one of the most infamous broadcasts in history....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7042220.stm
what followed was pretty damned spectacular
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7042220.stm
what followed was pretty damned spectacular
it was 20 years ago today...
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it was 20 years ago today...
20 years ago I'm getting really old lol 
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I was only 1 year old .
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i wasnt born
i'd already left this cold and windy hell hole, sure i would never return, how naive and short sighted :bang:
Jeez, I remember that night! My sister came home about midnight after seeing Wet Wet Wet in concert (yes, I know ) and it was pi$$ing down. I then played on my computer and had headphones on into the small hours. At around 2am I though I heard something outside so I opened the curtains. I was then greeted by the sight of a huge oak tree being blown about like it was a piece of paper. My first thought was "Fcuk, where's the cat?", then I saw so much crap blowing around the garden I thought that the house wouldn't survive the rest of the night. Luckily it did, and the next morning outside looked like we'd just suffered a Blitzkrieg with trees, power lines and phone lines down. And walls. And next door had the front of their house blown out. There was devastation everywhere!
Can't believe it was 20 years ago
Oh, I love this quote from one of the comments at the end of the news article:
"Isn't it about time to let poor Mr Fish off the hook and enjoy his retirement?"
Let Mr. FISH off the HOOK - hahahahahahaha!
And I remember him saying on the weather forecast that a woman rang in asking if a hurricane was on the way, and he said, "No"! Technically we can't have hurricanes this far north of the equator but the storm that hit us was one big motherfcuker of a circular storm...
) and it was pi$$ing down. I then played on my computer and had headphones on into the small hours. At around 2am I though I heard something outside so I opened the curtains. I was then greeted by the sight of a huge oak tree being blown about like it was a piece of paper. My first thought was "Fcuk, where's the cat?", then I saw so much crap blowing around the garden I thought that the house wouldn't survive the rest of the night. Luckily it did, and the next morning outside looked like we'd just suffered a Blitzkrieg with trees, power lines and phone lines down. And walls. And next door had the front of their house blown out. There was devastation everywhere!Can't believe it was 20 years ago
Oh, I love this quote from one of the comments at the end of the news article:
"Isn't it about time to let poor Mr Fish off the hook and enjoy his retirement?"
Let Mr. FISH off the HOOK - hahahahahahaha!
And I remember him saying on the weather forecast that a woman rang in asking if a hurricane was on the way, and he said, "No"! Technically we can't have hurricanes this far north of the equator but the storm that hit us was one big motherfcuker of a circular storm...
I was oop norf in a tent Luckily it was a mahoosove trailer tent as most of the other tents on the campsite didn't last the night! Pity the folks in the south who got hit hardest
Luckily it was a mahoosove trailer tent as most of the other tents on the campsite didn't last the night! Pity the folks in the south who got hit hardest 
I wasnt even though of yet , born 10 months after.
Recording the documentary of it, tomorrow, ITV, 9.00pm.
, born 10 months after. Recording the documentary of it, tomorrow, ITV, 9.00pm.
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Aww, i wasnt even one at that time, and was sunning my little diaper'd bottom in New Zealand
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What makes me laugh is if that crap happened how global warming and carbon foot prints would be mentioned 1000x's in the press. Complete load of s**t!.
I don't get it, they announced something was gonna happen, and it did?
forecasts should be taken with a pinch of salt, we live on a small island (in the scheme of things) at the edge of a turbulant ocean, and its only a 'forecast' its not 'what is goign to happen with the weather in the next 24hours'
forecasts should be taken with a pinch of salt, we live on a small island (in the scheme of things) at the edge of a turbulant ocean, and its only a 'forecast' its not 'what is goign to happen with the weather in the next 24hours'
I remember going to work the day after the storm. The winds were still very strong and I was despatch riding in London (I'd taken the day off during the worst of it).
I was riding down Threadneedle st and a huge gust completely stopped the bike. I still had my feet on the pegs and the throttle open but the bike wasn't moving, and it was a VT500.
Very weird experience.
I was riding down Threadneedle st and a huge gust completely stopped the bike. I still had my feet on the pegs and the throttle open but the bike wasn't moving, and it was a VT500.
Very weird experience.
