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WARNING:prepare for the weather storm all day Friday

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infoman Tue 20-Oct-26 15:22:09

starting Thursday night if you live in West Wales and across the Southern region of England.
Don't like to appear by being part of the Nanny State.
So I am going to suggest a couple of things,yours are welcome.
Make sure your phone is fully charge and if you do have a wireless with rechargeable battery's put it on charge.
Fill your car up with fuel
Get some cash out of the cash machines
and get a couple of extra days shopping.
To the extreme if you have car and live in a low lying location try and get up on a bit higher ground never like see cars during floods being under one foot of water and and written off
Just keep safe.

Grannybags Tue 20-Oct-26 15:51:35

We've been preparing for armageddon (as we say whenever we buy an extra tin or wind up torch!😂) for ages now so it would be interesting to put our supplies to the the test...

MawsRosie Tue 20-Oct-26 16:12:02

Oh for goodness sake-it’s called Autumn!
It’s the North of Scotland that might get extreme low temps and snow.
So high winds, rain, that’s about par for the course in late October - don’t panic Mr Mainwaring ! Don’t panic!

Jaxjacky Tue 20-Oct-26 16:42:05

We’re in S England, up to 60mph wind, it’s a storm, had loads of them, this one is Austen, our day will be as usual

Grannybags Tue 20-Oct-26 16:54:53

I was joking by the way!! 😂

David49 Tue 20-Oct-26 17:10:01

I remember the Michael Fish storm that caught everyone with their trousers down, dont get caught out, if you can prepare then do, even if it's only shopping the day before.

Casdon Tue 20-Oct-26 17:16:08

It’s a bit more than you suggest MawsRosie, and it’s not just Scotland. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for Wales and south west England which lasts from midnight this Friday until midday next Friday, so we are in for some dire weather.

Sarnia Tue 20-Oct-26 17:16:47

I have my History group on Thursday night so it had better not start before then!

M0nica Tue 20-Oct-26 18:55:08

David49

I remember the Michael Fish storm that caught everyone with their trousers down, dont get caught out, if you can prepare then do, even if it's only shopping the day before.

Surely most people,( I do underline most because there will be exceptions) usually have a reasonable store of food in their homes. Not Prepping stores, but just reasonably stocked food cupboards. When ever you see anyone's open kitchen cupboard there are usually tins and packets of pasta and why do most of us have fridge freezers, if it is not to put spare food in until it is needed?

MayBee70 Tue 20-Oct-26 19:02:02

I’ll never forget the house being battered by Storm Arwen. We thought the windows were going to blow in, the carpets were lifting and we lost part of the roof!

GrannyGravy13 Tue 20-Oct-26 19:02:55

I have always had a well stocked larder and freezers. So much so our AC use our kitchen like a free supermarket.

Norah Tue 20-Oct-26 19:03:47

Autumn seems a stormy time, we're prepared.

Cupboard re-stocked as anything is used.

Norah Tue 20-Oct-26 19:04:23

GrannyGravy13

I have always had a well stocked larder and freezers. So much so our AC use our kitchen like a free supermarket.

Same.

welbeck Tue 20-Oct-26 19:22:40

I think people need things they can eat straight out of tins or packets eg sardines. Biscuits. Nuts. Tin fruit. Corned beef.
In case the power supply is interrupted. Also bottled water.
Just in case.

Jaxjacky Tue 20-Oct-26 19:35:59

The warning on the Met Office site is a yellow one, Cornwall north to Wales and East along the coast to Sussex on Friday, Saturday has no warnings.

Casdon Tue 20-Oct-26 19:54:27

I’m sorry Jaxjacky, I misread the warning, because if you look on Wales online it says midnight Friday until midday Friday.
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greyfur16 Tue 20-Oct-26 20:03:04

How ridiculous. I live about 10 yards from a shop.

No, I won't be "preparing"

Jaxjacky Tue 20-Oct-26 20:14:29

Easy done Casdon, a week might be more of a challenge 😏

fancythat Tue 20-Oct-26 22:08:43

We have weather proofed the house, hopefully, for coming storms.

Will put away things tomorrow, that are likely to fly around outside.

Thanks op.