Storm Milton

[Gollom]

There remain very few people Keen on Milton.....

Surely Paradise has been Lost?

 

[Mactech]

Surely Paradise has been Lost?

...or at least blown away...?

 

[oldguy57]

We're pretty lucky in the UK to avoid weather conditions like the US and other countries get. Might get a bit windy here abouts but on the Fylde storms, floods and snow are very rare indeed. But I still moan about the weather though.

 

[Gazwould]

Is this down graded to Cat 1 or 2 , getting conflicting info.

 

[BIGDOG]

The BBC weather app shows 10,000 mph winds and hurricane conditions for me this morning.

 

[ChipChop]

Is this down graded to Cat 1 or 2 , getting conflicting info.

Now a Cat 1 hurricane according to the article below. Pic shows the forecast for 4 hours time.

Hurricane Milton remains Category 1 storm with 85 mph winds, now targeting Space Coast

Hurricane Milton weakened into a Category 1 storm early Thursday as it headed along a path that paralleled Interstate 4.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Gazwould]

The BBC weather app shows 10,000 mph winds and hurricane conditions for me this morning.

 

[TC350]

I've just seen this on the news.
So they are flying into the storm, but are surprised that all the loose stuff is thrown all over when they find turbulence.

I gotta wonder why the captain didn't ensure that the numpties had put stuff away safely. To avoid injury and broken stuff sort o' thing.

Reminds me of the time I was in the bar of a cable repair ship in the North Sea. The Tannoy sprang into life with the captain announcing “Drink your beer quickly - I’m going to have to turn into a couple of 20 footers [waves] and there’s no way round them.” Even the dregs in the bottoms of our tightly gripped glasses splashed out.

 

[TC350]

There remain very few people Keen on Milton.....

Certainly not me. I had to study Paradise Lost at school.

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

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The BBC have apologised.

They think we won’t actually see 14,000 mile winds. Or even “gusts of wind.”

BBC Weather app forecasts hurricane force winds - BBC News

"Don't be alarmed folks," says weather presenter Matt Taylor after a data glitch on the site.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[TC350]

The BBC have apologised.

They think we won’t actually see 14,000 mile winds. Or even “gusts of wind.”

BBC Weather app forecasts hurricane force winds - BBC News

"Don't be alarmed folks," says weather presenter Matt Taylor after a data glitch on the site.

www.bbc.co.uk

Yes but the BBC’s Michael Fish denied that there would be a storm in 1987. Look what happened then!

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

Yes but the BBC’s Michael Fish denied that there would be a storm in 1987. Look what happened then!

I'll get my coat.

 

[Gollom]

Reminds me of the time I was in the bar of a cable repair ship in the North Sea. The Tannoy sprang into life with the captain announcing “Drink your beer quickly - I’m going to have to turn into a couple of 20 footers [waves] and there’s no way round them.” Even the dregs in the bottoms of our tightly gripped glasses splashed out.

A friend of mine from down your way recently passed away whose Dad was the chief engineer who laid the first cable - even had a nice piece of it mounted on a plinth

 

[TC350]

A friend of mine from down your way recently passed away whose Dad was the chief engineer who laid the first cable - even had a nice piece of it mounted on a plinth

The first undersea telegraph cable was laid between England and France in 1850. The first transatlantic telephone cable was laid in 1956. Your friend's dad was probably CE for the latter cable.

That transatlantic telephone cable was designated TAT-1 and laid by the GPO's cable ship Monarch. It was the predecessor to the identically named PO cable ship that introduced me to properly rough travel and extreme sea-sickness.

 

[ALFAitalia]

Yes but the BBC’s Michael Fish denied that there would be a storm in 1987. Look what happened then!

To be fair to him, he said there would not be a hurricane.....and technically he was right.....it was a severe storm but never reached the continuous wind speed required to be classified as a hurricane.

 

[Bellow]

Two million in Florida without power apparently.

 

[ALFAitalia]

Much the same number here......but that's mainly because they cant afford it!!!!!