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One 100 + year old Macrocarpa about 30 of Ray's paces (he's over 6' tall)
from the churchyard onto our adjoining path, missing the power lines by inches and one 12 year old Scots pine of about 30 feet on the corner of our front drive, missing the wall by inches. It's supposed to be abating but I wish it would get on with it. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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Sacha wrote: One 100 + year old Macrocarpa about 30 of Ray's paces (he's over 6' tall) from the churchyard onto our adjoining path, missing the power lines by inches and one 12 year old Scots pine of about 30 feet on the corner of our front drive, missing the wall by inches. It's supposed to be abating but I wish it would get on with it. It's very strong, and worrying a bit, here in Manc. Early on, in our car, we were passed on the road by a tumbling xmas tree! My son just sent me a picture of our front garden - 2 panels of the fence are in bits, one ended up in the neighbours garden and he says branches, some as huge as logs are falling all around the house - tiles and debris flying everywhere as I speak from the centre of manc (5th floor). It's not calming down at all. In my son's school, a tree fell in the carpark and totally obliterated a car and the park opposite (Alexandra Park) had 3 trees uprooted. Kids went to investigate and I heard a bit of disapointment in my youngest voice when he said nobody got hurt ... Cats have totally gone bizerk. |
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One 6 foot fence panel gone - another looking very dodgy!
"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... One 100 + year old Macrocarpa about 30 of Ray's paces (he's over 6' tall) from the churchyard onto our adjoining path, missing the power lines by inches and one 12 year old Scots pine of about 30 feet on the corner of our front drive, missing the wall by inches. It's supposed to be abating but I wish it would get on with it. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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Greenhouse smashed to smithereens, garden shed smashed to bits, most of
fence blown to pieces, tiles falling off roof. I daren't check my allotment ! "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... One 100 + year old Macrocarpa about 30 of Ray's paces (he's over 6' tall) from the churchyard onto our adjoining path, missing the power lines by inches and one 12 year old Scots pine of about 30 feet on the corner of our front drive, missing the wall by inches. It's supposed to be abating but I wish it would get on with it. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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Sacha wrote: One 100 + year old Macrocarpa about 30 of Ray's paces (he's over 6' tall) from the churchyard onto our adjoining path, missing the power lines by inches and one 12 year old Scots pine of about 30 feet on the corner of our front drive, missing the wall by inches. It's supposed to be abating but I wish it would get on with it. -- Sacha I had an appointment at a doctors' surgery and it took me ages to get there as I had to keep on taking detours to get there and now finally that I am home, there are 3 trees down in the garden,I won't even veture out there tonight as slates are flying everywhere. The treehouse is still standing but the trampoline has gone up in the air, came down and the legs have become undone, even though it was tied to an apple tree. To drive home tonight was scarey, flooded roads round the Mill and Community cops everywhere making cars go single file to get through fallen trees. I wonder, will this be as bad as, was it 1976? Judith at home |
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On 18/1/07 17:26, in article ,
"Mel" wrote: Greenhouse smashed to smithereens, garden shed smashed to bits, most of fence blown to pieces, tiles falling off roof. I daren't check my allotment ! Very grim indeed. Stay indoors! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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Sacha wrote: I wonder, will this be as bad as, was it 1976? 1976 was the Year of the Drought. 1987 was the year of the hurricane in parts of the SW like the Cis, where I lived at the time but here, that was 1990! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk Uhm, right, thanks for that Confused at home |
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My goodness! Having just watched the news ans read here, I realise just
how close the carnage came. It was blustery for part of the day here, but not really that much worse than an energetically windy, winter's day. Nothing toppled over and nothing was damaged. My office is at the other end of the bay, a few yards from Paignton Zoo and things were quite a bit different there, although not a patch on anything I've since seen reported. Counting my lucky stars! |
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On 18/1/07 18:39, in article
, " wrote: Sacha wrote: I wonder, will this be as bad as, was it 1976? 1976 was the Year of the Drought. 1987 was the year of the hurricane in parts of the SW like the Cis, where I lived at the time but here, that was 1990! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk Uhm, right, thanks for that Confused at home Safest place to be confused. ;-) I didn't think the Hurricane of 87 got up as far as you, did it? I know my ex husband was expecting our children to fly out of Jersey to stay with him that day and he lived in Berkshire. When I rang him to say I couldn't even get them to the airport he had no idea what I was talking about! It hit London though, IIRC and seemed to describe a very narrow and particular pattern. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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On 18/1/07 18:43, in article
, "DavePoole Torquay" wrote: My goodness! Having just watched the news ans read here, I realise just how close the carnage came. It was blustery for part of the day here, but not really that much worse than an energetically windy, winter's day. Nothing toppled over and nothing was damaged. My office is at the other end of the bay, a few yards from Paignton Zoo and things were quite a bit different there, although not a patch on anything I've since seen reported. Counting my lucky stars! We've escaped lightly here, compared to some but that said, Totnes was much quieter, wind-wise, than little old Landscove and it's only 20 mins away. And having heard the wind die away a little at about 5-ish, it seems to be returning now. Ugh. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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Anne Jackson wrote:
[...] ...and in the meantime people have been killed in these storms....just trying to keep things in perspective. What really amuses me (for very small values of 'amuse') is the amount of time that storms are given on the national news when they happen in *England*, especially the *south* of England. The same happens in Scotland, and it barely warrants a mention on the regional news... That's shocking. You mean it's ignored on UK national news when people are _killed_ by storms in Scotland? That it's barely mentioned in regional news, of course, is a choice made in Scotland: but even more shocking for that. In contrast, the various English regions really go to town on stories like that. Something to do with Calvinism, do you think? -- Mike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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wrote in message ups.com... Sacha wrote: I wonder, will this be as bad as, was it 1976? 1976 was the Year of the Drought. 1987 was the year of the hurricane in parts of the SW like the Cis, where I lived at the time but here, that was 1990! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk Uhm, right, thanks for that Confused at home I'm confused most of the time! Alan |
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"Anne Jackson" wrote in message ... The message from Sacha contains these words: One 100 + year old Macrocarpa about 30 of Ray's paces (he's over 6' tall) from the churchyard onto our adjoining path, missing the power lines by inches and one 12 year old Scots pine of about 30 feet on the corner of our front drive, missing the wall by inches. It's supposed to be abating but I wish it would get on with it. ...and in the meantime people have been killed in these storms....just trying to keep things in perspective. What really amuses me (for very small values of 'amuse') is the amount of time that storms are given on the national news when they happen in *England*, especially the *south* of England. The same happens in Scotland, and it barely warrants a mention on the regional news... It is because england is MUCH more important than scotland, wherever that is! Alan |
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