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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 02:58 PM
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Did anyone else just get a mini tropical storm?
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 02:58 PM
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Yeah just went absolutely MENTAL here!
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 02:58 PM
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nope, been dry here fore ays, just a bit windy
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 02:59 PM
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pissing down here in Berkshire
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 02:59 PM
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its not exactly tropical but yeah we have had em all day,a good mate of mine is 50 odd miles out from shetland and its currently a force 11,they have seen gusts of 95mph in the last hour
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:00 PM
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Just just a bit, a shit load of rain beating down and some proper harsh winds.
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by maria
Yeah just went absolutely MENTAL here!
Same here.

All calm one minute, then bucketing it down, HUGE wind, trees bedning right over etc, then just fucked off again 2 mins later and went back to raining.


Properly fucking random!
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:03 PM
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Yep in brum city centre, went mentally windy and rainy for 10 minutes, now back to normal
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:05 PM
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It's hitting Fleet now!!

Fucking weird!
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:07 PM
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Yep, know there was a warning reference severe gales in Scotland and rain in the South this afternoon

Thought the trees outside our office window were going to blow over

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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:08 PM
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yep was quiet a heavy shower lol
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:16 PM
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you in london this week chip ?

south london has just got it
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:21 PM
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Went a bit mental here too
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:22 PM
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Just like chip said.... calm as ya like just cold one minute, then all friggin hell broke lose for about 5 minutes, now all calm again!
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:23 PM
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i was putting in the wiring for the towbar and all of a sudden "whoosh" and i was soaked to the skin

currently locked in the office with clothes hanging off the heaters and tied to the hot air driers in the toilets
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:23 PM
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Yep went mad here for about 5 minutes or so. Had to turn the light on so I could read my mag while taking a dump
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by jr
you in london this week chip ?

south london has just got it
I work in (west) london every week mate, mon-thurs

Well, just inside the M25, which qualifies as london to us bumpkins.
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:24 PM
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All quiet in Blazing Smoke
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by maria
Just like chip said.... calm as ya like just cold one minute, then all friggin hell broke lose for about 5 minutes, now all calm again!
Easy to see why its called MOTHER nature, blatantly female with a personality like that
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:29 PM
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im on a oil platform in middle of the north see just now & its blowing like a bastard & every body has to come inside incase they get blown away so there'll be no work getting done tonight
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:51 PM
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Stoped raining here about 10 this morning.

Been winds that would blow you off your feet and would freeze you suppose thats what you get for living a few miles from the sea
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by smitsturbo
im on a oil platform in middle of the north see just now & its blowing like a bastard & every body has to come inside incase they get blown away so there'll be no work getting done tonight
aye but if yer due off in the next few days you aint going anywhere

where you at anyway?
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:57 PM
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been sunny ,windy,rainy,stormy,and now sleet and wet snow here in fort william ,the snow getting lower and lower on the moutains oh and its fookin freezing
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by scottrs
been sunny ,windy,rainy,stormy,and now sleet and wet snow here in fort william ,the snow getting lower and lower on the moutains oh and its fookin freezing
surely the cockbrige to tomitoul road must be closed by now then
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 04:02 PM
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just started here love a good rainfull, lets hope the car doesnt flood this time
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 04:03 PM
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Chip - sooooooo true!!! even i admit that us females are a tad temperamental! blowing hot then cold!

smitsturbo - sod being where you are right now.... any pics? must look awesome!
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by maria
smitsturbo - sod being where you are right now.... any pics? must look awesome!
simmilar to this





rauri aye due off monday......hopefully
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 07:16 PM
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good luck gettin off mate,i hear they have seen force 11 up east of shelti,gustin to 100mph...recon they might see a force 12
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 07:16 PM
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i hope its ok tomorrow.......
or oulton park has a roof
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 07:18 PM
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Not too bad here.. had a bit of rain and was quite windy..

Thats also my excuse why my shooting was a bit cack in the garden .. DAMN WIND!
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Old Nov 9, 2007 | 08:34 AM
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smitsturbo - sod that!! awesome pic though!
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Old Nov 9, 2007 | 08:50 AM
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was the same in wales

no sign of rain,

then





thank god i got a free bus outside my works, so only 5 steps away, else i doubt i would be typing this, as i would have washed down the drains
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