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[Sussex] A bit brisk tomorrow... *** Met Office RED weather warning ***
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Since1982
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Tiles off my my both my neighbours houses in Burgess Hill, fences down as well. All seemingly from one very intense gust.
brightn'ove
cringe
edit ... just seen already posted!
He LIVES for days like today
Me neither, but have had a few aborted landings in my time - only one due to wind though. It was pretty horrific - small plane with 60mph side winds (landing in Jersey). Had three attempts veering all ver the place (well if felt like it anyway, probably wasn't) and on the third the pilot seemed to basically drop it out of the sky from a way up....we bounced down the runway and ended up almost sideways on. There was luggage everywhere and the smell of vomit throughout the plane was grim
Gutters have come down in the flats next door to me, and my bin blew over.
jackalbion
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- Aug 30, 2011
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Well this is now the least productive day I've had at work
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
He LIVES for days like today
Me neither, but have had a few aborted landings in my time - only one due to wind though. It was pretty horrific - small plane with 60mph side winds (landing in Jersey). Had three attempts veering all ver the place (well if felt like it anyway, probably wasn't) and on the third the pilot seemed to basically drop it out of the sky from a way up....we bounced down the runway and ended up almost sideways on. There was luggage everywhere and the smell of vomit throughout the plane was grim
I've only had one aborted landing, at Luton, returning from Athens. It was foggy but the fog was swirling. As we went round again, the pilot announced if he had 100 yards of visibility, he would land it, but if not, then we'd divert. He did and we landed safely.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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And 'of'
He LIVES for days like today
Me neither, but have had a few aborted landings in my time - only one due to wind though. It was pretty horrific - small plane with 60mph side winds (landing in Jersey). Had three attempts veering all ver the place (well if felt like it anyway, probably wasn't) and on the third the pilot seemed to basically drop it out of the sky from a way up....we bounced down the runway and ended up almost sideways on. There was luggage everywhere and the smell of vomit throughout the plane was grim
I've had it TWICE at Vegas - both times some thermodynamic thing of heat lifting the plane up from the runway
With a 70mph headwind you could probably drop a Concorde at Shoreham with room to spare before the railway line!
jackalbion
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- Aug 30, 2011
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Not too much gone wrong on the railways, power failure at Hastings, 50 mph speed limits, and my train hitting a branch at Balham. Generally ok though.
jackalbion
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- Aug 30, 2011
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No its all gone to pot now.
Si Gull
Way Down South
Our landing was aborted at Gibraltar due to wind. I'm not that nervous a flier but I really wouldn't recommend that one, not with the Rock seeming within touching distance! Fortunately for all on board the pilot took the sensible option and didn't try again, diverted to Málaga instead.
You jinxed it! What's happening?
Si Gull
Way Down South
Our landing was aborted at Gibraltar due to wind. I'm not that nervous a flier but I really wouldn't recommend that one, not with the Rock seemingly within touching distance! Fortunately for all on board the pilot took the sensible option and diverted to Málaga.
- Aug 24, 2020
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I've not got a lot of work done since [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] posted that!
Bins blowing everywhere in the Slarde. Dog still seems to want to go for a walk. No chance
I've not done anything since [MENTION=14365]Thunder Bolt[/MENTION] posted the Ventusky link yesterday. For an extreme weather/geography geek, I'm in heaven.
It's got maps, wind (at different altitudes), rain, cloud, snowcover etc. I've been toggling between that and Big Jet TV.
If Eunice gets me, at least I'll die happy.
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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This literally is manna from heaven for all the middle aged farts of NSC 
. Next up, a piece of window trim seen blowing down the road in Partridge Green.
. Next up, a piece of window trim seen blowing down the road in Partridge Green.Because people are bloody fed up with being under house arrest for months and months and they can now make their own decisions.