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    Hi Iceni, problem is a hedge will just let my terrible terrier right through it. Otherwise I totally agree with you! I think a hedge and a fence is an option. Sadly i have a mutt that thinks he is the only canine that should be allowed to roam this earth!! He is also such a stupid mutt that he will go out in any weather including torrential rain and even enjoys watching fireworks! A true devil dog! LOL. He was a rescued stray and it has taken us 2 years to tame him but the best thing is he loves stormy weather as much as I do. And just to pacify the mods,..... the wind here is getting much gustier and we are now getting light rain. http://www.chimet.co.uk/%28S%28okivqw45kv2vrcbovlbq2o45%29%29/wind.aspx
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    Very hard to get new fence panels down here, a waiting list I think! And no point putting in the concrete posts here until the ground dries up. Our Fence is leaning because the ground is so wet now that the concrete posts are rocking in the squidgy earth! Still I give thanks we are safe from flooding, that is the worst nightmare for people.
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    Hi Rusty, "only gulls await the smashed remains of life, in the flotsam all along the coast" how true this remark is! So much flotsam on the shore at the moment that it is really interesting to take a stroll along the strand line. Stay safe tomorrow and watch out for Tuesday/Wednesday, I feel that has more potential than tomorrow.
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    Spent 20 minutes this evening in the garden shoring up the garden fence which is starting to lean a lot in a couple of places. Also I have been propping up the garden gate that ihas already come off of one hinge and we now have 3 large branches propping it up one side as well as a zinc bath full off water plus a paving slab, and the other side has 3 very large plant pots in front of it. So I am hoping it stays on the one remaining hinge and doesn't do a Mary Poppins and go sailing across the neighbours houses!
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    Oops, there goes Ireland! I seriously hope not too!
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    OOPS! Sorry Jo. Here in Bognor Regis is isn't sunny, it is dark. GULP! Serious now, it is dry, Force 6 gusting Force 8 SW wind. Looks likely to be worst here at 3:00am tomorrow.
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    And wasn't it in November when they said we would have 6 months of severe winter weather with snow until May?
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    Oh these posts may be a bit off topic but that had me spluttering red wine over my keyboard. There was a young storm called Ruth who seldom told the truth, she said "I'm a child and really not wild" Tomorrow will show the truth.
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    Really hope you miss the worst of Ruth Ruthie. Hope it doesn't turn out that Ruth is ruthless. Sorry, sorry! Couldn't resist.
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    I really hope you are right terrier but for the South Coast it looks like almost non-stop rain still for the next couple of weeks at least.
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    Is that Emsworth area? Looks like it to me. They have been having a bit of a problem that way. I have to head over there on the 20th and the charts aren't looking good for then either.
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    Personally rjbw I think if you enjoy storms then carry on enjoying them. Nothing you feel about them will change what happens or doesn't happen. I was down on the coast here in '87 aged 36 and I slept through the worst of it. Horrified the next day by the devastation and loss of life but that did spark my continuing interest in the weather and as I couldn't have made one iota of difference to the outcome then I say enjoy it if you wish to. And yes, I feel very sorry for some people severely affected but I also realise they most often made the choice to live where they did, despite living in 'dodgy' areas. In Somerset I feel very sorry for the people as that was mainly caused by mismanagement of the watercourses, not by nature alone.
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    Looks like the other half is the sensible half. I personally wouldn't want to be either there or in South west Ireland.
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    Yes it WAS worse on the South Coast last week! I know because I saw it!! Neighbours greenhouse didn't just lose a few panes of glass but was blown across their garden! I personally saw at least 10 trees down in a half mile area of my own town and also saw one snapped off 5 feet from the ground and the rest of the tree going through the roof of my friends extension. Next time be sure of your facts. the next day I was on a bus and saw so many trees down but no it wasn't anything like as bad as '87 and neither is today's storm anything like as bad. Oh and by the way, the storm here lasted well over 6 hours at the height of it last week.
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    The Met Office has warned of gusts of 50-60 mph, 70 mph along exposed coasts. On Twitter Dyfed Powys Police said they are receiving "a high volume of calls reporting trees down and other damage caused by high winds". Read more: http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Gusts-70mph-cause-disruption-South-Wales-region/story-20025597-detail/story.html#ixzz2jVpVbBgrFollow us: @thisisswales on Twitter | thisissouthwales on Facebook
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    Down to 81mph already at Mumbles. looks like this is passing fairly quickly thankfully! Hope everyone in Wales stays safe and as far as warning goes, surely people should be aware of current conditions and act accordingly? No-one should ever try to blame METO for getting hurt whether there are warnings or not. Whatever happened to common sense? 45 years ago my car almost got hit by a falling tree. That was an unexpected storm and I blamed myself for driving out when it was clearly not the safest thing to do.
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    Those high wind speeds look like the coastal areas to me! Inland has nowhere near the gusts London received, not yet anyway and I sincerely hope not at all.
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    Dead on the reckoning there cloud 10. Glad it isn't the South having the worst this time. Be careful in those really gusty winds folks.
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    A very heavy squall just gone through Bognor area. Gusting up to 48knot/55mph. once the squall line showing on radar passed it it once again down to only 36mph gusts. A LOT of rain with it too.
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    Friend had two large Chestnut trees in her garden but now has one. One snapped off about three feet up the trunk and has smashed the roof oh her house extension. Not a happy day for her. Otherwise apart from a lot of trees down most places in Bognor have fared very well.
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    I can hear a few chainsaws going from here. Daughter phoned landlord to report no electricity as water come if from the roof of the flat above and into the electricity of both flats. His response? I have houses with half their roofs off I can't worry about electricity!!! Wonderful man. They have just dried round it and put electric on even though their latest fire alarm test showed the system needed replacing. They will just have to turn the elctric off when they go to sleep! If it is true roofs were damaged then this was one mighty storm! OT. Does anyone know if they can get an electrician in themselves and charge the landlord? It is worrying me as they are only young.
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    I can hear a few chainsaws going from here. Daughter phoned landlord to report no electricity as water come if from the roof of the flat above and into the electricity of both flats. His response? I have houses with half their roofs off I can't worry about electricity!!! Wonderful man. They have just dried round it and put electric on even though their latest fire alarm test showed the system needed replacing. They will just have to turn the elctric off when they go to sleep! If it is true roofs were damaged then this was one mighty storm!
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    Very thankfully I think the worst is over for us now, only Force 8 gusting 9 now. I can go out and fix our gate before letting a very cross legged dog out in the garden! Then I am off to try to get some sleep!!!!.
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    Posted A minute ago Sussex Police â€@sussex_police 9m At 6.30am we'd had reports of 125 trees down across roads in Sussex. Be careful, especially on the smaller roads during #sussexstorm Just been checking out neighbours properties from my windows. Numerous fences down, one greenhouse blown across garden, thankfully can't see any structural damage anywhere which is a relief as this storm has kept me awake almost all night by its ferocity.
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    Sussex Police â€@sussex_police 9m At 6.30am we'd had reports of 125 trees down across roads in Sussex. Be careful, especially on the smaller roads during #sussexstorm
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