On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 22:30:22 +0100, Will wrote:

Thanks Dave, quite a Xmas eve !

T'was fun, it was the funny noise from the corner of the room where
the AWS wires come in that gave it away. The rain gauge and external
temperature/humidty sensor had also gone flying with the roof,
fortunately the wires aren't that strong so just parted...

I experienced force 10 (possibly even 11) on Hay Tor early this year
when I was blown over out walking and couldn't get up again and had
to move on hands and knees to a safe spot.

Sounds about right for a F10/11, it was a bit iffy out on that
Christmas Eve as to remain on your feet you had to lean into the wind
past your point of stabilty so if it dropped suddenly you fell over,
similary if you weren't ready for a gust you'd be pushed over. Quite
fun jumping straight up and landing 18" down wind though. B-)

To be honest wind scares me a bit up here as there is nothing you
can do, rain and snow I can cope with (and even enjoy) but wind, I
admit, makes me anxious.

Makes me nervous as well, partly from the roof blowing off but it
takes a lot to blow a slate roof off and it's just been redone. But
also from the windows getting blown in. We have 4 windows that are
single glazed, single bits of glass about 4' square. In a good blow
these are flexing well over 1/2" in the middle by the gusts. It would
be a bit of a problem if one did break...

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Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail