storm 2 how bad in your area

[steve 1967]

just wondering how bad things actually got in the different areas during the last 24 hours with storm number 2?

we had the usual damage to fencing, I heard there was some localised flooding, but think we got away pretty lightly really, the storm is still lurking about but the winds have dropped away a fair bit.

[carlisletiger]

I've pulled a cpl of cars out of floods yesterday. Just going out now to see how bad it is, we still have the storm to hit us properly. Wind is picking up now and the 2 main routes out of the village were both flooded last night.
Thank god for Frontys!

[Wilberforce]

It's calmed down a lot round my way now... I'm very glad though that I didn't have to take my double decker artic up the road last night, believe me.
Very windy last night & yesterday afternoon, with a few trees down, plus the usual fences, wheelie bins and the like scattered around.

Side effect of the rain thous is localised floods in a couple of places; my route home this morning was about 18" deep in one spot, and that had a very decorative abandoned BMW in it at 6am. There was another road with a few smaller flooded patches on, and another car abandoned confusingly in a dry patch between two. I'm assuming the drivers of both don't know how to deal with water like that and have either stalled it in the middle of the flood, or driven too fast and filled the engine with water. Neither should have posed a problem if taken carefully.

[montrehomme]

Here in Brittany, it was a very rough night, with electricity going off, then on again several times.
We also seem to have gained half a set of plastic garden furniture from our neighbours garden
and Phyllis the Fronty looks like she's had a jet wash this morning, BONUS!!!

[andytats]

We had a little bit of flooding. So I will have to move all the car parts out of the water

[ghosthunter]

We have escaped very lightly this time. Just a bit windy and some med rain, a bit persistent though. Nothing like the flooding parts of the town( google Rhyl floods and look at the pics) got earlier this month. Saw scenes there like the end of the world, never seen the sea so high! Feel really sad for those people loosing everything so near to Christmas.

[2much]

fences both sides were down, shed windows blown in, luckily the scaffold that's round our house stayed put, although it didnt sound like it would last night!

also got some minor flooding in the basement but "apparently" the worst part of that was when i was moving my wet tools out of the way i put them in the sofa!!!!!

[4x4 bobby]

We haven't had much at all. I was expecting loads of rain and very bad winds!

[snapper]

Brize / Carterton area I would have described it as a bit breezy with some rain leaving the odd puddle.... Others on the other hand may go along the lines of a full blown tropical storm with a tsunami coming down the hill.

The fence has survived again, but then considering the size of the posts and stringers it's hardly surprising (we used to have the falling over fence syndrome, but I got fed up of putting it back up every other month) I was surprised to find the temp shed roof covering still there though. Had a few puddles to go thru on the way to work this morning....

[horses45]

Well it was not to bad but had me out running around with a chainsaw but I think we are due another one so I have heard

[4x4 bobby]

Where's me log's.....???????????

[horses45]

Lol I'm a lumber jack with a big train

[4x4 bobby]

Ha!!ha!!

[snapper]

[4x4 bobby]

Good man Frank now when you find them you need to find a big trailer tooo!!!!!!!!!

[Wilberforce]

*holds up hand*

Got one of those, hehe.

[4x4 bobby]

Great Jim lend it to Frank so he can load it with logs and bring them to me at the bbq next year!!!!!!

Only joking chaps !!!!!!!!!!

[gregster]

We had some fence panels knocked out at home, and it was a bit wild up the workshop about 3-4am...but nothing terminal thankfully...
Plenty of flooding around here though.

[fudge]

here is a couple of pics from here yesterday
and it is raining more now

[gregster]

Self rinsing weather....just lather it up and take it for a spin....much easiness and saves on the water meter!