Todays official STORM thread

[asterix]

More to come on Friday:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25502655

 

[GrasB]

[QUOTE 2836796, member: 1314"]s***e![/quote]
No none on the ground, thank god! Sliding through that would have been

 

[Blue]

In a genius move I binned the bike & almost made it through under the trunk but my foot caught a fairly major branch & spun me round into another one. Result it 3 broken toes & a cracked rib. Managed to ride home very slowly.

GWS

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

"Storm..." HAHAHAHAHAHA!
You guys think you have a storm? Coming up to 72 hours of either, rain, snow or a combination of the two... I hate winter.

400,000 homes without power in Canada and the US I hear and many not likely to be back on until the weekend. Not nice.

 

[welsh dragon]

I heard there was a lot of ice over there.

 

[snorri]

Quite breezy now, I've never seen so many ships sheltering off the southern coast of the Moray Firth, around about 50. Mostly North Sea oil related, tankers, supply and subsea construction and standby vessels also a few misc. cargo ships.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/home

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Peaking with 60+mph wind 5 miles just to the west of me.
Spent morning looking for storm damage but only one tree in the area I help cover.
Plenty water running in the burns (streams to those darn sarff)...

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

In a genius move I binned the bike & almost made it through under the trunk but my foot caught a fairly major branch & spun me round into another one. Result it 3 broken toes & a cracked rib. Managed to ride home very slowly.

And all of us are thinking but not saying "How's the bike?"

 

[Bobby Mhor]

And all of us are thinking but not saying "How's the bike?"

Yeah, spill the beans...

 

[RussellZero]

Lots of flooding near us (New forest) and trees down, this one right outside my house.

 

[GrasB]

And all of us are thinking but not saying "How's the bike?"

The frame its self is in need of a strip down & repaint but that's it as I deliberately dropped the bike on the non-drive side. Big holes in the side panner so I need a new set of them. Shattered seat edge up to the stiffening ridge but while it's repairable it's not worth it. It'll be lighter & stronger to make a new one, probably cheaper & quicker as well. Finally the forks have been badly dented so I'll be replacing them, I'll see about using the dropout & crown to make a set of carbon forks my self.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Oh, now that sounds painful

 

[jhawk]

400,000 homes without power in Canada and the US I hear and many not likely to be back on until the weekend. Not nice.

I heard there was a lot of ice over there.

Yep. Pretty bad. We've still got power and are fine. But Toronto has had a major, major ice storm. And, in my Province, there's been 26+ hours of freezing rain across the entire Province..

 

[welsh dragon]

Yep. Pretty bad. We've still got power and are fine. But Toronto has had a major, major ice storm. And, in my Province, there's been 26+ hours of freezing rain across the entire Province..

Freezing rai is the last thing you need.

 

[GrasB]

Oh, now that sounds painful

The seat took most of the impact rather than my back so I'd much prefer to be getting a new seat than dealing with any more cracked/broken ribs. Similar deal with the side pannier, much prefer to be replacing a bit of material rather than re-growing skin. The forks are serviceable they just look bad even if they were to be re-painted.