Author Topic: hoping your all ok in the wind...  (Read 12937 times)

YorkshireLass

  • Joined Mar 2010
  • Just when I thought I'd settled down...!
Re: hoping your all ok in the wind...
« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2011, 05:31:02 pm »
Oh wow, hope it all calms down soon!

I'm waay down south and very sheltered, but even so I've had a slab of (not-yet-put-together) dog kennel flip across the garden, and the rain is p*ssing into my porch/lean to.

Luckily I've just filmed it to email the landlord....

Anke

  • Joined Dec 2009
  • St Boswells, Scottish Borders
Re: hoping your all ok in the wind...
« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2011, 07:35:05 pm »
Well river has burst its banks.. and yes the sheep were marooned on the wrong side... fortunately we managed to get them through the water onto the other side with the full moon for light, no torches needed, wet feet for everybody concerned but hopefully they will not try and go back...

No power cut, so light and milking machine working - but it sounds as if the roof of the goatshed is lifting off... (hopefully not, it's pretty wel constructed), goats a bit spooked though.

It should calm down soon!

Brucklay

  • Joined Apr 2010
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Re: hoping your all ok in the wind...
« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2011, 09:01:01 pm »
After last play with the collie pup I went to check the sheep shelter and it's getting worse here - struggling to open gates etc and walk!! and yes it was flapping - roped down now and sheep in top corner saying why did I bother!! Hopefully over by midnight - hope your all ok
Pygmy Goats, Shetland Sheep, Zip & Indie the Border Collies, BeeBee the cat and a wreak of a building to renovate!!

Miss Piggy

  • Joined Mar 2011
  • Cardigan Bay, Ceredigion
Re: hoping your all ok in the wind...
« Reply #18 on: December 08, 2011, 09:27:12 pm »
Sorry to here aout all the wind up in Scotland. My daughters a pilot due to take off from Aberdeen shortly, always worry about her in windy weather.   :(

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Clackmannanshire
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Re: hoping your all ok in the wind...
« Reply #19 on: December 08, 2011, 09:28:37 pm »
Sorry to here aout all the wind up in Scotland. My daughters a pilot due to take off from Aberdeen shortly, always worry about her in windy weather.   :(
She'll be fine, good team of ATCs up thre - my pals Mike and Philippa for two of them! ;D
Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

Hermit

  • Joined Feb 2010
Re: hoping your all ok in the wind...
« Reply #20 on: December 08, 2011, 09:46:20 pm »
We are getting it now, the old house is shaking a bit but at least ours are night winds so we have nothing to do outside.Hope they are gone by morning.

Roxy

  • Joined May 2009
  • Peak District
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Re: hoping your all ok in the wind...
« Reply #21 on: December 09, 2011, 01:27:00 am »
Cannot sleep with the wind rocking the caravan, yet again!!  Ginger George the kitten is racing round, quite oblivious to the howling gale outside ....wish I could be as unbothered as him.

Had blizzards and high winds the last few days, and its cutting out power supply, and my internet connection at times. 

Wednesday afternoon the wind was so bad I worried the chicken coops with the banties and the small chicks would take off or fall over, so scooped up the occupants and put them in a hen crate in the hay barn, and thats where they have stayed.    Although the wind has lifted the corrugated roof off there, but I feel its safer for them in there.

I think I prefer the snow to these high winds.

It goes quiet for a couple of minutes, then a giant gust rocks the caravan again.  Looks like another sleepless night, worrying about roofs taking off, and trees falling on animal sheds.  Pointless really, not much I can do to stop these things happening, but cannot help worrying.

Only good thing is, we are used to bad weather here, and our sheds/roofs are usually built to take it.  But they have taken some severe batterings in the last couple of weeks!!

Hope you are all ok, and not suffered too much storm damage.

northfifeduckling

  • Joined Jan 2009
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Re: hoping your all ok in the wind...
« Reply #22 on: December 09, 2011, 07:21:27 am »
it was quite scary and I think we lost a few slates, not to mention the greenhouse :(. will inspect the damage closer as soon as it is light...I was quite stunned at the stoicism the birds handled it with - 9 ducks holding their heads into the freezing stormwind in the middle of the lawn and some chickens running around in it, too. I would have guessed that they look for shelter. Or did they know something we didn't that they avoided going near the house? :&>

jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: hoping your all ok in the wind...
« Reply #23 on: December 09, 2011, 07:37:00 am »
Sorry about the greenhouse  :( NFD and I hope you got some sleep Roxy  :-*

The wind's gone, as has the snow on the ground around the house this morning, but it's snowing again now.....All the chook/duck/ geese houses are still where i left them and we have a flag roof so the wind can't shift those. Buckets etc. everywhere, too dark to check the greenhouse........

lachlanandmarcus

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • Aberdeenshire
Re: hoping your all ok in the wind...
« Reply #24 on: December 09, 2011, 04:16:54 pm »
back online after a 20 hour powercut. Thank goodness, otherwise the 4 sheep in our chest freezer would have started defrosting! They did quite well the electricity people as there were 3 different causes of our outage; a high voltage line problem, low voltage line problem and a tree on the line!

Anke

  • Joined Dec 2009
  • St Boswells, Scottish Borders
Re: hoping your all ok in the wind...
« Reply #25 on: December 09, 2011, 04:44:04 pm »
Thank goodness, otherwise the 4 sheep in our chest freezer would have started defrosting!

If you keep your freezer shut the temperature stays low for quite a while - ours were ok last April (2010) for almost three days of no power!

lachlanandmarcus

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • Aberdeenshire
Re: hoping your all ok in the wind...
« Reply #26 on: December 09, 2011, 05:09:20 pm »
Thank goodness, otherwise the 4 sheep in our chest freezer would have started defrosting!

If you keep your freezer shut the temperature stays low for quite a while - ours were ok last April (2010) for almost three days of no power!

thats reassuring thanks! will stop worrying so much now! I do keep it full, which helps but didnt know how long that would work for! Power back on now but dogs reminded me I promised to cook them a nice chewy old cast ewe leg of mutton so they have their wish....:-)))

Skirza

  • Joined Mar 2011
Re: hoping your all ok in the wind...
« Reply #27 on: December 09, 2011, 05:43:11 pm »
We're just back online after a 22 hour power cut. Winds were pretty scary, lying in bed and the bed was rocking .....and not a good way either ;). Got up at 12.30am to go to the loo and shone the torch over to the polytunnel only to see a huge gaping hole in the end. Took me until 3am to repair it (OH was ill in bed and I really didn't want to drag him out.) Animals all fine although the hens totally refused to come out of their house so we relented and fed them inside. Winds are down to a balmy 56mph now so things are feeling better. Hope everyone else is safe and dry.

Victorian Farmer

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Re: hoping your all ok in the wind...
« Reply #28 on: December 09, 2011, 07:04:29 pm »
We are just in front off the Cairngorms the wind speed was a 100 mph the electrics try didn't go off we have a lot off young stock so that was good will not get out for a fire days a lot off mess to sort out . No Internet just the phone.was working all day till 5 we naw have 4 inches off snow so will be out Att 8 to sort lambs out.its good fun in scotland .i hope everey bodey is safe all the best.

Miss Piggy

  • Joined Mar 2011
  • Cardigan Bay, Ceredigion
Re: hoping your all ok in the wind...
« Reply #29 on: December 09, 2011, 08:12:13 pm »
Sorry to here aout all the wind up in Scotland. My daughters a pilot due to take off from Aberdeen shortly, always worry about her in windy weather.   :(
She'll be fine, good team of ATCs up thre - my pals Mike and Philippa for two of them! ;D
They took off fine no problems just rather gusty. ATC do a wonderful job behind the scenes my daughter has nothing but admiration for them. Will ask her if she knows your two pals, she is frequently in and out of Aberdeen.  :thumbsup:

 

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