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Great gale
« on: January 19, 2007, 05:49:43 PM »
So how did our European friends fair the spectacular weather system that moved through in the past few days?

Good, I hope.

Looked like a really impressive if not scary wind storm.
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« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2007, 05:52:55 PM »
At least three people were killed by falling trees in Sweden. The electricity went out here for 25 hours...
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Re: Great gale
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2007, 06:26:56 PM »
I hope everyone's ok.  The pictures I saw were staggering.
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Re: Great gale
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2007, 06:33:04 PM »
Apparently there's a new storm heading our way in a day or two. This time, there will be snow.
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« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2007, 06:44:07 PM »
Been pretty dramatic weather here in the south Uk. I am right on the south coast of course. One night, it was crazy. There was a gust of wind so strong it set off car alarms and sent dustbins all over the place.
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« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2007, 07:26:14 PM »
Scientists have said that, due to global warming, the possibility of hurricanes hitting the European coastline would increase. It only follows that more severe tropical storms would hit also.

This set of pics really tells a story. Umbrella? ... forget it ... you need a helmet and don't forget to tie it to your head.

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« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2007, 07:37:10 PM »
The umbrellas they make nowadays are shit. My grandfather's umbrella from the 1940s will still do in a storm, though.
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Re: Great gale
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2007, 07:40:34 PM »
Quote from: Litigious on January 19, 2007, 07:37:10 PM
The umbrellas they make nowadays are shit.

QFT

When I lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, I discovered golf umbrellas after my first rainstorm using a folding umbrella.  They are much larger and more sturdily made than regular umbrellas.
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« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2007, 07:47:10 PM »
I gave up on umbrellas. My last one turned inside out, I got angry and flung it...and the handle came off...the rest blew off into the distance...one umbrella, last seen heading south  :laugh:
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Re: Great gale
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2007, 08:03:28 PM »
Quote from: Graelwyn on January 19, 2007, 07:47:10 PM
I gave up on umbrellas. My last one turned inside out, I got angry and flung it...and the handle came off...the rest blew off into the distance...one umbrella, last seen heading south  :laugh:

mary poppins you are not!
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« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2007, 08:05:06 PM »
Quote from: McJagger on January 19, 2007, 08:03:28 PM
Quote from: Graelwyn on January 19, 2007, 07:47:10 PM
I gave up on umbrellas. My last one turned inside out, I got angry and flung it...and the handle came off...the rest blew off into the distance...one umbrella, last seen heading south  :laugh:

mary poppins you are not!

That's because the umbrellas nowadays are shit.
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Re: Great gale
« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2007, 08:05:57 PM »
 :laugh:
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Re: Great gale
« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2007, 08:08:40 PM »
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