Cheetah7

I have bits of tree in my garden that were not there before, saw power lines down driving this morning, had a job keeping the car straight. Mr PP said the whole house was shaking earlier.

Ive secured what I can and put the rest in the shed - shutters down for tonight as it is getting bad out there now and I will be home early tomorrow so hopefully will get home before the big one starts.

Fingers crossed we keep power.

lesleys

I sympathize.

In 1987 we had that hurricane in Kent and lost power for 12 days I had to bring thermos flasks of hot water home from work.

Then the ash tree fell into the living room in Jan 2000. Took 3 months to get the roof mended.

Any chance of finding a generator?

Bernieboy

It's all Polly's fault

daunted

tis like Armageddon down here in Bunbury!!! Flying sheds and roofs and dont even get me started on bloody trampolines!!! Every second tree is down is manic.....worse to come tomorrow apparently..... Power has just gone back on after 24 hours but not sure how long its gonna last
Stay safe everyone xx

Dorothy

My daughter said parts of the roof were lifting on the school. Other than a few broken branches we've actually fared pretty well so far. tomorrow is actually not worse.

Stay safe all you lot down south.

daunted

you lot stay safe up there too.

Cheetah7

Who wants a cuppa? Let us hunker down for the night.

daunted

sounds great........

Cheetah7

Alls quite at our end but it changes in a second. I finish early tomorrow so will hopefully get home before the big one starts, we shall have the shutters down tomorrow.

eddie007

Its odd... No squeak of avocado tree on roof tonight.... At least I will rest easy knowing that the TREE wont be crashing through my bedroom....

How long will it take for me to grow another mature productive avocado tree????

Do I have time?????

ub40fan

It's pretty bad out there, but not as bad as the march hailstorms (volume of jobs-wise).

I am an SES volunteer and this time, at least, we knew it was gonna happen and our section was manned up ready for it. We have been active since Thursday lunchtime, which in a unit our size isn't easy. It's ongoing, and I, for one have no idea when this is going to be all over and every job finished.

Tie down, or move indoors what you can. If you have any roof tiles missing, water coming in through the roof, doors, skylights etc ring 132 500 and they will get teams out as soon as they can.

Stay safe everyone, and hopefully it will bypass most of you

Cheetah7

Rain was bad enough to keep me awake last night, its quiet now but wouldnt surprise me if it started up again. Does anyone know what time the storm is due to hit tomorrow? I am home for 4.15pm, hope I miss it.

Loads of debris in the road when I drove to work this morning and a power pole down as well.

paulandcelia

I work for a sub-contractor to Western Power - been told to go in for 2pm tomorrow - WP are gearing up for a lot more damage....make sure everything is tied down, and get prepared as best you can.

Bernieboy

Stay calm and bulk buy soup

daunted

Western power have been doing an amazing job! Lost count of number of powrt lines down around here ....you guys must be knacketed...thank you :-)