Bad storm Stay safe

[mandyballantyne]

Hi All,

This is sounding like a really bad storm. I know Jennie, BirdieWife and Rat were getting hit with it today but on the news I have just heard about the sea surge.

Please everyone down south and in Holland take care and check in at some point and let us know you are ok please.

Take care all, Mandy

[Seahorse]

It sounds really scary Do stay safe if you're on the coast folks!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7085394.stm

Claire

[shirlthegirl43]

Hold tight everyone being hit with the wind and storms.

[scarey55]

Hold tight everyone being hit with the wind and storms.

And hang on to your greenhouses
Seriously though, keep safe everyone

[rustylady]

I'm in Lowestoft, Suffolk (fortunately on higher ground, not down near the harbour) and we have severe flood warnings out for early tomorrow morning. Should be OK here I hope, but will let you know. At least the torrential rain has stopped and the winds have eased a bit - I got absolutely soaked walking from work this afternoon.

[seasprout]

take care all...

Keep hold of your toupees everybody. Hope all that happens is your rain butts fill up.

[JennieAtkinson]

Well its still wild up here, though the strongest winds were at midday - 90 mph recorded in Lerwick. Here in Tingwall we are much more exposed and the wind just thunders up the valley and is generally stronger. As it was dark when I got in I've no idea (other than the gas cannisters) whether there is any major damage. Had quite a bit of snow in the showers tonight and its absolutely bitterly cold - 2 degrees - what the wind chill is with 50/60 mph winds I have no idea!

We also had an amazing high tide today.

Hope all goes well on the East Coast tonight. Will be thinking of you all. Particularly as I know the area well (I'm from Colchester originally and all my holidays to the age of 20 were in Southwold).

[lainey lou]

How is everyone this morning? All OK I hope.

[HeyWayne]

Looked pretty breezy on the news this morning, but they seemed more concerned with the tidal surge they were expecting.

All OK I hope.

[moggssue]

Echoing the thoughts that everyone is okay? Not heard any bad reports since this mornings warnings which I hope is a good sign .... hang in there all.

[JennieAtkinson]

Woke to a dusting of snow this morning. Bitterly cold wind still blowing quite strongly but it has calmed down a bit now. Had some quite heavy snow showers during the day but its not settled. Heard that Orkney had had worse winds than Shetland yesterday - how are you Diana in Eday?

I've been watching the news about the floods, hope all is ok. We had another very high tide today as well.

[Nicos]

SNOW ?????

Maybe you can be the winner of the first snowman of the winter award????

It's been chill and nippy here

Makes us realise how close you are to the North pole compared to us Jennie!!

Oh well...enjoy... and please take some photos for us!

"Christmas is a'coming" as someone somewhere once said!!

[JennieAtkinson]

We don't quite see polar bears here!

Thought you might like this picture - it was in today's local paper and taken before the storm was at its height. Taken in Lerwick - my office is just along from here!

[Two_Sheds]

A good day, all in all. Yesterday I got soaked biking home, torrential rain but none today.
No serious flooding, but lots of good photos on the news. Its very exciting to see our bit of the world on the tellybox, but a bit frustrating when they only show ten seconds of clips, despite filming nearly all day (I was on one clip on BBC1, in a red jacket leaning on a lampost, did anyone see me?).
OH got evacuated at 5am (he's 100 yards from the sea) but it was a false alarm, the sea didn't even reach the prom. I stayed at mother's and we went to look at the high tide at 8am. It was bitterly cold, about 3 degrees I think. I had to go into town and console myself with a Belgian Bun (only eaten in emergency situations)

[Nicos]

We don't quite see polar bears here!

Thought you might like this picture - it was in today's local paper and taken before the storm was at its height. Taken in Lerwick - my office is just along from here!

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I think you must be made of sturdier stuff than me Jennie!!!