath when you need him?

[spathiphyllum]

Baldric it would be an honour for you to allow me to pick up your dogs ***

[ParsleyDumpling]

Our new kitten is called Eric, he causes a "storm" everyday at the moment!!! Warmish, dry, but very windy here in North Wirral.

[maggiebee]

Very wet and windy here on the east coast of Scotland. Haven't seen any damage apart from a few wheelie bins being blown over..........yet!

[Lie-in King]

Dark grey sky, blustery wind & raining quite heavily in East Sussex.

[Canary42]

Gusting up to 45 knots in SE Hampshire - IOW Hovercraft suspended.

[DTCwordfan]

One dead in Buckfastleigh, tried heading a tree that was falling down. 5.30 this morning....

[ChillDoubt]

It’s a tad breezy in N. Wales but nothing that’ll stop me popping to the flicks on the pushiron to see Green Book.