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Desert Orchid

Desert Orchid

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70-80mph winds.

Horizontal rain.

Slates and coping stones dislodged and lying shattered on the path.

Gate blown off its latch.

Up here that's an Indian summer :lol:
 
80,000 homes without power apparently.

Mind you that could become the norm when people are cut off because they can't afford their bill.:ninja:
 
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Fence down, trellis fence canted at 45 degrees. Spent days digging holes and filling them concrete this summer to avoid such occurrences. Failed.

and the BBC - minor item. It's only Jockland.
 
simmo said:
and the BBC - minor item. It's only Jockland.
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In the interests of fairness, I disagree, simmo. It's been at the top of the news all morning, to the point that I'm getting fed up hearing about it.

I still don't see the point in sending out the likes of Laura Bicker to get nearly bowled over, especially near the sea given the way it was. Remote pictures would have done the job.

Sad to hear that at least one life has been claimed. Makes me feel a bit ashamed for having made light of it even if I reckon we've had worse storms in the last 20 years. I've seen worse damage to the roof.
 
Fair enough - I'm only going by the website - some of us have to pretend to work for a living! :)

I'm just f*ked off about my fence coming down yet again. The BBC should be reporting that item as their lead.
 
Sounds as if the weather down the east coat of England is going to cause problems, potentially the biggest tidal surge since 1953 from 5pm onwards and the Thames flood barrier has been raised.
 
We are in South Essex, hopefully we will be ok but we have family on Canvey & Clacton way, both on high alert
 
simmo said:
I'm just f*ked off about my fence coming down yet again.
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Having seen our lap fence come down at least 5 times in 5 years in our first house, we've always gone for something much more substantial. It probably works out cheaper in the long run. The current fence has been up since we moved here (nearly 18 years) and hasn't shifted in the slightest. I don't know the technical name ('hit & miss'?) for it but it's vertical slats both sides of the frame to allow privacy and still allow the wind to blow through.

Our neighbours who were here before us had a lap fence which was forever blowing down into our bit. We even offered to go halfers in the cost of a proper fence but they turned us down until they were trying to sell the house. I thought of telling them to take a hike but eventually decided since we'd made the offer in the first place we should accept. It's been up two years now with no problem.

By the way, to try and improve my mood a bit, I started putting up the Christmas tree this afternoon. In true Hollywood style, it started to snow!

Looks like turning icy tonight.
 
I'm living 500 yards from the north east coast and it ain't a good feeling right now. Could someone send a private jet please?
 
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Desert Orchid said:
Having seen our lap fence come down at least 5 times in 5 years in our first house, we've always gone for something much more substantial. It probably works out cheaper in the long run. The current fence has been up since we moved here (nearly 18 years) and hasn't shifted in the slightest. I don't know the technical name ('hit & miss'?) for it but it's vertical slats both sides of the frame to allow privacy and still allow the wind to blow through.
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I know the sort you mean. I have three different types of fence - 15ft of lap fence, 100ft of trellis (both 6ft high) and 12ft or so of 2ft high fence of the type you describe.

All suffered damage to some degree - the lap fence, which has been down 4 times is now totalled. The trellis is sitting at 45 degrees with the 15 bags of concrete which were holding it down now half out of the ground and the 2ft stuff also pulled the concrete out of the ground - but not to the same extent.

I live at the top of a hill and shall have to re-think about my fencing arrangements.

Nice to see the item making the top of the BBC news now that parts of southern England are being threatened.
 
I'm very touched to have received this mail from Laterooms making sure we're all going to have a roof over our head during the storms:


This morning the MET office issued weather warnings to regions across the UK, with gales up to 80mph on their way over the next 48 hours. Public transport could also be severely disrupted and the official advice from the MET office is to be ready to change your plans and not to travel.

So please do check to see if the bad weather could affect where you are.

If you are stuck and need somewhere to stay, we have hotels across the country with late availability. Here are a few areas most likely to be affected:
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