i love the british

by **edmundomcpot** on Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:42 pm

a few hours of very strong winds and whole country grinds to a halt

by **Zackismet** on Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:52 pm

What happened?

by **edmundomcpot** on Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:59 pm

gale force winds all over europe, blew some walls over slates off houses,.... its funny because my school bus driver gave up trying to get us home and told us to walk

by **Guiscard** on Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:00 pm

edmundomcpot wrote:a few hours of very strong winds and whole country grinds to a halt

At least 7 people died chap, was pretty serious.

by **Serbia** on Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:03 pm

41 deaths arcoss the E.U., power outages as well... bad storm.

by **edmundomcpot** on Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:06 pm

didnt know it was that many. Nature proving to us it still reigns supreme

took my council an hour to clear one tree from my school entrance..most of it is still there.... thats what i meant by grinding to a halt

and im going to stop now before i unintentionally start insulting people

by **Guiscard** on Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:15 pm

Its alright I didn't die

6 hours in stationary traffic up the m1 to Leeds wasn't brilliant though. Especially when the big fuck-off lorries were ignoring the instruction to get off the motorway.

by **Stopper** on Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:12 pm

What, it's been a bit windy, then? Never noticed.

by **Koba** on Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:25 pm

I did, had to walk through Fratton (The rough part of Portsmouth, where the football team play) in 99MPH winds!

by **Guiscard** on Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:32 pm

Interestingly I've been flamed for missing a (single) turn whilst stuck in said storm and traffic jam.

by **neoni** on Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:42 pm

edmundomcpot wrote:a few hours of very strong winds and whole country grinds to a halt

it's fine up in scotland. we're used tae it :lol:

by **Guiscard** on Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:45 pm

What? Lorries toppling over right left and centre and walls collapsing on top of people? Glad I live south of the border!

by **gordon1975** on Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:35 am

i put fences up as a side job,so its been a godsend ,ive got plenty of work for months now :lol:

by **DAZMCFC** on Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:53 am

a mate of mine in work said a man who lives on his street, opened his van door and it slammed shut and broke his neck killing him. that was in manchester. i do beleive the death toll was 12 in britain.

by **Phobia** on Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:42 am

freak weather all of a sudden, november/december was fine but all of a sudden gale force winds.

as far as i know, no deaths here in sheffield but at hillsborough park a number of trees have fallen over, and they are pretty big too

by **Jesse, Bad Boy** on Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:48 am

DAZMCFC wrote:a mate of mine in work said a man who lives on his street, opened his van door and it slammed shut and broke his neck killing him. that was in manchester. i do beleive the death toll was 12 in britain.

My, that's alot. Almost makes me feel sorry, but then I console myself with the knowledge that Britain has a population of 60 million.

Not really much of a loss when you think about it.

by **Stopper** on Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:49 am

Jesse, Bad Boy wrote:My, that's alot. Almost makes me feel sorry, but then I console myself with the knowledge that Britain has a population of 60 million.

Not really much of a loss when you think about it.

That is true, but what you fail to understand is that British people like complaining about the weather. Considering that our weather is actually pretty tame by world standards, that means we have to eke out every last possible spurious "tragedy" when we get a bit of wind (or rain, or snow), so that we can feel justified in wallowing in self-pity.

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