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8 minutes ago, Nick L said:
Precisely. As others have said, the general public don't seem to be taking this seriously and who can blame them?
I think most people have no idea what’s coming. Everyone I’ve spoken to has been talking about their plans for Friday and I’ve said have you not seen the weather? and their reply is no…
My daughter is out today at her friends and I’ve just had a text from the friends mum saying she would like to take the girls to blue water then drop my daughter back home tomorrow as they’ll be back late. I said no I need her back today. A lot of people have no idea anything is happening tomorrow.
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We had a real powerful storm in Faversham around 5ish this morning. Took me by complete surprise and is one I’ll remember just for the sheer power of it. The house shook with every rumble and it sounded like someone was kicking in the front door. The storms we usually get are a few flashes and rumbles but this was a little beast. It went on for around an hour so slow moving. Had a good bit of rain too. Back to feeling muggy now though.
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This mornings storm was a cracker here in Faversham. It didn’t look like much looking at blitzortung but the power of it was huge. We had shotgun thunder and the house shook with every rumble after that. It sounded like someone was kicking in the front door. We very rarely have storms like that. The last one I can remember with that kind of power was back in 2012 one lunch time. It’s usually a few flashes and rumbles but this thing was meaty. It certainly packed a punch! A village close by has lost its internet from multiple providers so I’m guessing their routers have fried. I was already up at 4am with one of the kids and just as I was getting weary and wishing I was asleep that little beast rolled in so it was all good
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Best snow we’ve had so far in Faversham! I thought it was all over lovely surprise!
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Just looked out the window and this evenings batch of
is the best snow we’ve had so far (in terms of laying) here in Faversham! Road and paths got a covering... finally! It’s either been graupel like or blown away to god knows where. Temps are lower tonight so that’s got to be helping as well
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The amount of people out with sledges here is quite bizarre.. the grass is still mostly green
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Almost at that perfect stage.. starting to settle on the grass, snow moderate to heavy and horizontal in the wind... my fence is collecting it
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1 minute ago, SHM040519 said:
Canterbury is a white out, amazed the difference when so close,
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Update.....Rain to snow in the blink of an eye now I just watched it turn. Amazing! Sideways snow
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Dp Still just a touch too high in Fav, temp 2c dp 1.3c Still, it wasn’t meant to snow until around 3/4am and it’s only 7am. I’m not giving up yet. The wind is absolutely roaring out there while the rain lashes down so it’s nice and cosy indoors. Patiently waiting for that dp to drop then we might have some sideways snow ?
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Morning all, thanks for all the posts leading up to this potential snowy spell. It’s been great to follow! Here in Faversham we haven’t seen any snow for a very long time and I know many others haven’t either. It used to be unusual to have a year without any lying snow and now it’s become more the norm Here’s hoping all that have missed out for a long time get our turn for some of the white stuff
️ I checked the home and dry app this morning and it shows constant precip over this area from sat eve until Tuesday... imagine we would be buried! I’m starting to get that sicky feeling of excitement kid on Christmas springs to mind. I have everything crossed for us all in our region and look forward to the 1029487474839030 posts over the next couple of days
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Drizzle in Faversham
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Really sorry about your Dad @lassie23 it’s very painful to lose a parent my thoughts are with you. Take care of yourself
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44 minutes ago, Norfolk Sheep said:
28C? That's about 10C more than me
27c now. Wanna swap?
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We was right at the edge of the cell as it developed. Still haven’t seen any lightning but was treated to some lovely deep rumbles and a sprinkling of rain. And I mean a sprinkling Hopefully that’s not it and there’s more to come. Currently showing 28c here, feels much better than it has been. Blue sky about to take over again.
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Rumbling away here in Faversham. No lightning to be seen though and nothing being picked up on any lightning maps. No rain either ... which would be so so welcome right about now!
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5 minutes ago, thunderpants said:
It;s coming, keep the faith.
Don’t worry I’ve got the faith. Ive just kept reading today how it will disappear as it reaches the coast....that will be mad if it does considering the size of it. I hung my washing out as a rain magnet anyway. Usually works lol!
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Is that little monster from France really going to disintegrate and fizzle to nothing as it reaches here??
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Morning all, much cooler here today in Faversham. 26.6c at the moment which is the coolest it’s been at this time for a days. Lots of cloud around too. It feels stormy but I don’t want to get my hopes up.
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19 minutes ago, Snowycat said:
Could I make a heartfelt plea to all food retailers on here - supermarkets or otherwise to watch the gluten free stuff?
It seems the panic buying has set in with gluten free stuff. My Waitrose order - as Sainsbury’s seem to have thrown me under a bus, can get through to no-one, is missing my gluten free bread and my gluten free breakfast cereals. I now have 4 slices of gluten free bread and enough breakfast cereal for a few days - I was one of those people who didn’t strip the supermarket shelves. As a coeliac I can only eaten gluten free stuff or am very poorly.
There is always the possibility it is coeliacs panic buying but I somehow doubt it.
No bread or no breakfast cereals = no breakfasts for me coming up if I can’t find gluten free stuff.
How selfish can people be.
We’re in the same boat we was only joking the other day how we couldn’t see non coeliacs buying the bread at £3.50 a loaf wasn’t we. Now look We’ve got 6 slices left in the freezer. Never ever usually have a problem buying GF things.
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Morning all,
wishing all those that are unwell feel better soon!
The panic buying is insane and is going to really negatively effect a lot of people. As a rule I don’t go into supermarkets as 1 of my Sons has severe autism and it’s just too much for him. He has to have a strict gluten free diet as he is intolerant and now I’m finding myself unable to get him the things we need, or even a delivery slot to get them delivered
If I don’t give him the same things to eat he will simply just refuse to eat at all. ‘He’ll eat when he’s hungry’ doesn’t apply to him, he would starve himself. We’ve been there before and it’s scary! We’ve got enough to see us through another week but what happens then I don’t know. I’m sure there are thousands of people in the same position and it’s really not good. I saw sainsburys have emailed to say vulnerable people will get priority delivery slots from 23rd March but how on Earth anyone goes about getting one is anyone’s guess.
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22 minutes ago, weirpig said:
Bab With all due respect i dont think this is the place to answer your questions Maybe contact the NHS or dial 111 or google there is loads of information out there
I didn’t want advice, I was just interested. I’m not going anywhere. The only place I’d need to go is shopping and by the time I’d got my lot out of the door there would be nothing left anyway social distancing is 100% the norm for me! I was just interested to know that’s all
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Afternoon all,
Question about Covid and the immune system, during and after pregnancy. My friend is pregnant and is now staying in for the next 12 weeks. Is this advice to protect the baby? And are pregnant women more likely to catch Covid due to the immune system being suppressed?
what about people who have recently had a baby? I think it takes a few months for the immune system to get back to normal? Are they more at risk of catching Covid too?
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47 minutes ago, Azazel said:
It would be helpful if not terrifying. I wonder if the government know this and worry it will cause outright panic.
I think they probably know. The point is not to scare all under 60s into thinking they’re all going to die, not at all. but to make them aware that there is a risk, albeit small to themselves. A large majority of the young (and I’m talking my age bracket - 30’s) couldn’t give a damn as they think it’s just a cold, nothing to see here
Their attitude puts the vulnerable at risk. If they thought for a second they themselves might be at risk there would be a difference in behaviour amongst those with the blasé attitude. And it works both ways. A large majority of the elderly aren’t all that concerned. I’ve heard ‘oh I’ve lived through x,y,z and this little thing isn’t going to stop me’ and things to that effect. My grandparents won’t self isolate, they think it’s rubbish! But, if they thought for a minute that their younger family members could be effected by this they’d happily lock themselves away til the end of time. My grandparents have long told me they live for us God bless them. So again, the elderly put each other at risk as they think it’s only them that can be affected. The facts would be a good thing.
youre probably right though, people would panic. I just don’t think that way as I’m not one of them. When armed with the facts, my logic is completely switched on and I can function so much better. Ignorance is not bliss and there’s Nothing worse than the fear of the unknown.
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What would be really helpful is the figures for those under 60 who have needed critical care. How many? and whether that have underlying conditions or not. It’s all very well saying the elderly are most at risk (no doubt they are) but people are really hanging on to the notion that it’s ‘just’ the elderly that this virus is affecting. Really though the younger people will get priority treatment over the elderly so they have a better chance of survival but we’re not really hearing about those. More elderly will also obviously die because of this. But I’d like to know, say for instance there was no Medical care, how many people under 60 would succumb to this? That would give a more true picture as to what’s going on here and maybe when presented with the facts People would be more inclined to take this seriously as they should. Yes it might scare some people but I think people need a certain amount of fear to behave accordingly. Knowledge is power.
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SE, London & EA - Weather Discussion
in SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion
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Weather appreciation post here…
I’m on day 8 of covid and not really getting much better. I’m surprised how this is affecting me mentally. I feel quite down and I don’t usually get down about much. Anyway, got up this morning and stood in the kitchen gazing out the window at the rain… and then there was the closest lightning strike I have ever seen! It was just across the road, partly obscured by trees but there was the brightest white flash that started as a ball and just elongated and the sound of fizzing and crackling and of course accompanied by the loudest of bangs. If I wasn’t poorly I would’ve absolutely pooped myself but I just stood amazed at what I’d just seen! This immediately lifted me out of the covid cloud and made me feel myself again
I haven’t so much as looked at the weather for the past week so it was a complete (and wonderful) surprise! Thank you weather gods!