I remember my garden was trashed, fence panels blown down, some were even hurled next door by the wind, cherry tree uprooted and ornaments left scattered & broken everywhere, had part of my roof torn off too, ive never known wind like that before or since.
I was on holiday in North Yorkshire at the time, but living in Sunderland, it had weakened by the time it reached North east England, but I remember it being very very windy even and tons of rain, so it must have been horrific !!. Poor Michael Fish was hung out to dry over this, I have heard on good authority he was told what to say, against his own professional judgement, I feel sorry for him, he lost his professional integrity after that.
I remember going to work the morning after the storms started, and having to pull myself along and keep my balance by holding onto a fencing wire at the side of the footpath. People had been advised to stay in if possible because of all the debris flying around. That was some very serious wind.
I remember that nigh very well it was my school night the winds & rain was getting heavy and VERY LOUD. me my brother and my sister was in the same room but then are windows broke everything went flying even us we was squashed between the matres and the walls we cannot move are dad tried to get he couldn't open the door the wind was strong he got us out in the end i was only 9 years i will always remember the horrific sounds of that heavy winds.
We didn't get our power restored until 5.45pm; I remeber just catching the start of the ITN 5.45 bulletin, and Anglia still not being on air at that point, just a poor quality picture from Central ITV.
Michael fish WHAT A PRAT !
MsFanmail 3 months ago
more wind comes out of whitehall every day
livefreeinuk1 3 months ago 2
I remember my garden was trashed, fence panels blown down, some were even hurled next door by the wind, cherry tree uprooted and ornaments left scattered & broken everywhere, had part of my roof torn off too, ive never known wind like that before or since.
danw1374 5 months ago
I was on holiday in North Yorkshire at the time, but living in Sunderland, it had weakened by the time it reached North east England, but I remember it being very very windy even and tons of rain, so it must have been horrific !!. Poor Michael Fish was hung out to dry over this, I have heard on good authority he was told what to say, against his own professional judgement, I feel sorry for him, he lost his professional integrity after that.
MCH42PLUS1 7 months ago
The days when news intros really were news intros!!!!
shahideurope 11 months ago 2
I remember going to work the morning after the storms started, and having to pull myself along and keep my balance by holding onto a fencing wire at the side of the footpath. People had been advised to stay in if possible because of all the debris flying around. That was some very serious wind.
bolloxinator 1 year ago
am i right in saying Martin Lewis is now on ITV?
scotstricker 1 year ago
Highest windspeeds where recorded in Kent at over 120mph. Londons strongest winds where generally between 80 and 100mph
Knightoftheorient 1 year ago
there werent enough chainsaws or cutting equipment available given the scale hence we used axes
grincher2006 2 years ago
We have bad weather everyday in th UK.. fuss over nothing.,
imagos 2 years ago
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andremp04 2 years ago
@imagos
the severity, scale and surprise makes this worse than anythign before or since.
grincher2006 2 years ago
Yeah, chainsaws hadn't been invented in 1987.
They didn't come along until at least 1992.
moshabee 2 years ago 2
In 1927, Emil Lerp, the founder of Dolmar, developed the world's first gasoline-powered chainsaw and mass-produced them... Wrong
rick182z 2 years ago
"In the gales" He says it so calmly... Ah the good old BBC. You can always count on them to underplay things.
I slept right through this hurricane. Only 6 months old lol.
Bex1Bab1 3 years ago 2
Hey, I slept through the entire night. Must be a heavy sleeper...
sarahkfox 3 years ago
WOW!!! it really was a Hurricane:O
I remember that nigh very well it was my school night the winds & rain was getting heavy and VERY LOUD. me my brother and my sister was in the same room but then are windows broke everything went flying even us we was squashed between the matres and the walls we cannot move are dad tried to get he couldn't open the door the wind was strong he got us out in the end i was only 9 years i will always remember the horrific sounds of that heavy winds.
dindins121 3 years ago 5
Although ti wasn't counted as an official hurricane by the WMO, it had pressure equivalent to a category 3 and winds of a category 1.
Hoddersrevenge 3 years ago
I NEED THAT THEME!
kaly13 3 years ago 2
look at those fish fingers go! wheres the tartare sauce?
jw1701 3 years ago
We didn't get our power restored until 5.45pm; I remeber just catching the start of the ITN 5.45 bulletin, and Anglia still not being on air at that point, just a poor quality picture from Central ITV.
Belnahua 3 years ago
Have you got the full clip of the BBC 1 o'clock news where Michael Buerk called Ian McCaskill and his colleagues 'a fat lot of good'?
There is 1 or 2 here with part of the clip
TheMessiah79 3 years ago