How have folks down south been affected by the storms?

[Beobloke]

Definitely a bit blowy down in Hampshire and we woke up this morning to find several trees down near us. The hairiest bit though was driving to Southampton Airport last night at about 9:30pm to collect Mrs. B who was flying back from Dublin. The rain was horrendous on the M27 and this was compounded by several morons who don't know the difference between rain and fog and who had their fog lights on.

[MikeMusic]

compounded by several morons who don't know the difference between rain and fog and who had their fog lights on.

Hate that

[hifi_dave]

Here in NW Essex/Cambridgeshire, we did a 15 mile round trip this lunchtime and there was hardly any damage to speak of (thankfully). Just a few extra twigs, a couple of small branches and lots of leaves on the ground. Did the media make too much of the impending doom..

[Oldpinkman]

Hate that

Highway code (226)
You MUST use headlights when visibility is seriously reduced, generally when you cannot see for more than 100 metres (328 feet). You may also use front or rear fog lights but you MUST switch them off when visibility improves (see Rule 236). Law RVLR regs 25 & 27

Idiots?

[shane]

Sitting 160' up on a South-west facing hill on the South Devon coast I fully expected to be blown to Kingdom Come. In fact, I slept like a log and woke to find all normal. If I didn't have a telly I'd never have known anything unusual was going on.

[Beobloke]

Idiots?

Yes. Have you ever tried following someone along a motorway in torrential rain with their fog lights on? I can assure you the only thing that reduces visibility in a case like this is the bright red beacon of light in front of you that obscures everything else.

[Oldpinkman]

Just got much worse. Just heard a friend of Harry's that he did sports coaching with died when she was crushed by a tree falling on the mobile home she was in.

[John]

Fence is in bad shape bloody neighbour trampoline blown into it

[synsei]

Whenever it gets windy here we take bets on which garden next doors trampoline will be sitting in the following morning

[Marco]

Fence is in bad shape bloody neighbour trampoline blown into it

I can't believe the idiocy of folk leaving something like that lying out when severe storms have been predicted!!

Make sure you bill the morons for the cost of repairs to your fence, especially as it could've been much worse, if the fooking thing had gone through your window!

Marco.