One passed over here.
From my weather records on Wunderground:
The top graph shows the temperature dropping from 14.7C to 7.1C as it passed through.
The rate of rainfall reached 50mm / hour (about 2 inches per hour).
Fortunately the squall passed through in about 15 to 20 minutes.
How it looked through my kitchen window:
There were lots of reports of Lincolnshire roads bring blocked by falling trees.
Talking to J, a dog walker we often meet, he had a narrow escape.
As he drove out of the small estate behind me a large tree crashed down ahead of him.
Needless to say he decided to go back home.
One 'heritage' disaster was the 5 sail windmill in Burgh le Marsh losing its sails.
It looks as though the whole rotating section was blown off.
J told me he had heard that the sails were rotating backwards in the high wind.
Found these videos on t'internet.
When the sails started to break up:
Built around 1844. A working mill until the 1960's
Now owned by the County Council and run by volunteers.
I wonder whether it will be restored.
It looks a bit grim. I trust the sails were insured. I always assumed that they could be feathered when necessary.
ReplyDeleteAdrian: When I saw the first video I thought the sails were not feathered much. I've seen photos of it with the slats completely open. Maybe the mechanism was damaged by the squally winds. Old videos of the mill show the sails rotating clockwise but in the storm they are rotating backwards. I guess they ended up facing the wrong way.
DeleteMost likely some jobsworth in the council forgot or it was his/her/it's turn to gaze out of the window.
DeleteI was in Asda when that mega squall came over, it was like the shop was being pelted with gravel
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