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Ye Gods! the howling wind!

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rosesarered Tue 17-Nov-15 18:15:13

here in Oxfordshire, the wind is screaming and howling around the house, pots are rolling around in the garden and the air is full of leaves.I do hate gale force winds , just the sound if it, even when you are inside.What is it like where you are? worried about the old roof tiles here.

matson Tue 17-Nov-15 18:18:29

Here in North East it is windy and wet, but not gale force.

loopylou Tue 17-Nov-15 18:20:32

The wind's giving me a headache. I live in Wiltshire and it's shrieking through the woods behind the house, the plastic patio chair has blown the length of the garden.
Earlier there were wheelie bins all over the road and a Portaloo for the workmen doing the roads had blown over it's just dawned on me 4 hours later that one of them might have been in it oops!
The rain earlier actually blew through my umbrella, I was completely soaked in about 3 minutes. I hope my long boots dry out hmm, there were deep puddles everywhere.

Ana Tue 17-Nov-15 18:21:21

It's awful - I really hate strong winds and gales!! Makes me feel very uneasy...sad

merlotgran Tue 17-Nov-15 18:25:24

Horrible here on the Fens as well. Candles and gas lamps at the ready just in case.

Luckygirl Tue 17-Nov-15 18:27:27

I was supposed to be going to choir over the border in S Wales but have chickened out as there are branches all over the roads. I always feel nervous when the winds are like this as the house chimney is above our bed!

ninathenana Tue 17-Nov-15 18:31:23

It's just picking up in Kent. It's not been too bad until about an hour ago.
SE is supposed to get the worst of it over night.
Hope everyone's property stays safe.

tanith Tue 17-Nov-15 18:38:37

Its picked up in the last half hour in West London, there are big trees in the park at the bottom of the garden that are swaying perilously.. it does make me uneasy too.

annsixty Tue 17-Nov-15 18:49:57

Really picking up here in the North West and like all of you it makes me uneasy and not a little scared blush

loopylou Tue 17-Nov-15 18:51:42

I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets jittery smile
It makes me restless and headachey.
Bugger Blasted Barney! I thought it was a comforting name hmm until today!

NfkDumpling Tue 17-Nov-15 19:04:15

It was dead still all day here in Norfolk until mid afternoon when it started to get a bit breezy.. The wind is now whistling in the chimney and making the fire roar and the Scots pine outside is starting to look like the Womping Willow. It's too big, too close to the house and overhangs the road. But has a preservation order on it. I think tonight it may do a bit of self pruning!

J52 Tue 17-Nov-15 19:21:25

On the SW Scottish coast at the moment! Everything is rattling. Still nice and cosy inside!

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Bellanonna Tue 17-Nov-15 19:37:54

In the South London suburbs it's blowy but not on a grand scale. Yet. I just walked my 3 yr old grandson home - 5 minutes away - and he said it was monsters making noises so we laughed about that. Oh I can hear the wind in the chimney now. Fingers xd for everyone's safety, wherever you are

LullyDully Tue 17-Nov-15 19:42:36

Windy and wet here in Hampshire.

hildajenniJ Tue 17-Nov-15 20:03:52

The wind is beginning to pick up in west Northumberland, and it's raining quite heavily. It's to be at it's height here at about midnight. I hope I will sleep through it.

wotanuisanceABC123 Tue 17-Nov-15 20:11:08

Well.I'm a bundle of nerves tonight what with the scary wind and the stuff on the news. Always afraid the big chimney stack will blow down onto my bed (with me in it))

KatyK Tue 17-Nov-15 20:16:40

Very scary winds here in the West Midlands. There are bins rolling down the street and our windows are rattling shock

Charleygirl Tue 17-Nov-15 20:23:40

The wind is picking up here in NW London but as somebody said, the worst is going to hit us during the night. I hope that I have fences and a shed, not to mention garden furniture.

Bellanonna Tue 17-Nov-15 20:28:51

Yes it's definitely picking up now shock

Anya Tue 17-Nov-15 20:47:40

Yea, very bad in West Midlands.

downtoearth Tue 17-Nov-15 20:51:10

conifers outside bent double,windows n doors rattling ,wind whistling around here in west Norfolk

glassortwo Tue 17-Nov-15 20:55:04

Calm here in Newcastle but had heavy rain earlier, could be the calm before the storm.

Pittcity Tue 17-Nov-15 21:31:23

Pretty blustery here in Colchester but still warm.

merlotgran Tue 17-Nov-15 21:36:01

Even worse now in Cambridgeshire. We had a ten minute power cut and amazingly, just as we were about to retire to bed with the battery radio, our Kindles and a bottle of wine wink it came back on again.

jogginggirl Tue 17-Nov-15 22:17:56

Very blustery here in north Shropshire ...