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[Dearnla]

We're in a basement flat, listening to the wind whistling around the buildings about us. It sounds awful out there.

With the heating off, as this flat doesn't take much heating.

I've got enforced heating off - the tulip boiler has given up for the second time this week. My missus suggested the pilot light had gone out due to the high winds. On an oil-fired boiler. Bless

[xoggoth]

Nope. Being N/NW of a large hill and near the bottom we are pretty sheltered from high winds. In the 87 storm I never knew anything about it until I got to the top and found all the roads blocked. We had one smallish broken branch on our trees.

[cailin maith]

Surely that is a given CM, regardless of weather?

Haha smarty pants!!

My curtains are being blown about by the wind even though the windows are closed and I could feel the whole house shaking earlier. So not too bad. It seems to alternate between calm and then a periods of gusts, but maybe that's the wind direction changing.

I wondered that too.

[RichardCranium]

The broadband router lost its connection at 00:49 and has been retrying ever since.

And now the lights are flickering.

[RichardCranium]

I dread to think what state the street will be in - rubbish everywhere I expect.

We've no internet access through the phone line - I'm posting this from a T-Mobile dongle.

What a racket the wind is making!

[TimberWolf]

My curtains are being blown about by the wind even though the windows are closed and I could feel the whole house shaking earlier. So not too bad. It seems to alternate between calm and then a periods of gusts, but maybe that's the wind direction changing.

[shaunbhoy]

I'm in City Centre Manchester and it's woeful.

Surely that is a given CM, regardless of weather?

[d000hg]

Bins zooming about, recycling bag escaping but captured, box has disappeared entirely. They fly quite well so not too optimistic of finding it, even though we're in a closed estate. Might just pinch one from someone who has two

[Zippy]

The wind is picking up here and the Zipmogs have started growling.

[Aman]

It was breezy here on Wednesday night but less so tonight and I'm felling the wind chill factor, in the house. I'm going to have to put silicone round the window in this room tomorrow, to stop the draughts getting in.

[dang65]

Next door neighbour had a whole load of new panel fencing put up round his property a couple of weeks ago. Be interesting to see how it stands up to tonight's battering as its first test. Also be interesting to find out if the early trains are working tomorrow morning, as I'm on the 0600 from Manchester to London. It will definitely be the wrong type of leaves on the line if they still have trees attached to them.

[MarillionFan]

Hit 35mph earlier but a calmer 26mph at the moment.

My god can you sprint well!

[Cliphead]

Hit 35mph earlier but a calmer 26mph at the moment.

[RichardCranium]

We're in a basement flat, listening to the wind whistling around the buildings about us. It sounds awful out there.

With the heating off, as this flat doesn't take much heating.

[scooterscot]

aye there be a stiff breeze about -

The Georgians built ma house so sleeping comfortably the nite