Our 'national' weather man Frank has just announced on TV that the very first autumn storm is on its way. It's supposed to 'strike' tonight with strong winds up to 90 km/h in coastal areas and 80 km/h in the rest of the country. Peanuts, if you compare it to Irene and other natural phenomena we've been confronted with lately.
A peaceful summer sky over Deal on July 6th, 2011.
Only three weeks ago a rock festival in Belgium was completely 'blown away' by a storm. Five young people died and several were severely injured when a large marquee collapsed on them while they were seeking shelter from the storm. Wind gusts up to 150 km/h were recorded. It was a very local phenomenon, although the whole country took a serious bashing, with streets being flooded, falling trees and two or three houses burning down after being hit by lightning. Let's hope it won't come to that tonight.
I don't mind the occasional, harmless storm, because it makes me want to cuddle up in my armchair with a nice glass of wine, watching a good show on TV. Autumn has its charm too ... but it's much too early. We've hardly had any summer this year!
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But soon you can be wearing sweaters again, right?
Keep safe!
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i didn't realize that you had such severe weather in Brussels, especially the winds. I thought you would be far enough inland to miss all that harsh weather from the North Sea. Would it be any better in the Loire Valley? We got our thunderstorms yesterday and now the grass is green again!!!
It's already very windy here in the UK
Please take our winds, NOW! We have hardly had any summer either and it's very autumnal here already. Sigh!
Another glass of wine I think just to drown my sorrows.
Commiserations to you all! A bit of a rainy day today, but the weather augurs well for the the Lot next week at least...
Mark ... the eternal optimist :))
Bob, We're only 150km or so from the coast, so when a 'channel rat' (a severe depression that is making its way between the French/Belgian and the English coast) moves in, we can have some serious gales. However, this one turned out to be a 'channel mouse' :)
Gaynor, Same here, but not as bad as expected.
Craig, Pour me a glass too, please!
The Broad, Thank you for your sympathy and enjoy your vacation!
That's why so many people in the UK like to listen to the midnight Shipping Forecast when they're safely tucked up in bed with their cocoa. It's somehow even more reassuring to know there's dramatic weather out in North Utsire/ South Utsire and other such parts of the Atlantic.
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