So, how bad is the weather going to be...

[KentPhilip]

You might be laughing, but some poor fckers have been hit by trees!

BBC News - Two die as storm hits southern UK

One quote caught my eye:

Both reactors in Dungeness power station's B units have been automatically shut down after power to the site was cut off. The site's own generators are providing power to the site

A power station needing power? I thought they generated power.

[suityou01]

One quote caught my eye:


A power station needing power? I thought they generated power.

It's a design quirk. The powers that be thought that power should be piped in to keep the cooling circuits functional in the event of a power outage.

Of course not very eco friendly. Would be far better to just let the reactor cores melt down. If it's good enough for the Japanese!

[RedSauce]

A bit of a tree landed on my car overnight, not too much damage:

[SueEllen]

Bit blowy round these parts. Up early to survey the devastation. Plastic garden chairs have all blown over. Bins still standing. Birdfeeders swinging rather than swaying.

(Does sound like there's some pretty strong gusts though.)

Luckily for you it wasn't a proper one.

Some people have been killed and injured by falling trees.

[mudskipper]

Trees uprooted and roads flooded as storm hits Plymouth | Plymouth Herald

Police were called to the Hoe after reports of something in the water, feared to be a person, but it turned out to be a stick.

A job for special branch perhaps?

[mudskipper]

Luckily for you it wasn't a proper one.

Some people have been killed and injured by falling trees.

4 deaths reported on the news. So it was worth worrying about.

[doodab]

4 deaths reported on the news. So it was worth worrying about.

OTOH roughly 5 people a day die on Britain's roads and that rarely makes the news.

[SueEllen]

OTOH roughly 5 people a day die on Britain's roads and that rarely makes the news.

Well you do hear it on the traffic reports i.e. air ambulance called out. There were a couple of those mentioned today.

[KentPhilip]

This made me chuckle:

[CheeseSlice]

This is utter rubbish from the BBC:

BBC - UK storm: Planes wobble on way into Heathrow

Compare this with:

Aborted landing (with touchdown) in crosswind - YouTube

or

Plane Avoids Disastrous Landing*Video - YouTube

edit: the last two videos are old and nothing to do with the current storm.