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[soms]

I remember one time it was a high voltage overhead line which was at fault - I walked  down the road and could see one of the un-insulated, cables sagging a bit and when the wind caught it it made it sway against  one of the other cables, making a cracking sound, sending blue sparks across the field and making the power fail for a good few seconds 

I don't suppose the weather will be so rough tonight and I am in the Midlands at the moment until later on Thursday.

I hope to come home to find everything in one piece.

[Ezzer]

Came across 2 trees brought down, one across a road near Brudall, bombarded with broken twigs and branches half the morling, soaked, wind swept, green with tree gunk. constant texts all day, Damage report, can you attend ?.......

Near home damaged gas pipes being worked on, slight suspicion on the recent tremor

[Astral]

I remember one time it was a high voltage overhead line which was at fault

You've just reminded me of the winter of 1976 when I was walking along a Devon lane at night and bumped into a big fat cable at chest height. I nearly carped myself, thinking it was a high voltage electricity cable, but it turned out to be a telephone cable, so heavy with ice, that it had sagged almost to the ground.

[soms]

Looking at the weather on the Met Office site the severe weather warnings which yesterday were for the south west and south wales only have now moved on to the rest of England, Wales and southern Scotland...

Everywhere but southern England which is good news in terms of avoiding further damage and flooding although I heard on spotlight that more rain was forecast (we can only get spotlight because we are at the bottom of a hill which blocks the local transmitter including points west)

So it looks like you folks in the north west might get a different picture tomorrow  the ones dave provided 

Staying in Staffs though, the weather wont be to brilliant here either though

[oldfogy]

Haven't you got a bed to go to 

In Birmingham at the moment it's a little windy but not much, although rain is forecast for later today.

Yes, snow on the phone lines, I used to like hitting the cable to loosen the snow to see it shoot back into the air.
It never really worked as there was usually too much snow. 

[Achilles Last Stand]

Had a fence panel knock the apple tree askew and the bird table is horizontal but otherwise nothing... beautiful today, looks like the sky has had a spring clean 

[Accordion]

I found out, tonight, that half my village was without electricity for most of today. I seem to be living a charmed existence vis-a-vis the weather.

I can hear the wind now, so it must be blowing pretty hard. Normally I don't hear a thing.

I've had some of that charmed existence. Twice recently we have had BT cable lengths dug up and stolen by gypsies resulting in most of the village without phones. I wasn't affected either time.

[roseway]

It's knocked out my satellite dish, but that's the only damage I'm aware of.

[jazz]

I wish you hadn't posted those nice sunny pictures yesterday DaveM - from what the weather forecasters are saying we are going to get the gales in the North West tonight and I think you must have caused it by drawing attention to our good fortune on Monday!

[UncleUB]

Update.The weather here in Sheffield @ 6am is vile,very windy and lashing down.I felt sorry fo my other half going to work this morning at 5.45.(Yeah I really did)

[roseway]

You're all heart, Phil.

[UncleUB]

I know eric,I,m too soft for my own good.

[scottiesmum]

I hope she'll be dashing home to make you some lunch UncleUB !   

[UncleUB]

I hope she'll be dashing home to make you some lunch UncleUB !  

I,m not that heartless Kate,I told her to call at the chippie on the way home.

[scottiesmum]