To Whom It May Concern re; Weather.

[curiouswombat]

To Whom It May Concern re; Weather.

Severe Storm Force 11 once every 2 or 3 years can be quite exciting. But for the 3rd...4th...5th time in one winter? It is getting boring now.



Yes - we have force 11 again, gusts of 80mph+, things blowing around in the garden, in the street, and so on. Boat and flights cancelled, trees down, roads flooded...

Hard to remember that beautiful day on Monday, now.

Comments

[gillo]

The Shipping Forecast actually included some Hurricane Force 12, which is the highest it goes.

Stay safe, warm and dry!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure we only got to 11. Which is bad enough. I don't envy where or who-ever has the 12!

But I think the worst has past now - we are down to a 9 or so, I reckon, and improving.

So far we are warm, dry, and have power... so looking good.

How's your Mum doing?

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Apparently it also included the highest "sea state" (which starts with Calm and goes up through Rough, Very Rough, High and Very High) they've ever had to use:

Phenomenal.

Which basically means "waves three times as high as your house" and is the sort of thing you would normally expect in the Southern Ocean or the Roaring Forties.

Erk.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing it was one of those that hit the Marco Polo yesterday.

I think, although we get treacherous seas that do sink quite big vessels sometimes, those 60 foot and above ones only form when they have been rolling across the Atlantic for a long time - and Ireland and Cornwall between them have been taking the brunt of them and sheltering us a little. We've just got to High over and over this winter.