Storm Darragh

[bunn]

We had a red weather warning this time, and a government alert sent to our phones to warn of danger to life!

But in fact this time it was just very windy. It was a bit stressful, remembering Storm Eunice when we took a lot of damage, but nothing major got damaged. A tree came down on the one road that connects us to the town, but it was quickly chopped and shoved to one side by local residents.

I actually went out to join a Christmas quiz with some friends on Saturday night. Felt slightly guilty, given the dire warnings, but we went only a very short distance on main roads and encountered no trouble.

My house has one loose roof tile and some soffits that are loose and will need sorting when the wind drops. That will be a minor nuisance to sort out, but I think we can probably leave it till the roofers have finished their emergency work.

Apparently the waves at the headland facing out to sea were seven meters. The Irish Ferry wisely decided to stay in port for a couple of days, we finally saw it heading off this afternoon.

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[chainmailmaiden]

I'm glad it wasn't bad for you this time. We were wondering how you'd got on. I got caught with trains being cancelled and running late, which was annoying but nothing worse than that. Obviously we got nowhere near the winds you got, but we were still glad to have a proper roof rather than a lean-to. Fafnir was fascinated by the wind and rain and sat in the window yelling at the storm. We're not sure if he was telling it to stop, or joining in with the general chaos. I suspect the latter...