Check the Meteo for your Region HERE we have potential 140km Plus winds tonight, News is reporting hell of an evening for us.

We've had em for several days now .... really high winds, very frightening at times

Well im hoping out 1mtr dish stays attached to the chimmney Don't mind if it has the roof off as then the insurance company can pay for new one.

Thanks for the site Ka Ora. The river at the bottom of my garden has flooded its banks and part of my garden - scary. Today the sunshine stopped it being worse but it looks as if I'm not out of the woods yet. Funny sensation really, seeing such a menace and being able to do nothing about it, also just thinking about it as a menace. Normally I'm very little aware of it and it seems hard to think of this as the same river kids play in and canoeists go down in summer. Keep your fingers crossed for me. Last time I was lucky but it came up four steps to within two steps of the house......

Our 1.8 nearly blew off last year, I had to lassoo it and tie it down as it was in danger of going off the roof

Well it's still here at the mo, but the news said it would hit us at about 4 in the morning. That will be when it comes through the Velux

Last storm we had the school roof opposite lifted nearly a foot. It was early on a Sunday morning and I'm not sure the mayor believed me when I phoned him as, inbetween gusts, the roof came down exactly where it should be....

This alert extends as far as Haute Garonne!
Batten down everything and be sure not to park your car under any trees, nor in any position where possible hits by flying debris such as bins, roof tiles etc can cause damage. Best to keep indoors if possible!

We expect winds of up to 130 kph around Carcassonne, but further west could be up to 150kph which is heavy gale force - not far from hurricane.

Are you all OK?
We're supposed to be getting the tail-end today (Météo announced Alerte Orange in the Hérault), but so far, things are calm here, just rain.

Yep, sitting here watching the pool winder suspended half on the pool cover, kiddies' toys flying hither & thither, hope the cana survives on the pergola....
actually now the whole winder is on the cover & submerging... must dash!

No one in the 09, 11, 31, 33, 66 is replying. Your electricity must be down. France Inter said this morning that, in some places, it's worse than the Great Storm of 1999.
Bon courage!

Our power has been on and off all night
We have lost our front fence, had to collect it from down the road
All the neighbours have lost lots of tiles
Our tool cabinet on the downstairs balcony has been destroyed and tools and stuff everywhere

Its still incredibly windy here and has been quite frightening at times

Well we are no living in the dark ages, power has been off since 9 this morning. Which is a bit of a shock for the children who are just pee'd off because they cant watch TV. Not much hope of it being back soon as trees are falling down everywhere. Wonders of laptops and inverters yippie.

They just said on the radio that driving in the Aude Département is prohibited and the Centres Commerciaux have been closed because the structures might not resist the wind. The depression from the West must be meeting the one coming up from the Med near Narbonne...
P.S. to Ka Ora! - how come the 09 isn't included in the Alerte Rouge?

Just been watching our news and that's exactly what's happening! Take care you lot. It's been pretty grim up here too. Repairs to make, and trees down here too.

It must be bad 'cos it made the UK news too!