Police advising to AVOID ALL TRAVEL in Central & Lothian & Borders areas from 2pm-9pm

The river clyde at clydebank collage

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No idea, what these kind of speed winds damage actually could do....

I know plenty about water at speed = concrete and stuff....

But for example, what speed does wind have to be at to blow a tree down? Or for you to lean into it and not fall over...

I feel I need some perspective....

Pictures do look pretty epic though. Although hopefully nobody is hurt.

kd
 
Amazing weather - I live near Troon, (above pic) and have never seen anything like this in my life. I don't even remember the Brighton storms being as bad as this, although I was quite a lot younger :p Just watching a hail storm in 80mph winds..
 
The light in my front rooms has occasional flickers. Think we're going to lose power soon...

Last time we had a power cut up here, power was down from Helensburgh to the West End.
 
Winds have just picked up in Naaaaaarich.

How does one measure wind speed in an ad hoc way (from stuff floating around your house)........


We have, some pretty bendy 100ft trees right outside our house, pretty cool watching them sway!

I must say, whilst I'm loving looking at the stuff right now, if Power goes I will be complaining non stop xD

kd
 
The wind just snapped a zebra crossing pole here, I mean wtf? How is that even possible, it's just a pole with a round light on top. It's pretty aerodynamic surely?
 
Epic!

I'm going to phone my mum to make sure she's not been blown away :)

Anyone up that way, what's it like about Alloa, and how's the Forth looking?
 
EEk! We just had a partial power cut here. PCs and phone units are still up, but the air conditioning and main lights have all gone out. We do have emergency lights though, so at least were not sitting in the dark.
 
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