Poll: Winter 2021/22 - Will we see lots of snow?
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Yeah very strong gusts here in Essex too I feel for some of the houses further up.street some still have tiles hanging off (well vertical) the top of the house
One house on Friday the tiles were coming off three at a time and not just sliding off they were flinging off nearly hitting next house
Some houses lost tiles in big patches one nearly all of them the row right at the top
One house on Friday the tiles were coming off three at a time and not just sliding off they were flinging off nearly hitting next house
Some houses lost tiles in big patches one nearly all of them the row right at the top
I'd expect the Dee to also have a large volume of water.
Have you ever travelled on a train? They go through lots of areas with trees, no different than the motorway. To fell every tree next to the railway line would cost a fortune, and in most part be completely unnecessary.
If they removed every tree next to roads and railways we'd have nothing left.
Same here up near Manchester, rubbish nights sleep. Not ventured outside yet keeping fingers crossed the roof is still fully intact.
The railways used to be a lot more bare, in part because if any wood built up then sparks from a stream train would probably set it on fire on a hot summers day before long...
'vegetation management' is a major job for the railway and they do do it, there is just rather a lot of railway to cover (and has to be done outside nesting season etc). Also it always tends to prompt complaints when they properly clear an area of railway (where they do actually own enough land to do so) - it might make the railways more reliable (less risk of branches and trees on the track or in wires, as well as leaf fall, and depending on the character of the local area cutting trees down can actually make slopes more stable, and reduce likelihood of damage to bridges o er the railway etc) but all people see is loss of trees and undergrowth. Unfortunately there are actually pretty good reasons for cutting down trees next to the railway and we should probably just have more trees elsewhere if having them cut down is such a loss.
Storm-wise it's been a very windy and wet in Warrington. Subjectively worse than Eunice I think.
'vegetation management' is a major job for the railway and they do do it, there is just rather a lot of railway to cover (and has to be done outside nesting season etc). Also it always tends to prompt complaints when they properly clear an area of railway (where they do actually own enough land to do so) - it might make the railways more reliable (less risk of branches and trees on the track or in wires, as well as leaf fall, and depending on the character of the local area cutting trees down can actually make slopes more stable, and reduce likelihood of damage to bridges o er the railway etc) but all people see is loss of trees and undergrowth. Unfortunately there are actually pretty good reasons for cutting down trees next to the railway and we should probably just have more trees elsewhere if having them cut down is such a loss.
Storm-wise it's been a very windy and wet in Warrington. Subjectively worse than Eunice I think.
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I have ye many of a time but when these trees are costing people there lives it rather dangerous.
But I get your point on the cost.
It is bin day today so they were out all night ready for early dustbin wagon.
It survived and dustman worked out how to remove the rope and elastic strap I used to hold lid shut.
Reading the news this morning I felt sorry for the guy who's garage roof came down on his collection of old cars.
Also all those people who have damage and flooding - When I bought this bungalow the first thing I asked and looked up was has it ever suffered from flooding? - Not yet but never take anything for granted.
It survived and dustman worked out how to remove the rope and elastic strap I used to hold lid shut.
Reading the news this morning I felt sorry for the guy who's garage roof came down on his collection of old cars.
Also all those people who have damage and flooding - When I bought this bungalow the first thing I asked and looked up was has it ever suffered from flooding? - Not yet but never take anything for granted.
Definitely a very important thing to check. However it's not always that simple - eg there are parts of Warrington that flooded last year which have never flooded in living memory, and weren't even listed as a high risk flood area I don't think.
Seems it was likely the result of a combination of more recent buildings preventing drainage and raising the ground level on areas which used to be water sinks, and a local brook not being dredged any more.
I think local and national governments share a lot of blame for allowing development in areas which were either at risk of flooding, or put other areas at risk of flooding without putting appropriate defences or drainage schemes in place.
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It’s more that no one manages them. Along my commute there are loads of dead trees that unsurprisingly have snapped in half and have blocked the road.
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Don’t know about snow, but we’ve certainly got a lot of Saharan sand in the sky down here in the SE.
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Probably why the clouds look slightly orange. Always a pain when it dries on the car. Weather looks good going forward at least.
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What’s your idea of good though? Most on here seem to think driving blizzards and 2 foot of snow is good
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What’s your idea of good though? Most on here seem to think driving blizzards and 2 foot of snow is good
20C, sunshine sits well with me.
The sky has gone so orange now.