Storm Doris

Shes a goodun, 75mph+ in Ireland, i have clocked in at 42.6mph so far and its far from over
My mast was swaying quite a bit and thats lowered to 6m…

She has turned the M80 in Scotland in to a carpark :lol:

56k homes without power

She has undergone an Explosive Cyclogenisis making it a “Weather Bomb”

Hi, 46.0mph highest at the moment, barometer has dropped 18.6 mb in 12.00 hrs. still dropping.

teal.

Had a 54mph at 11:48 she’s certainly a good one
A drop of 17mb here in 12hrz

Hi, 12.30pm 55.2 mph, my CB antenna is bending just a little bit.

teal.


That’s a good whip, what is it, a silver rod?

Hi, no its a gain master, just up new picture, the other one was to big.

teal.

Ha cool, i used to have a Antron 99 and a 3 element beam back in the day :slight_smile:

We got a Power cut in Weeting

Have got a UPS !, well it made 56.4 mph, barometer now rising & wind dropping.

teal.

Naming those UK storms just seems to aggravate them :lol:

Stay safe guys!

Still no leccy, line down at the end of my road and phone on 39% :frowning:

What you need is wind generator to chare it up. :wink: :wink:

teal.

Most we’ve had is 51mph at 17:29.

Stuart

Car charger?

There are a lot of power outages in SE England according to http://www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/internet/en/fault-map/
Checking Bashy’s postcode it seems they estimate him getting power back in 1-2 hours from now.

A couple of articles I found.

[size=83] Extreme Weather in United Kingdom on February 23 2017 02:26 PM (UTC). Storm Doris's strong winds and rain are causing train delays of more than two hours in Cumbria. High winds and a failure in electricity supply are affecting trains across the country, which is having a knock on affect on trains in Cumbria. Trains across the Virgin Trains network are delayed by up to two hours while others are cancelled. Trains are now leaving London Euston but services will be severely disrupted for the rest of the day. A speed restriction because of high winds is in place between Preston and London Euston. Virgin Trains is running an hourly service between Preston and ...[/size]
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20170223-57255-GBR
[size=83] Power Outage in Ireland on February 23 2017 02:16 PM (UTC) Storm Doris moved in over Ireland in the past 12 hours or so and most people are waking up to extreme winds. Lashing rain and the huge gusts have caused massive power outages as well as knocking trees onto main roads. The storm is expected to surge on for most of the morning. Affected person(s) 56000 [/size]
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=PW-20170223-57253-IRL

Well it made 56.4 mph @ 14.22.

teal.

[size=83]Storm Doris left a tragic trail of devastation in its path after battering Britain with winds of almost 100mph, as one woman was confirmed dead and many more were left fighting for their lives. The 29-year-old woman was killed by rotten wood blown off a building by the swirling winds outside a Starbucks coffee shop in Wolverhampton city centre, prompting more than a dozen horrified onlookers to call 999. A girl was left with life-threatening injuries after a ceiling collapsed in a school sports hall in Milton Keynes, while in Aldgate, London, dramatic footage showed a woman receiving ...[/size]
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20170224-57259-GBR

Nasty one for sure :frowning: Daily Mail article with pictures.

Cheers Martyn, got back live again sometime between 7pm and 1am, i went to bed and woke at about 1 and it was back on

My max speed clocked in at 56.4mph @14:00, not so sure how much more my mast could handle at 6m unguyed… 8O 8)
It may have read a touch faster had it been at the 10m mark but without guylines i dare say the mast and equipment
would be in a carrier bag this morning :roll:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iqCeS-DwHc