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Old 08-11-2007, 02:58 PM
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Did anyone else just get a mini tropical storm?
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Yeah just went absolutely MENTAL here!
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nope, been dry here fore ays, just a bit windy
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pissing down here in Berkshire
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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
Old 08-11-2007, 03:00 PM
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Just just a bit, a shit load of rain beating down and some proper harsh winds.
Old 08-11-2007, 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!
Old 08-11-2007, 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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It's hitting Fleet now!!

Fucking weird!
Old 08-11-2007, 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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yep was quiet a heavy shower lol
Old 08-11-2007, 03:16 PM
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you in london this week chip ?

south london has just got it
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Went a bit mental here too
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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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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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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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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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All quiet in Blazing Smoke
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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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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
Old 08-11-2007, 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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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?
Old 08-11-2007, 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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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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just started here love a good rainfull, lets hope the car doesnt flood this time
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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!
Old 08-11-2007, 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
Old 08-11-2007, 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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i hope its ok tomorrow.......
or oulton park has a roof
Old 08-11-2007, 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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smitsturbo - sod that!! awesome pic though!
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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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