Crazy Weather Happening in Scotland Today

[Curt]

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[GaelVictor]

We have a good old ''SouthWestern'' here in the Netherlands too, it's typical of autumn/ early winter and i'm enjoying it fully!

[jade]

Hi Curtis

It is blowing a gale in Wales and absolutely hammering it down with rain.. I'm sorry to say that this is not unusual here in Britain! Although hurricanes are not common you'll be pleased to hear. :-)

X

[Kristin]

BIG WINDS here in North East Canada, we've lost power several times today already. Solar flares?
From the Heart,
Wormhole

[greybeard]

We missed the worst of it in Inverness but for all that the wind was very strong and in The Cairngorms it was recorded at over 160 mph.

Chris

[baddbob]

Yes a storm whipped through here yesterday and last night northeast usa

http://www.footsforecast.org/2011/12/here-we-go-again-coastal-bomb-may.html

[Curt]

We missed the worst of it in Inverness but for all that the wind was very strong and in The Cairngorms it was recorded at over 160 mph.

Chris

160 MPH? That's truly incredible.

[Bongo]

Its been windy as hell here in central scotland, seems to have died down now though.

btw curtis, no its not normal to have this kind of weather in scotland

P.S. The hurricane has been named -----> Hurricane Bawbag ... hahaha

[Curt]

That's good news. Funny enough, as I was leaving New England to move here the end of August there was a hurricane there. Then when I arrived in the UK, the UK got hit with a hurricane. And then there's today's hurricane. A guy could start to get paranoid. lol.

[Curt]

Its been windy as hell here in central scotland, seems to have died down now though.

btw curtis, no its not normal to have this kind of weather in scotland

P.S. The hurricane has been named -----> Hurricane Bawbag ... hahaha

That's great. Very happy some media ran with the title.

[greybeard]

Here you go includes video
Chris


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16079849

[Bongo]

Check this oot

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crazy weather for scotland

[Muzz]

Yeah, my greenhouse is completely destroyed. :(

Hope everyone else is ok.


The hurricane has been named -----> Hurricane Bawbag lol

[Corncrake]

Fantastic photograph here of a wind turbine in Scotland bursting into flames during the storm.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16094360

[Curt]

This is no good. The lights are flickering. Since I don't have a poltergeist, I suppose that leaves the gale force winds as the likely culprit. Better crank the heat up and get it nice and toasty in case I lose electricity. Fat lot of good the electric fireplace will do me in any emergency.

[ktlight]

Just as I typed the title to this thread I got a tweet from STV saying a tornado was seen in Glasgow earlier.

Here in Aberdeen it has been crazy. The wind is incredibly powerful. It's blowing full force now and has been on and off all day since this morning. I'm new to the UK. Does this sort of weather happen often or is this part of 'the new weather' that we're experiencing globally?

I'm curious what people think, and also how it's been elsewhere in Britain.

In the most recent news, winds are blowing at 165mph in Fyfe.

[aranuk]

Calming down a wee bitty noo in Auld Reekie.
We're not far from Fife, just over the Forth
Stan

[Fina]

Scotland in the wind. Song by The Sensational Alex Salmond Gastric Band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0wm3JD9MEk&hd=1

Hilarious! All the pictures that have been on the News sites {including THE Trampoline} . They were quick off the mark wi this!

Was Force 10 here a peerie minute ago, and snow forecast. Great :}

[ghostrider]

my neck of the woods in the U.S. toooo cold for this time of year usually 55-60 , it's been 25 at night and 40 during the day.

[Dawn]

It was 68F in the little coastal town of Pismo Beach on the California coast and I spent an hour walking on the sand in the warm sunshine.

[WhiteFeather]

Any solar flare activity lately?

[sandy]

Stay safe everyone!............................... even if you are walking on the beach under the sun rays :)

[fathertedsmate]

the contents of my back garden are now all over scotland. my van is embedded in the front wall of the house, one thing that i have noticed, south ayrshire has been sprayed daily for the last 6 wks,

[Muzz]

Just before going out to clean up the mess from yesterday, popped online and got a good chuckle at this.

Scotland’s Hurricane Bawbag raises Twitter storm – the top reactions

Today’s severe weather in Scotland has attracted worldwide attention after being dubbed ‘Hurricane Bawbag’ – here’s the best of the reactions so far. (Updated at 5pm)
Twitter has #hurricanebawbag as a top worldwide trend at the moment, meaning that millions of Twitter users around the globe will suddenly be wondering what on earth a “bawbag” actually is.

Sensitive souls may want to look away now, but according to folklore it’s a vulgar Scottish term used for the scrotum, also derogatively against anybody who’s a bit of an idiot. (For example, Jeremy Clarkson may often be thought of as a complete bawbag. Matthew Wright was definitely a bawbag earlier in the week. And so on and so forth.)

more (http://entertainment.stv.tv/opinion/286086-scotlands-hurricane-bawbag-raises-twitter-storm-the-top-reactions/)

The comments are hillarious.

“BREAKING: #scotstorm is rated as "awfally blowie" on the Wee Wifie scale. The WW scale runs from "huffin" tae "haud oantae ma breeks" :-)”


“Panic buying caused by #hurricanebawbag has resulted in shelves being stripped bare of Irn Bru, Pot Noodles and Green Rizzlas” :pound:

For the more serious researchers you can find it on Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Bawbag) :)

If they follow the rules on naming hurricanes we are in trouble. C is next.

[transiten]

Hi! It's very windy here in Sweden also, at least on the east- and westcoast with electricity "gone out"; probably some connection to the Scottish storms....

[Muzz]

Hi transiten, if you see my goji berries and the other half of my greenhouse let me know. :)

[Black Panther]

Yeah, my greenhouse is completely destroyed. :(

That's a shame!

Hope everybody is ok in Scotland and UK.


We have a good old ''SouthWestern'' here in the Netherlands too, it's typical of autumn/ early winter and i'm enjoying it fully!

Indeed we had storm here too in the Netherlands like Hatemachines said.
Wednesday and Thursday. Today high tides and storm pressure coastal defences:

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2011/12/high_tides_and_storm_pressure.php