I was a postgrad. student in Swansea at the time so did not experience the
effects of the storm itself. However, the previous evening I was making a rare
appearance at the microphone as stand-in forecaster on the local radio station,
Swansea Sound. I remember saying that it would become quite windy tomorrow
morning and noticing as I was speaking that the anemometer dial in front of me
was registering zero (i.e. less than 2 knots or so). At the time I thought
would anyone believe me as it is nearly calm now. Next day I thought how lucky
am I as the area was well outside the damage zone. Could the track have changed
overnight and brought the strongest winds further north and west?

I did feel sorry for a very tired looking Ian McGaskill being verbally savaged
by Michael Buerk on BBC News after Ian had been on shift for many hours.

Julian
Julian Mayes, Molesey, Surrey.