rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Lots of trees down near me. Sadly my chainsaw is just a weedy mains powered one. If I had a petrol one I'd get enough wood for a couple of years
Storm Darragh
- Thread starter Gerry1time
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AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
Thank you for your service. #NotAllHeroesWearCapes
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
Hazy recollections of nights out there, but isn't that just the usual Saturday night carnage in Cardiff?
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
Yes! but a bit less blowy, a few more bins down than usualHazy recollections of nights out there, but isn't that just the usual Saturday night carnage in Cardiff?
tommers
It was... Rebekah Vardy's account
Our bin lid had blown open and the inside was slightly wet.Oh yeah I forgot I righted a bin and relocated it so it would not blow over again during my lunch break.
So I closed it again. And pushed back a bit further into the alcove.
No, it's fine. I don't want any thanks.
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
Thoughts and prayers.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
electricity off for 18 hours from about 12 Saturday to 6 am. Lit the rayburn so I could cook and so it was nice and warm in the kitchen, phone and speaker so I had something to listen to, and wind-up lantern which was surprisingly good plus head torch for when I actually wanted to see.
No landline so had to assume the line was being repaired (it was, poor sods out there all night doing repairs), wasn't totally sure it wasn't just my line that was down.
No landline so had to assume the line was being repaired (it was, poor sods out there all night doing repairs), wasn't totally sure it wasn't just my line that was down.
spring-peeper
Well-Known Member
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
I use it every night to let the dog out for his nightly plossen - I need one hand for the lead and one hand to negotiate the door handle because if I use the same hand as for the lead he tries to dash out and gives my hand a strong jerk which stretches my tendon ouch.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
I'm in a cafe. No power at home since 3pm Saturday. ETA now Tuesday, 10pm.
Have you ever tried living without electric? It's no fucking fun. I am freezing, hungry and bored. No nothing, not even phone, not mobile data, nothing.
Fuck my life.
Have you ever tried living without electric? It's no fucking fun. I am freezing, hungry and bored. No nothing, not even phone, not mobile data, nothing.
Fuck my life.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
And as if by magic, it's back.
Electricity eh? Who needs it.
The dark I can cope with. The stars last night were amazing.
The cold was sending me mental.
But it's back.
Electricity eh? Who needs it.
The dark I can cope with. The stars last night were amazing.
The cold was sending me mental.
But it's back.
Skinny Ethel
Well-Known Member
Jigsaws puzzles by touch.
abe11825
Like to take a cement fix
For the people who are safe and sound and just a few twigs got blown down: glad you are good!
For the people who are safe but not sound (water problems, housing problems): I'm glad you're good but sorry you've got to clean up and bucket everything out.
It's scary when you least expect this type of stuff. frogwoman had told me about the storm the other day, and I'm glad she's okay, just as I am happy to see everyone reporting in. I wish the best for everyone in however they are cleaning up and hope it's not super super extreme.
For the people who are safe but not sound (water problems, housing problems): I'm glad you're good but sorry you've got to clean up and bucket everything out.
It's scary when you least expect this type of stuff. frogwoman had told me about the storm the other day, and I'm glad she's okay, just as I am happy to see everyone reporting in. I wish the best for everyone in however they are cleaning up and hope it's not super super extreme.
Proper fucking lol
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
Apparently, more trees came down in Cardiff last weekend than in the last 20 years!! 
Something like 300 odd calls in a weekend
Something like 300 odd calls in a weekend
Wales: Storm Darragh wind leaves trail of destruction
It started with a text message phone alert warning of what was to come.
www.bbc.co.uk
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Apparently, more trees came down in Cardiff last weekend than in the last 20 years!!
Something like 300 odd calls in a weekend
Wales: Storm Darragh wind leaves trail of destruction
It started with a text message phone alert warning of what was to come.www.bbc.co.uk
In Carmarthenshire the figure was put at 'thousands'.
A40 closed this morning, I think they are clearing the 'didn't fall but will if we don't cut them down' ones.
Elpenor
a clown’s heart and a mandolin
Storm Darragh: Roof insurance payouts refused in wind speed rows
Homeowners contact the BBC after insurers refuse storm claims because it was "not windy enough".
www.bbc.co.uk
Claims being turned down as not windy enough.
Not just health insurance firms that do this sort of thing!
AnnaKarpik
Queen of all she surveys
Destruction of things is not always bad, it seems. The people at Save Our Bays are hopeful that the partial destruction of a seaweed farm at Bideford Bay will undermine the efforts of a hydra-like aqua-business to surround the coasts of Devon and Cornwall with gigantic inshore seaweed farms.
