• Storm Ciara

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 3:26 pm**

Burnley road Tod

https://twitter.com/i/status/1226501478518591491

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 3:34 pm**

Bloody hell, that's bad.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 3:38 pm**

There’s a live link on YouTube to Heathrow.Just put in big jet tv. Fascinating stuff.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 3:40 pm**

Power has gone out here. And only 50% phone battery! Goodbye cruel world.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 3:47 pm**

No power here in Padiham.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 3:59 pm**

icu81b4 wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 3:22 pm
I can recall caravans being blown off cliffs in Cornwall by hurricane Charlie over 30 years ago*, so 2015 can't be right.

*I know this because I was in a caravan in Cornwall at the time.

And here to tell the tale - Charlie has a lot to answer for

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 4:10 pm**

gawthorpe_view wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 12:57 pm
Barnfield complex looking like an island today.

Barnfield20200209_125051.jpg

Early preparations for our next visit to the Emirates

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 4:49 pm**

ClaretAndJew wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:45 am
Why was it scheduled to take 12 hours to get to NYC from London?

Are you serious?

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 4:50 pm**

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 3:59 pm
And here to tell the tale - Charlie has a lot to answer for

Ha ha, luckily I wasn't in any of the ones that went plummeting over the edge, I had a couple of surfboards on my car which I had to remove as I feared the wind would otherwise rip the roof off the car. I rammed them under the van.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 4:56 pm**

Just driven my Grandson back to Leeds (at Uni there) as the trains have been cancelled....

Ilkley Tennis Club is underwater as you drive in on the A65 ... the river Wharfe has burst its banks completely.....
Had to turn back between Ilkley and Burley in Wharfedale as the road was under 3ft of water. Went over the top past Cow and Calf into Guiseley...

Came home via Bradford ... between Crosshills and Skipton is basically a Lake now from Connonley to Carlton ffs

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 5:35 pm**

Drove back from Carnforth earlier, M6 down to 1 Lane just before the 65 61 turn off. The A59 was closed too, absolute nightmare. Read on Twitter that they've now closed the road at the tickle trout and access north and south on m6. They are worried about the ribble breaching. At 3pm the river level was scary.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 5:49 pm**

Still no power here in Padiham.

Its always been a bit in the dark ages anyway.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 6:12 pm**

Stayingup wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 4:49 pm
Are you serious?

What do you think?

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 6:44 pm**

NL Claret wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 5:35 pm
Drove back from Carnforth earlier, M6 down to 1 Lane just before the 65 61 turn off. The A59 was closed too, absolute nightmare. Read on Twitter that they've now closed the road at the tickle trout and access north and south on m6. They are worried about the ribble breaching. At 3pm the river level was scary.

It's 1 in 6 areas Ribble wise they concerned about, 208 in total none severe, was 1 severe earlier for the river nidd around pately bridge but that's gone, river must have dropped.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:19 pm**

Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 2:29 pm
More people talk about it like us now.

All over social media with people tagging people with the name of the storm etc..

Surely it just leads to hysterical bellendery and a “ we’re more flooded than you “ p1ssing contest and no doubt twitter hysteria instead of people getting on with sorting it .

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:23 pm**

Still no leccy here on the Dark Side.

I have around 10 minutes left on my phone. Same goes for the vodka.

Can I come round to your house?

Please respond quickly. Otherwise, I won't be able to ring a taxi.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:37 pm**

Vodka gone. Tesco is lit up but is closed at this time on a Sunday. Local pubs and off licences are without the means to take contactless payments.

Things are getting pretty desperate here. Should I contact the the Emergency Services?

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:52 pm**

Fazz wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 3:26 pm
Burnley road Tod

https://twitter.com/i/status/1226501478518591491

Probably northern rails Bus replacement service.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:56 pm**

Fazz wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 3:26 pm
Burnley road Tod

https://twitter.com/i/status/1226501478518591491

Bet that container was full of illegal immigrants,they are finding more ingenious ways than ever of sneaking in the country

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:03 pm**

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:56 pm
Bet that container was full of illegal immigrants,they are finding more ingenious ways than ever of sneaking in the country

One or two of the tweets below that said exactly the same thing....

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:23 pm**

Dressinggown wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 3:47 pm
No power here in Padiham.

Molly's was in full swing in the dark this afternoon.

Bingo, meat draw etc went on until 5.30, it was candles all the way

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Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:30 pm**

Bin Ont Turf wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 12:07 am
I would like to know at what point in time did we start giving names to bad weather?

American nonsense.

I can answer that, its because people didn't take storms seriously before, they thought, incorrectly, "Oh, it doesn't have a name, its not going to be that bad." Giving a storm a name has been proven to save lives and raise awareness of approaching bad weather.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:39 pm**

SonofPog wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:30 pm
I can answer that, its because people didn't take storms seriously before, they thought, incorrectly, "Oh, it doesn't have a name, its not going to be that bad." Giving a storm a name has been proven to save lives and raise awareness of approaching bad weather.

How many storms occur in the UK a year, say 2 to 3 in the seasonal winter usually, I personally don’t see how naming a storm could be instrumental in saving lives, equipped with the knowledge that the forthcoming odd storm is called Desmond or just a plain storm, it wouldn’t make a difference to how I prepared for the storm as long as I knew a storm was coming.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:55 pm**

Bosscat wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 4:56 pm
Just driven my Grandson back to Leeds (at Uni there) as the trains have been cancelled....

Ilkley Tennis Club is underwater as you drive in on the A65 ... the river Wharfe has burst its banks completely.....
Had to turn back between Ilkley and Burley in Wharfedale as the road was under 3ft of water. Went over the top past Cow and Calf into Guiseley...

Came home via Bradford ... between Crosshills and Skipton is basically a Lake now from Connonley to Carlton ffs

You may have driven to Guiseley through Menston. Either way, you should’ve said: I’d have put the kettle on! Pretty grim round here today. Lots of houses with flooded cellars, due to extreme run-off from Ilkley Moor.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:59 pm**

According to the radio this afternoon, the next one is Storm Dennis, ffs.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 9:09 pm**

Funkydrummer wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:59 pm
According to the radio this afternoon, the next one is Storm Dennis, ffs.

That’s really useful to know I’ll prepare myself more for Dennis than I have for ciara, as it’s a scarier name which can only suggest it will be a worst storm.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 9:16 pm**

Jakubclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:39 pm
How many storms occur in the UK a year, say 2 to 3 in the seasonal winter usually, I personally don’t see how naming a storm could be instrumental in saving lives, equipped with the knowledge that the forthcoming odd storm is called Desmond or just a plain storm, it wouldn’t make a difference to how I prepared for the storm as long as I knew a storm was coming.

You would think so Jakub, but then some people need "Contents may be hot" on a takeaway coffee, and "may contain Nuts" in a Peanut Chocolate bar.

Human's are so weird that since America started to switch between Male and Female Hurricane names, (previously just Female), that the female named hurricane have cause significantly more deaths. They only reason they can find for this is that (female names) are perceived as lower risk and therefore taken less seriously.

The name storm thing, is basically so Met office people can use Hashtags and reach "Da Yooth"

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 9:17 pm**

Jakubclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 9:09 pm
That’s really useful to know I’ll prepare myself more for Dennis than I have for ciara, as it’s a scarier name which can only suggest it will be a worst storm.

See my above post, you'll be surprised, but that's actually a thing.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:10 pm**

A prat of a councillor blaming climate change for the floods in Hebden Bridge & mytholmroyd.

I remember it flooding over 50 years ago when we lived in the dark ages

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:53 pm**

Nonayforever wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:10 pm
A prat of a councillor blaming climate change for the floods in Hebden Bridge & mytholmroyd.

I remember it flooding over 50 years ago when we lived in the dark ages

That's when it started with all them aeroplanes going to Spain.

Posted: **Mon Feb 10, 2020 12:09 am**

jdrobbo wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:55 pm
You may have driven to Guiseley through Menston. Either way, you should’ve said: I’d have put the kettle on! Pretty grim round here today. Lots of houses with flooded cellars, due to extreme run-off from Ilkley Moor.

Did I see you sweeping water from the properties on Town Street in Guiseley, JD? I was in the car but saw someone with a Burnley hat who looked like you.

Posted: **Mon Feb 10, 2020 12:21 am**

tim_noone wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:52 pm
Probably northern rails Bus replacement service.

brilliant

Posted: **Mon Feb 10, 2020 1:33 am**

How odd, the container is in a contraflow system.

Posted: **Mon Feb 10, 2020 2:00 am**

Sturm Sabine due in the Black Forest today (Monday)

Posted: **Mon Feb 10, 2020 2:59 am**

Do I need to set my alarm clock?

Posted: **Mon Feb 10, 2020 9:44 am**

Drove down to Poole with one of my daughters on Saturday to visit my eldest daughter. It was a glorious day and a great journey. Stayed overnight and came home yesterday afternoon. What a f*ckin difference a day makes. Never actually seen such bad weather over such a vast area. About 260-odd miles of rain and wind, terrible visibility and using Google to avoid the umpteen accidents along the way. Think we drove through the 'eye of the storm' though because we actually had a few miles of really sunny (but still windy) weather just north of Brum. Quite an experience though.

Posted: **Mon Feb 10, 2020 4:41 pm**

Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 10, 2020 12:09 am
Did I see you sweeping water from the properties on Town Street in Guiseley, JD? I was in the car but saw someone with a Burnley hat who looked like you.

No, not I.

Posted: **Mon Feb 10, 2020 4:48 pm**

Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 10, 2020 12:09 am
Did I see you sweeping water from the properties on Town Street in Guiseley, JD? I was in the car but saw someone with a Burnley hat who looked like you.

JD is a goalkeeper, not a sweeper.

Posted: **Mon Feb 10, 2020 10:10 pm**

The Norwegians are looking out for Storm Elsa. She must have changed her name.

Posted: **Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:22 pm**

dsr wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 10, 2020 10:10 pm
The Norwegians are looking out for Storm Elsa. She must have changed her name.

Could be Dennis, after gender re-alignment

Posted: **Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:23 pm**

atlantalad wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 10, 2020 1:33 am
How odd, the container is in a contraflow system.

Good job it wasn't a bus lane

Posted: **Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:37 pm**

Bridgeholme cc swamped again, this time with extra brickwork

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 12:59 am**

tim_noone wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:52 pm
Probably northern rails Bus replacement service.

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 1:01 am**

houseboy wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 10, 2020 9:44 am
Drove down to Poole with one of my daughters on Saturday to visit my eldest daughter. It was a glorious day and a great journey. Stayed overnight and came home yesterday afternoon. What a f*ckin difference a day makes. Never actually seen such bad weather over such a vast area. About 260-odd miles of rain and wind, terrible visibility and using Google to avoid the umpteen accidents along the way. Think we drove through the 'eye of the storm' though because we actually had a few miles of really sunny (but still windy) weather just north of Brum. Quite an experience though.

What a difference a day makes? Yesterday morning it was like the wizard of oz winds. Then an hour or so later mild and blue skies. An hour later the whole town under water. Then calm again. Then today all trains cancelled.

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 1:02 am**

Wasn’t that bad in the Burnley riviera

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 1:03 am**

Some what tropical in fact

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 1:31 am**

Them pictures showing The Brun running into the Calder....used to play all along there when younger not in them conditions though.

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 2:57 am**

https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/peo ... re-1394730

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 8:39 am**

Its just made it to New Mexico. It's raining..

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 9:14 am**

cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 11, 2020 1:02 am
Wasn’t that bad in the Burnley riviera

That's a great pic CFC. Where is that. I'm guessing Townley? The first one I mean.

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