Ken Cook wrote:
" Jill." wrote in message
...
[[[ out of interest if anyone with a brain is reading --- how much
metereological abuse can a Davis Vantage Pro take ???????? ]] not
that I want to see one of these too often

Jill,

Don't know if I qualify for the brain bit ;0)

Davis instruments have been tested and are in use on Mt Washington,
New Hampshire afaik, (over 200mph up there, enough said!)

Thats good


John Dann will probably know more.

I hope you are all OK this morning, keep the reports coming.

We are still here - it was definately interesting !!!
Some damage but not too bad. [lost the plant centre polytunnel cover :~( , a
tree down, rubbish blown in - all our stock is fine and all our poultry
units completely unscathed] ] I would say it was probably on par with the
1992 - worse than the 1998.
The thunder and lightening in the middle of it all at around 11.30 -
midnight were rather a surprise.
But the greatest notable part was the tide --- it was at least a metre
higher than ever before. We have a tidal creek at the bottom of the fields.
In a 3 - 3.5m tide [springs] there are a few places where the tide breeches
the fence for a few yards. Last night we had seawater 20 - 50 metres up the
fields for the whole length of the property. There is seaweed hanging on the
fence to the top. For there to be even tide lapping at the base is
surprising but to be that ! high is astonishing.
http://www.kintaline.co.uk/ourlocality.html for anyone interested in where
we are.
There is supposedly a peg on one of the roads to the main beach which shows
the extent of the tide when the Tay bridge disaster - it will be interesting
to see if its higher than that this time.

We will get some pictures later when we have cleared up -

Its could have been a lot worse
Hope everyone else is okay

--
regards
Jill Bowis

Pure bred utility chickens and ducks
Housing; Equipment, Books, Videos, Gifts
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine nursery
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http://www.kintaline.co.uk

Best wishes,