@B251 I did too. It wasnt till about 11am that I found someone out on the street who could tell me what had happened. I lived in London at that time!!
The wind looks to be blowing around a sustained 30mph in the video, with gusts to 45mph.. a far cry from what happened earlier! Even though the Met Office claimed that "hurricane force winds occurred locally", the ONE HOUR *sustained* wind on the coast at Royal Sovereign lightship was 85mph(!). Adding 10% for a 10 minute mean gives winds approaching 95mph... and the strongest winds remained offshore. Had the center tracked 30 miles further north, the damage would have been far worse.
I was driving a fire truck that night, a brand new Dennis RS.A fast and powerful truck but against the wind that night I couldn't get it above 28mph. It got knocked about a bit with debris and falling trees and I got rollocked! What a night! I've never been so knackered! Pretty scary it was too!
@B251 I did too. It wasnt till about 11am that I found someone out on the street who could tell me what had happened. I lived in London at that time!!
chanctonbury63 7 months ago
trust my dad to sleep right through this storm!
B251 1 year ago
The wind looks to be blowing around a sustained 30mph in the video, with gusts to 45mph.. a far cry from what happened earlier! Even though the Met Office claimed that "hurricane force winds occurred locally", the ONE HOUR *sustained* wind on the coast at Royal Sovereign lightship was 85mph(!). Adding 10% for a 10 minute mean gives winds approaching 95mph... and the strongest winds remained offshore. Had the center tracked 30 miles further north, the damage would have been far worse.
bloggulator 2 years ago
Still sounds quite windy in this video!
Knightoftheorient 2 years ago
i wasnt born hehe i missed it by 7 years
alyfuturepilot 4 years ago
I was driving a fire truck that night, a brand new Dennis RS.A fast and powerful truck but against the wind that night I couldn't get it above 28mph. It got knocked about a bit with debris and falling trees and I got rollocked! What a night! I've never been so knackered! Pretty scary it was too!
alfasdelpi 4 years ago
4 days!!?? It was about 3 weeks for us! What a night! I had some trouble getting to work the next day, but I saw it as a challenge to get there!
Kazandra1 4 years ago
i was born on this day then the market crashed haha
is3002003 4 years ago
11 Days where I am in Kent
theasdaprice 5 years ago
Great video, I drive through there some days coming home from work!
MattyBoy7777 5 years ago