Storm Arwen

[NeverEnough]

Good God! That wave looks unreal when you see it next to that lighthouse!

And that is not a small lighthouse by any means I think it’s about 25 metres tall. And the waves on Friday night were clearing it with ease.

 

[CookieZippy]

I'm in Dundee and a pub near me just had its roof blown off!

 

[elliebee27]

I hope everyone stays safe and dry. Sounds scary. xoxo

 

[Meangirl815]

I'm in co durham and my family are in Northumberland we've both woken up to absolute chaos this morning.
Trees down, fences down, roofs blown off buildings, road closures due to floods.

The winds are still so bad.
It's been a crazy crazy 12hrs

Stay safe all

 

[NeverEnough]

Been out to assess the damage.. part of the roof has come off the house. Everything else looks ok thankfully! Still blowing a gale.

Done a quick assessment as well. Roof OK but the fence has just disappeared and a small wall has had the top blown off and is looking very wobbly. My recycling bin somehow got blown clean across the road and by some divine intervention missed smashing into my car which was only feet away. Got very lucky there.

Next door, who are on holiday at the moment, fared much worse. Front washhouse window completely smashed and part of the roof ripped off.

Almost inevitably rubbish strewn all over the place.

 

[Phoenix Lazarus]

Sunderland in the North East. Eastern Scotland and North East England caught the brunt of it. I guess because we're way up North most people didn't get just how vicious it was. Believe me if this storm had hit London rather than Durham it would've been top story on the news for days.

I'm grateful it's just been cold rather than windy here in our neck of the Midlands.

 

[varyingborders]

Hope you guys are all staying safe
I’m in NE and the wind is scary, don’t think I’ve ever heard it as bad as this!! Want to get my 3 children in to my bed and snuggle!

 

[NeverEnough]

Yup Co Durham here and the past half hour has seen a massive change in weather. Winds picked up and heavy rain which is due to turn to sleet i think.

Stay safe all

This looks like it will effect most parts of the UK. And even though this is a fraction of what Arwen was just watch for the difference in media reporting the second the first gust hits London.

 

[Goosegamer]

I live on the Marina. I'm scared. Power has gone out a couple of times so far. I'll be surprised if there's any boats left by morning.

 

[rivermonster]

We

These are photos my friend sent me who lives in Whitley bay in north east (luckily where I live 15 minutes drive away was in the amber zone)

Have similar pics where we live on North Wales coast, a couple of houses minus their roof, walls, fences and lots of trees uprooted, roads closed and trains not running. Lots of places without electricity. I read somewhere that if these photos were from South of England they would be on all newspaper front pages but they are from the North so what. I think they are right.

 

[37BBL]

I'm in the Midlands and its on and off, but when its on, its sounding awful! I get quite anxious with the high winds and worry our power will go out (our house alarm continually sounds during power cuts for some reason)

Reading some of these though, we're very lucky not to have it worse. Stay safe everyone.

 

[Tublet83]

The problem is that ever since Michael Fish got caught out saying there wasn't going to be a hurricane back in 1987, weather forecasters now exaggerate the potential dangers to a ridiculous degree.

The weather today in most parts of the country is not "severe", it's "seasonal". High winds and snow showers are exactly what you would expect in late November.

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People have been stranded in Newcastle all weekend because effectively Scotland’s border has been closed due to the storm. Trains finally back on later this morning

 

[Goosegamer]

I can't see the lighthouse because the waves are crashing over it.

 

[Northeast1988]

Is there anyone else in either Scotland or the North East experiencing this at the moment

I live in the Seaburn area of Sunderland and I can see waves that must be 20 feet high.

It's Greta's apocalypse I tell ya

my mam sent me photos of the tree next to seaburn metro , can’t believe it uprooted the roots , they were massive

The problem is that ever since Michael Fish got caught out saying there wasn't going to be a hurricane back in 1987, weather forecasters now exaggerate the potential dangers to a ridiculous degree.

The weather today in most parts of the country is not "severe", it's "seasonal". High winds and snow showers are exactly what you would expect in late November.

I don’t recall the previous November’s seeing photos sent by my parents seeing actual roofs on the roads , sides of houses caved in , cars and vans demolished by falling bricks

 

[elliebee27]

Where did you grow up!?

Los Angeles!

 

[Itsallthecheese]

Been out to assess the damage.. part of the roof has come off the house. Everything else looks ok thankfully! Still blowing a gale.

 

[Phoenix Lazarus]

Fuck Santa, what happened to Poor Rudolph he was probably blown to Mozambique last night!

As long as he didn't end up in Kenya or South Africa, in lion territory!

 

[Lechat]

The weather today in most parts of the country is not "severe", it's "seasonal". High winds and snow showers are exactly what you would expect in late November.

To be fair the red weather warning was pretty specific to the parts of the uk that were most affected by the storm. There hasn’t been a red weather warning for 5 years and I think the storm yesterday justified it when you see the damage and that two people have been killed. I also saw a story about a puppy being killed after an animal shelter was hit. There’s bound to be injured and killed livestock elsewhere along with the damage to roads, railways, houses, cars, crops etc. It’s pretty extensive so and I don’t think it can be called ‘seasonal’ weather. If weather warnings weren’t issued then people would be less aware of what was to hit. And people being prepared is a good thing to protect homes and animals. If no warnings were issued because it’s just usual ‘seasonal’ weather then more people might have lost their lives yesterday by making unnecessary journeys etc.
I think the agencies that issue weather warnings are damned if they do, and damned if they don’t. But personally I think it’s better they do as the public might listen and prepare.

 

[watermelon sugar]

I’m in Southport and it was awful last night! A slate fell onto my neighbours car from the roof and our wheelie bins rolled into the street my boyfriend had to go and fetch them hardly slept cos it was so bloody loud last night. Seems to have died down now, only 29mph. Was looking forward to a trip to the Aldi and the big Tesco but think I’ll leave that today

 

[prozacprincess]

It’s still windy here but nothing like last night.
Power was on and off all night which was a pain in the arse. I live in a smart house and our back up generator hasn’t been connected up yet … I feel that job is now my priority
I’ve yet to go out and access any damage but I noticed quite a few things aren’t where they’re supposed to be, and I can see a sheep stood next what looks like one of my patio chairs