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Post by annabellespapa on Nov 2, 2023 9:42:34 GMT 1
Just returned from the vets, they had no power but his check up was done so we are safe to travel, The Normadie ferry is still in Caen but the Brittany Ferries website says it is on time to leave Portsmouth this morning...
Lots of branches and power cables down but council/farmers have cleared all the branches to the side of the road which is very impressive when you couldn't stand up in it 90 minutes ago.
Hilarious to see a trampoline in the middle of a field, we are calling it trampoline liberation day !
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JohnnyD
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Post by JohnnyD on Nov 2, 2023 9:48:17 GMT 1
Glad all is ok with you AP, apart from a bit of smoke that is, hopefully the ferries will sync up and you can travel as planned tomorrow Seeing a lot of devastation on BFMtv this morning
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Post by jackie on Nov 2, 2023 9:54:21 GMT 1
A horrendous night here near the coast in dept 22. Wind speed records broken all round the coast here. Feel very lucky that only 2 fence panels have come down and we have electricity still. Our poor little dog was completely stressed out by it all, the horrendous noise of the wind. So sorry to hear your news JohnnyD and hope your power comes back on soon to save your freezer contents.
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Post by annabellespapa on Nov 2, 2023 10:24:35 GMT 1
A horrendous night here near the coast in dept 22. Wind speed records broken all round the coast here. Feel very lucky that only 2 fence panels have come down and we have electricity still. Our poor little dog was completely stressed out by it all, the horrendous noise of the wind. So sorry to hear your news JohnnyD and hope your power comes back on soon to save your freezer contents. Hi Jackie our dog was stressed by the wind, it seemed so cruel to take him to the vets this morning, I bet he thinks he is being punished, although he is fast asleep in his cage at the moment. Where are you in dept 22 ? We are near Plancoet.
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Post by jardiniere on Nov 2, 2023 11:02:23 GMT 1
that might be our freezer contents gone. Do hope not. Our poor little dog was completely stressed out by it all our dog was stressed by the wind, it seemed so cruel to take him to the vets this morning, Poor dogs. I'm sure they both had extra cuddles. Mine is a bit deaf now so slept through. Very pleased all 3 cats were safely indoors. It was just very heavy noisy winds here. It was menacing but calmed down in the early hours of the morning. Some trees down in the département but we got off light here in comparison to further North and UK.
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Post by ajm on Nov 2, 2023 11:20:23 GMT 1
A freezer should be OK for 24 hours if gou don't open it.
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Post by suein56 on Nov 2, 2023 11:38:50 GMT 1
We are fine in southern 56 tho we had a very noisy night .. mostly with the wind but when the rain joined in too the effect was monstrous. We, too, were advised at 7am (no klaxon tho - perhaps some people had complained ![>:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/angry.png) ) not to travel unnecessarily this morning and people do seem to have listened as the road behind our house is eerily quiet. We had no damage, tho that surprised me as I did think the roof was taking off more than a couple of times - but no it stayed put. No missing tiles, no fallen branches. No garden furntiture going walkabout. We were fortunate too as our electricity did not fail either. Our absent neighbours houses - all 3 of them - either had little or no damage or simply suffered broken off branches. But ringing/messaging them with an update took ages. There has been local damage as terraces have uprooted themselves and chosen a new location and some people at the other end of our village have lost electricity - mostly due, I believe, to them having above ground electric wires where all ours are underground.
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Post by gigi on Nov 2, 2023 12:56:40 GMT 1
It’s good to read that no members on here have so far have suffered badly - it’s been so bad and many have suffered damage, floods and worse.
Here in the Thames Valley it reminded me somewhat of a minor version the ‘Great Storm’ of 1987(?), with rain lashing down all last evening and all through the night - at least in this area more trees had shed their leaves than back then (about 2 weeks later) so it’s to be hoped that not as many trees have been uprooted as then.
Stay safe all in the storm area, hope you get away OK tomorrow, AP, and that Nifty’s new travel plans work out.
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Post by mysty on Nov 2, 2023 17:07:04 GMT 1
No ardvark yet hopfully it will just be his string line and washers conecting him to the high tec world that is down.
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Post by rabbit on Nov 2, 2023 18:16:30 GMT 1
We have a lemon tree in a big pot. I can’t lift it and it must be over 100kg. It was blown over and 30m across our terrace
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JohnnyD
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Post by JohnnyD on Nov 2, 2023 18:22:11 GMT 1
Power has been restored at about 1745 French time........
YeY
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Post by houpla on Nov 2, 2023 18:42:51 GMT 1
We have a lemon tree in a big pot. I can’t lift it and it must be over 100kg. It was blown over and 30m across our terrace Oh damn, rabbit. Is it salvageable? They do respond well to hard pruning if necessary....
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Post by jackie on Nov 2, 2023 18:49:24 GMT 1
A horrendous night here near the coast in dept 22. Wind speed records broken all round the coast here. Feel very lucky that only 2 fence panels have come down and we have electricity still. Our poor little dog was completely stressed out by it all, the horrendous noise of the wind. So sorry to hear your news JohnnyD and hope your power comes back on soon to save your freezer contents. Hi Jackie our dog was stressed by the wind, it seemed so cruel to take him to the vets this morning, I bet he thinks he is being punished, although he is fast asleep in his cage at the moment. Where are you in dept 22 ? We are near Plancoet. We are near Ruca so not too far from you
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JohnnyD
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Post by JohnnyD on Nov 2, 2023 20:22:08 GMT 1
Oh, power off again, not even charged the UPS batteries 😩
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Post by exile on Nov 2, 2023 23:07:10 GMT 1
The power went off in the house at about 0608 according to the UPS logs and is still off, on the camera just before that, it looked pretty wild.......I can't tell until power is restored if there is any damage. Edit Just had a text from sosh also saying they are aware of a problem in the area, and our internet will not be back until tomorrow afternoon, if that’s because of power, that might be our freezer contents gone. Don't worry about the freezer. We lost power for 2 days in November 2019 for just short of 48 hours. The temperatures were still at or below -18°C when the power came back on.
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