Waves could reach 50ft as 70mph winds hit Britain.

[Shadeyman]

The worst storms for 15 years are on the way as the tail end of a hurricane hits our shores this weekend.
Gales of up to 80mph will set in tomorrow night, prompting warnings of damage to buildings, falling trees, flooding and transport chaos.
The Met Office issued a rare near-nationwide weather alert for Monday and said there were no areas that could be ruled out.
The warning comes as the remains of Hurricane Katia, which whipped up 22ft waves off the U.S. east coast, move across the Atlantic today.
By the time Katia reaches the UK, the winds will be just below tropical storm force – the same level as those that hit New York last month.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...a-hit-parts-Britain-Monday.html#ixzz1XYALPReM

Glad I live in the Midlands, never seems to reach this far inland.

 

[JustAndy]

Im only about 40-45 miles away from the coast and winds are bad here today and have been for a couple of days. I think its strange how the winds car travel so far across the world and still be this strong. As i was typing this my window just blew wide open lol (velux one in the roof)

 

[custard]

2 miles from the beach

 

[jip0]

im not far from the beach either ( i live on a peninsular fml) but tbh wind isnt bad at all today

brb going to get my surfboard

 

[dave]

im not far from the beach either ( i live on a peninsular fml) but tbh wind isnt bad at all today

brb going to get my surfboard

looks like its monday it will be bad, but not where you live

 

[Dragon Man]

better wach my aerial then heh. dont want that to blow down >_<
however.. east mids.. so maybe we wont get it so bad?
fun stuff.. ill get the wind turbine up and running

 

[arc]

I'm currently about here;

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Heading back inland tomorrow though, so should fiiiiine.

edit: oooo googlemaps embedding

 

[Focus Owner]

its only the daily mail

 

[Shadeyman]

its only the daily mail

There's always one. :shrug:

Is the Guardian more to your liking?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/10/britain-braces-itself-for-storms-and-floods

Or The Independent?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...hurricane-katia-blows-towards-uk-2352199.html

How about a video from the Met Office?

#!

 

[T14086]

.......just another typical day in west Scotland, at least the fence paint will dry faster

 

[Shadeyman]

Rain hard here(Wolverhampton) about 30 minutes ago, wind's not to bad.

 

[ChrisUK]

No rain or clouds here just breezy.

 

[Doofer]

It doesn't matter, as it won't affect the south-east, in fact it mainly just affects northerners.

 

[custard]

Rain hard here(Wolverhampton) about 30 minutes ago, wind's not to bad.

19 degrees & sunny here

 

[Venters]

19 degrees & sunny here

Working outside in t-shirt and jeans.

 

[Focus Owner]

Working outside in t-shirt and jeans.

80mph thats like sticking your head out of the window when driving, not that hard to do, least it will stop smokers at bus stops

nah its a consiracy to make us buy wind breakers

 

[Grainge16]

I just got back from chichester Harbour today, they are all panicking a bit there, half the sailing clubs and activity centres have stopped going out

 

[Focus Owner]

be about 6 times faster surly

 

[Dominion]

Me and the Mrs did a car boot sale today. One of the things she was trying to flog was a biscuit tin full of christmas decorations. It had been really windy all day, but there was one massive gust which launched said biscuit tin and its lid through the air at incredible speed. It was hilarious watching people get peppered with silver baubles, and one bloke almost got decapitated by the lid of the biscuit tin. Made my day, that did.
Am I a bad man?

 

[jip0]