anyone else watching their garden getting destroyed by the wind ?
18 January 2007, 05:06 PM
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A few wheely bins missing off our street tonight (including ours), if they took a flight they would have caused a bit of damage! Looked everywhere for them!
18 January 2007, 05:07 PM
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No great damage here.. other than a foofing lilac tree which my mum loves trying to take flight...
cue me & Dad trying to tie the damn thing back down, with my mum overseing things from the safety of the house
Plenty of trees down where my other half lives
cue me & Dad trying to tie the damn thing back down, with my mum overseing things from the safety of the house
Plenty of trees down where my other half lives
18 January 2007, 05:12 PM
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18 January 2007, 05:35 PM
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just had a call from a friend, just picked up his new company car 4 days ago, the huge signs on top of his building have blown off and landed on his and three others cars. he works for vauxhall and thinks all four will be written off!!
18 January 2007, 05:55 PM
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My fence seems OK for now, but I came home early because we had a power cut at work - overhead cables and trees don't mix. (Result! 
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18 January 2007, 06:10 PM
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friend of mine called earlier to see his garage roof disappear !!!
apparently the rabbit inside the garage wasnt best pleased
also wheelie bins have been seen going past the front door.....
3ft in the air
god knows what devastation i will be confronted with when i get home.
apparently the rabbit inside the garage wasnt best pleased
also wheelie bins have been seen going past the front door.....
3ft in the air
god knows what devastation i will be confronted with when i get home.
18 January 2007, 06:22 PM
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Front fence down, pack fence panels down in our gardens....
Down the road, loads of fallen branches, some quite big Roof tiles, slate, a rubber dinghy 
and lots of other stuff flying about the place 
Dogs have got into next door's garden with the fence being down, their plants are all wrecked as are their fish pond ornaments (due to the wind not the dogs!)
Down the road, loads of fallen branches, some quite big
Roof tiles, slate, a rubber dinghy and lots of other stuff flying about the place Dogs have got into next door's garden with the fence being down, their plants are all wrecked as are their fish pond ornaments
(due to the wind not the dogs!)
18 January 2007, 06:34 PM
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Ironically not. However, I'm started with the chainsaw this evening to add to my log collection in the hope that it will force me open up the top of the chimney where some previous muppet has sealed it up.
Probably not scaling it in these winds though.
Probably not scaling it in these winds though.
18 January 2007, 07:46 PM
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1 fence panel, 5 snapped fence posts
Gave the Eucalyptus tree a major hair cut 2 weeks ago after the last big storms. Its braced up big time at the moment.
Gave the Eucalyptus tree a major hair cut 2 weeks ago after the last big storms. Its braced up big time at the moment.
18 January 2007, 09:14 PM
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The link bridge at work was noisily loosing window panes and bits of metal, came home and found the gate ripped of its hinges, its down a secluded path between the houses as well !
18 January 2007, 09:45 PM
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Eucalyptus trees have sallow roots, hence there not a good tree to have in this country, when they fall in the wild they them re shoot where they lay. Then they re grow!!
best thing to do is keep them trimmed to a managable size bush!
my mum read this to me only last week as they have a neighbour with one that bends all over the place!!
where we are working at themo had two Eucalyptus trees blow over today!!!!
Our house has had all the glass out the green house blown out!! all over te grass
19 January 2007, 12:37 AM
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Shed roof felt missing (only the small bit down the middle)
Next doors drain pipe in my front garden.
All my wood chippings blown away (damn).
Broken fence front garden.
Broken fence side.
2 Broken fences in the back.
Strangest thing is, I picked up my front fence that had fell out and put it behind my cast iron bench against a wall to stop it blowing away.
Pick the kids up from school and my neighbour has come and put it back in and left my bench half tipped over in the front garden the flaming odd-bod.
What a weirdo.
I had only put the fence safe, he must have though I was hiding it or something, ******* hell they are strange people.
(might not seem *that* off to you but it's one of many small oddities)
Next doors drain pipe in my front garden.
All my wood chippings blown away (damn).
Broken fence front garden.
Broken fence side.
2 Broken fences in the back.
Strangest thing is, I picked up my front fence that had fell out and put it behind my cast iron bench against a wall to stop it blowing away.
Pick the kids up from school and my neighbour has come and put it back in and left my bench half tipped over in the front garden the flaming odd-bod.
What a weirdo.
I had only put the fence safe, he must have though I was hiding it or something, ******* hell they are strange people.
(might not seem *that* off to you but it's one of many small oddities)
19 January 2007, 01:04 AM
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Third of our verandah roof went walkabout. Nearly took off with hubby attached as we battled to store the panel in the garage .
Flippin' scarey weather.
Yve
as we battled to store the panel in the garage . Flippin' scarey weather.
Yve
19 January 2007, 05:58 AM
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Got home (eventually) to find no power at all in the village. It had been out since 14:00(ish). I think it came back on at around 22:00. I dunno, I'd crashed out bored by then. In the interim, I visited a pub with the neighbours and got some nosh.
Checked the shed, garden, house, fence, garage, no obvious signs of trauma. Even the wheelie bins and useless lightweight recycling box were where I'd left them.
Colleagues in work reported a number of obstacles when driving in to work, from recycling bins, to branches, trees to a metal garden shed stuck in the middle of the road.
J.
Checked the shed, garden, house, fence, garage, no obvious signs of trauma. Even the wheelie bins and useless lightweight recycling box were where I'd left them.
Colleagues in work reported a number of obstacles when driving in to work, from recycling bins, to branches, trees to a metal garden shed stuck in the middle of the road.
J.
19 January 2007, 07:09 AM
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we also have no tv.. as the aerial is hanging off the roof!
19 January 2007, 07:23 AM
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Took me an hour to drive 5 miles home, as they had shut the A10 just before my junction. Only my estate in Ware was without power it seems, this didnt come on until 1am this morning. Oh and the felt has blown off the shed.
I can understand now, how before other diversions were invented, tv, computers, etc how come people had so many children!
I can understand now, how before other diversions were invented, tv, computers, etc how come people had so many children!
19 January 2007, 09:04 AM
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I lost part of my close panelled back fence some weeks back which brought down a brick column with it. I assumed this would be covered by home insurance. But "sorry sir fences are not covered". They did pay for the collumn to be reinstated (glued back together ).
Anyone know why fences are not covered? It's a fairly comprehensive policy.
).Anyone know why fences are not covered? It's a fairly comprehensive policy.
19 January 2007, 09:15 AM
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Just noticed one panel in the middle of one of the fences is down
not sure who owns the fence, so will have a look at the deeds...
might be one of the odd 1 bit of fence we actually own
Mart
not sure who owns the fence, so will have a look at the deeds...
might be one of the odd 1 bit of fence we actually own
Mart
19 January 2007, 12:13 PM
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My experience of burning eucalyptus says "don't bother" - an awful wood to burn, IIRC. Chop it into 4-ft lengths and leave outside the house for some other mug to take away.
19 January 2007, 12:17 PM
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my garden was destroyed by my springer spaniel puppy, however the wind yesterday did actually break the for sale sign that is up in my garden (not uprooted it, but actually broke/snapped it)
19 January 2007, 12:20 PM
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19 January 2007, 12:45 PM
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Are you alluding to my second point with English summers being cooler?
