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ITS SNOWING!!!!! :D

Get the binbags out - who's up for some sledging!!!! :D

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4am car covered in snow

4.20am all snow gone in accy due to heavy rain :rolleyes:

no sledging today it seems :(

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i've still got some!!!

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Damn,all i got was the tail end of a downpour:(

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Haven't seen any snow, but have got a few slates missing. 4am running around with buckets whilst hubbie in loft trying to sort things out, impossible. And were are we going to get a builder/roofer today.

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SNOW???????? WHERE?.:Banane21:

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That was my thoughts as well.

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Plenty appearing here in Central Scotland. Snowball fight later in the works carpark. :D

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:( I can't cope with snow. Hate the stuff.

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Enjoyed your sledging?:D

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You got my hopes up then. :(

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Best place for SNOW Scotland, you ca keep it.:Banane54:

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we have snow too and its still here

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:) Haven't seen any snow here, but not in the habit of being awake at 4am!:)

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its raining now so i guess the snow will go,more to come my way though in the next few days

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Where abouts are you?

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county durham

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Aah not local then. lol

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no but i am from accy

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I hope that is the only snow we get this year,hate the stuff.

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We dont get propper snow anymore, I can remember when it used to properly snow, not this 1 inch stuff we get now.

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We have 3.5" and rising at the mo. :p:D

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3.5 not bad,not bad.

Until it rains and turns into a HUGH slush puppy.

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I love snow. There was none left when I set off to work this morning. In fact I was in more danger of drowning going down the 66 this morning. nearly 2 hours to get to work :( At least teh underside of teh car got a good wash!

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tree uprooted on union road, wish I had my camera with me: a nice little police man standing in the middle of the road diverting traffic: ( did I have to mention special branch promotion) ouch:

it's getting wild now, prize from HBC for who gets the most blue boxes in their garden ( I have 3 in mine)

Magpie

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the tree has been sorted now been eaten by the tree machine by hyndburn homes machine.......getting worse out there my garden furniture has flown round the garden...my wishing well has been blown down my grey bin out back garden is no longer standing & can stay that way.& finally i picked a beautiful red rose from garden .

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Sounds to me like your going to need the Angelsea lifeboat up there Mez:D.

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Apparently a roof has been blown off one of the units on Altham industrial estate and caused damage to a few cars

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Well there is a few slates just come off the roof of a house across the road and there is a nice whole there now:eek:

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I take it from the replies to this thread that the weather down there is having a little strop. :eek:

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just a bit hehe they just said on the news that winter hill are getting winds upto 91mph

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Wow, now that's some wicked wind eh Mick? How far off is that from Accrington?

I wish we could get some snow. It's finally been cold enough -2 to 2C (I think). It was nice being able to work on cutting and splitting wood when it's nice and cold like this. As I guess you may know, most of US has been hit pretty hard by snow and ice. Not sure if Billcat has got hit hard or not.

Brian

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Main road in Brierfield is closed. I have to go that way later to pick my daughter up from childminders. If I can't get through she will have tolive there... shame :D

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I think our roof will need looking at after this litle lot. :eek:

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oooo just been into accy and got blown all over the bus station...its fookin terrible out there...the roof on the arndale was blowing like hell, i thought it was gonna come off, went into the arcade and the corragated stuff on the roof was blowing about :(

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I saw a bin blown across Accy Asda car park this morning.

As for the snow, I do like the stuff, as long as I can still drive my car when I need to (or want to), and as long as the snow doesn't upset my football schedule!

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Looks like it is still warmer in Accy than here. This morning, it was 19 degrees F (about -7 C). They're promising us some "Wintry mix" tonight, a not-so-lovely euphemism for a slushy belnd of snow and rain. Ugh! Don't mind snow, don't mind rain, hate the slop in between!

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I left my office in Warrington at 1.30 p.m. today. I had to get across a wide road to the car park I was using. The wind was so strong I almost fell so I grabbed some railings and stood for a minute getting my breath back. A young chap, waiting in his car at the traffic lights, wound his window down and asked me where I was going and did I need a lift! :)

When I got to the car park - large and very open - I spent 2 minutes clinging to someone's Ford Mondeo as I couldn't walk straight and I really was in danger of being blown off my feet (I'm still recovering from flu and not feeling very strong). I got to my car by grabbing every other one I passed and then I had a job to open the car door as the wind was blowing it shut!

There are large branches down all over the roads here. The Mersey is in danger of bursting its banks and the traffic is horrendous as Thelwall Viaduct is closed and all the HGVs are going through Warrington.

On the whole, I'd rather have snow.

:(

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Somebody has just posted this picture of the incident on Colne Rd Brierfield I was talking about earlier.Somehow I have to get past ii in an hour :confused:

http://i13.tinypic.com/2rw4wg1.jpg

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We are having new windows and doors today, many thanks to the poor guys at Sureframe who did them. They took the old window out and leant it against the wall, big mistake, 2 minutes later it was halfway down the street, with glass shattered all over.

My Dad drives a motorbike and it took him 1hr 15mins to get from Haslingden as he had to go about 5mph, and at one point he still ended up on the other side of the road in a grass verge.

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This wind is causing chaos all round.

A roof or something must of blown down on Abby Street near the Chippy roads was closed off at dinner time.

And the amount of debri around my front door is very annoying.:mad:

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I've just heard that our new, giant Tesco store in Warrington has had to be closed. The roof's blowing off! :eek:

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Well its now either lightening or the lights in the house are flickering. God I hope the power doesnt go out!!!

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winds are bad up my way too,seem to be getting stonger by the minute,been 3 accidents round my way hgv's being blown over and 1 car ended up in a ditch

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I lived in Durham City (Crossgate Moor) in the early 70s. One day I watched 5 enormous Leylandii trees, in the garden behind mine, come down one by one in the wind. 80 mph winds were just a slight breeze up there but I've become a bl**dy soft Southerner now! :D

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i planted ten leylandi trees in november im just hoping that they stay rooted,im in teesdale about 15 miles from durham city and being out in the open countryside the winds are strong my fence isnt looking too good either,im hoping that my hubby is gonna get back from work ok he's on a scooter

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Bloomin heck Dave what is/was it :confused:

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Been told by 3 customers that Haslingden Sports Centre is now minus it's roof and our delivery driver told us the M56 was shut. It seems to have calmed down a bit now but it was certainly extreme earlier on!

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It was the roof of a ladder/joinery shop. Good workmanship eh ?

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LOL! Did you manage to pick the little un up ok though?

Looks like the weather calming now thankfully :)

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Picked her up but had to come home with a major detour instead of the motorway. She's in cos I can hear her music :(

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Oh well, looks like I'm gonna' need a roofer if any available soon ! Just got home and the end tile thingy (what is that one called that fits on the apex of the roof ?) has blown into my drive. Lucky me car wasn't there.. would have had a bent bonnet lid for sure. Any recommendations welcomed as the gent who used to do mine has now retired.

Noticed next door neighbours wind chimes have now landed in the drive .. guess too much wind for those, eh ? Can't say I am unhappy about those though ;)

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well my sons were at work and a wall collapsed thankfull they were away from it but only by 5 mins ...

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oh dear looks like we are going to have a power cut over here, mi lights keep flicking on and off and so does mi pc :( *shaz hunts for the torch*

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bloody hell we just had the same here in blackpool ..heehee all street lights just went off and house lights flickering light something out of an horror film .....torch now on hand and searching for candles...

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Phew! doesn't bear thinking about does it cherokee ! Bet lots of near misses today .. hope not too many injuries.

When I worked in the centre of Manchester on a day like today, turned to go down Princess Street and this huge approximately 3' x 3' solid wood sign from a club or summat fell off its hangings and just brushed my shoulder .. that was definintely one of my nine lifes I can tell you .. makes me shudder now to think of it .. can still her the thud as it hit the ground ... brrrrrh.

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Just watching bbc news northwest. He's stood on Blackpool front. It's empty! 1st time i havent seen it busy!

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Well we got the snow and you got the wind. :D Mind you the other week the wind hit 80mph in falkirk which must have been embarressing for kilt wearers. :D

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omg katex lucky or what..but it just goes to show what could happen ...personally i prefer to stay in when its strong winds like this...

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most of the sea front is closed off jen as is the town centre... apparently its been pretty bad down there today

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lol ive just sent reece to get mi candles, its a bloody good job i bought some more batteries for mi torch today

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It looks it!

My garage is still standing though!! The architect for RBC told me 6 years ago that it wouldnt last the winter - well its still standing!!

Just got a text message off my neighbour. Shes stuck in Manchester! Wanting to know what the traffic is like here its just took 2 hours to go a mile!

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I'm amazed that our boiler is still lit - some of you may remember this is the boiler that British Gas told me was defunct. :)

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/cont...gallery.shtml?

Theres some photo's there of all the damage the wind has caused.

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my god i bet the insurance companies are cringing

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A lot of the worse one are in Blackpool, everything ok with you Cherokee??

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got a back garden which looks like a war zone no fencing left at all but other than that we,ve been pretty lucky...couple of houses on road have lost slates and tv aeriels but think sea front area got the bruntof it ty

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As long as everything is ok. I wonder if Doug has had any problems??

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aye hes prob still hiding in the wardrobe heehee

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He wouldnt be in the wardrobe cherokee - the wardrobe could be blown out through the window - he'll be under the stairs with his accy stanley shirt! lol :D

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no he'll be in aunt em's house whirling around in the sky

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It was one of the windiest days I can ever remember today.

I have a plant in a ceramic tub. All told it must weigh six stone, it's very heavy. It was blown out of my garden, and through the gate, and ended up thirty feet down the street. Rescuing the broken pot in my dressing gown wasn't a good idea...well not without underwear.:o

I couldn't close my door for ages, as the wind was so strong.

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errrrmmm scary thought G :D

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Stop eating those beans then! :D

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You couldent make this up.
After 5 weeks my hubby was at last comming home from Blackpool Vic yesterday, after waiting most of the day we was told that the ambulance he was going to be taken home in ,had been involved in an accident due to the weather and the drivers were in A&E.themselves .. (HOPE THEY ARE NOW O.K)
Anyway all being well he will be home this morning.....
The weather seems very mild now.....

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Good luck, been trying for the best part of two days to get one.

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Ask Billcat, they're the closest of chums!;)

Rindy, what the heck is a dressing gown and how many pounds to a stone?

Brian

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Dressing gown= a robe.

14lbs in a stone.:D

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Giving a whole new meaning to "West View," eh? :confused:

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Bad Brian! Bad! Naughty! Funny!:D

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Rindy, just because the string is named Weatherflash, there is no need to take it so literally!

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[quote=garinda;370690]It was one of the windiest days I can ever remember today.

Rescuing the broken pot in my dressing gown wasn't a good idea...well not without underwear.:o

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No one can see anything anyway! :D


And yes i do know - he flashed me once on msn!!!! :D

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[quote=shillelagh;371105]It was a heat wave!

...and I'd forgoten you'd requested to cam chat.

.........and you only saw my ass.

(The next thing you'll see is my hand, as it slaps your legs.:D)

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[quote=garinda;371110]
You cant reach from there!!!! :D

By the way you did turn round you know!!! :rolleyes:

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So thats where he gets his reputation of a bit of a pussycat :cool:

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don't know if its related to the wind you guys got, but the weather is crazy here at the minute.

a part of somebodies roof has just flown past my front door!
plus we had tons of rain this morning

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Thanks for the explanation Rindy. I can accept the vision of you out in a robe more than so some type of dress! Now what is this msn people talk about?

And now actually back to thread. We've now had about 12 hours of some wicked wind. It's going about 15 - 20 mph steady with gusts up to ~50 mph. Have quite a bit of clean-up to do with branches down and some stirofoam sheets now broken up and blowing through the pasture and woods.

Hey ya know something . . . kinda looks like a bit of snow!:D

Brian

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Wind not bad today. Gusts were only peaking at 52mph on my anemometer with a half hour average of about 20-25mph.

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Know what you mean Sara .. will let you know if I find anyone .. flier through my door, must have spotted the broken tiles on my drive ...little reluctant, but you never know.

Best thing is, tonight... reported the damage to my Buildings Insurance Company (only £ 50 excess) .. explained my problem. They gave me a reference number, told me to get an estimate from a qualified builder/roofer and only to come back to them if it was over £500. Send in the bill, I could pay workman (they would recompense me), or they would pay direct .. full stop. Their surveyors are busy at mo.
Hassle free, or what !