"Mike Tullett" wrote in message
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On 22 Sep 2006 01:16:46 -0700, Graham Easterling wrote in
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Not particularly out of the ordinary here (NI) for the autumn, but at its
worst, 100,000 homes lost power last night with over 500 incidents of
damage to the overhead lines.

Couple of BBC reports :-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/5369650.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/5369636.stm

Jon.