Big Storm Over Blighty

I know talking about the weather is a very 'Brit thing' to do - I myself have moaned about the weather a LOT this winter, as well documented over the past few entries. Even so - I am a bit worried now.  I live more or less under that black spot in the middle of the map and am used to gales, but the ones coming up are likely to be like the ferocious ones from my childhood.  You don't worry merely about the bin going walkies; you worry about the entire roof taking off. We have had some of the ceiling collapse in the past and one year, one of our chimney pots came crashing through the kitchen roof.

http://holidaysincornwall.com/largest-waves-in-the-world-are-to-hit-cornwall-on-wednesday/

Sometimes they get the forecast wrong and it skims over the top of us and dumps its load on the poor people on the Somerset levels.  As we speak, it is getting hairy out there already and the storm isn't due for at least another 12-18 hours.  I just hope that St Ives/Penzance can stand the force; the latter had problems running yesterday as the sea had washed away some oft the crucial aggregate to keep the railway track in place.  It seems that Blighty is in for a right old battering over the next few weeks - time to keep your head down and hope for the best :-/

Windswept

Morrab Road, Penzance, Cornwall - UK

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/LIVE-BLOG-Severe-weather-winds-80mph-hit-Cornwall/story-20558039-detail/story.html#axzz2sIN5IL58

19:27
80 mph winds off Sennen Cove, 93 mph recorded in the Isles of Scilly. Parts of the village have trees and power lines are down. We had a hailstorm about half an hour ago and it has gone very quite out there. Not sure what the tidal conditions are like. Don't think I will be going to Uni tomorrow. Will post as and when.

20:37
105 mph gusts on the Isles of Scilly, trees down at Truro, Penzance and St Ives. Parts of the country are without electric. it has gone eerily quiet for now, possibly because we are in the eye of the storm.  Have had a text from a friend, who tells me it is bad in Plymouth now.

21:48
Gusts are back and I think we are in for a bumpy night - temporarily, we have electric, so friends are round to charge iPads/phones etc.