Glad to hear you survived the 'big blow' over there last week.
When they were talking about 180 km winds in Germany, I was hoping
with eyes squeezed tight you weren't rocking to and fro on an oil rig
in the North Sea.
Best
Jo
Oh, so warrabout me then? While he was sitting snug as a bug in a rug
somewhere, my village was getting battered by them there 180 km winds in
Germany! :-) We lost part of our balcony facing, which smashed off one
of our satellite dishes on its way to the road below, and about a dozen
trees were felled scattered around the village.
Re: Ping Aidan ... :-) We lost part of our balcony facing, which smashed off one of our satellite dishes on its way to the road below, and about a dozen trees were felled scattered around the village....Germany or Britain. ... We've had enough big winds around here in the last year (entailing a new roof for us--roof didn't blow off, but a bunch of shingles let fly) that I expect landlubbers can come through most gales more than someone on an oil rig. ... (sci.geo.geology)
Re: Gale damage and disruption in Belgium on Friday night ... At least nine people have lost their lives in Austria, Germany and the ... rail lines were closed as winds reached 190 kilometres an hour. ... Posted 1st March but I don't know if it was from the same weather:... A320 max x-wind speeds are 33 kts gusts 38 kts, ... (uk.sci.weather)
Re: GEN-DE LOOKING FOR FAMILY IN GERMANY ... used to be in the county of Reichenbach in Silesia or Schlesien in ... As you know the Germans were expelled from Silesia and are now ... scattered all over Germany.... Schweidnitz) which means that the village did not have ... (soc.genealogy.german)
Re: [OT] City of Lincoln ... "Bomb the fuck out of Germany" ... ... oh hang on here it is: ... I was at my parents yesterday and they mentioned that the Lancaster had been "booked" to overfly their tiny village as part of the villages 1940s weekend. ... (uk.rec.motorcycles)