BBC News at 9, Great Storm of 1987

BBC 9 o'clock news on The Great Storm on 1987 with Martyn Lewis & Philip Hayton. Also has the now infamous Michael Fish 'hurricane' clip.

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[Belnahua]

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.

[dindins121]

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.

[livefreeinuk1]

more wind comes out of whitehall every day

[MsFanmail]

Michael fish WHAT A PRAT !

[danw1374]

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.

[MCH42PLUS1]

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.

[shahideurope]

The days when news intros really were news intros!!!!

[bolloxinator]

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.

[scotstricker]

am i right in saying Martin Lewis is now on ITV?

[Knightoftheorient]

Highest windspeeds where recorded in Kent at over 120mph. Londons strongest winds where generally between 80 and 100mph

[grincher2006]

@imagos

the severity, scale and surprise makes this worse than anythign before or since.

[rick182z]

In 1927, Emil Lerp, the founder of Dolmar, developed the world's first gasoline-powered chainsaw and mass-produced them... Wrong