High wind warning for UK

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For anyone who hasn't heard or seen the weather forecast recently.
The first named Storm of the season is arriving in the UK imminently. There will be high winds with the possibility of damage eg to trees, tiles coming off roofs etc. So anyone with outside Hutches needs to make doubly sure they are secure and also out of the way of falling branches etc. It sounds like it's going to be pretty cold too as it may snow in some parts, so extra heat pads etc are probably in order 🥶🌬🌨
 
It has been dark most of today here where we live. Strong wind and had hail stones a few times as well! 🥶🥶
 
Its been windy here with a bit of rain. According to the forecast it might get pretty wild out there. I've already offered to get MIL's paper tomorrow as a strong gust of wind may well knock her over. Also she won't want to go out in the sleet that's forecast. An 84 year old out in sleet and high winds is not a good idea.
 
High winds and sleet here at the moment. 👍
 
Had wind, sleet, snow and hail so far today. Thankfully nothing has stuck yet but we're due more soon. My pigs have been inside for a while now of they were still out I would have brought them in as there's a large sycamore tree by the pig shed and while no branches have fallen in the past 10+ years (that I know of) I wouldn't like to say that one won't fall
 
Heavy snow started falling over Shap on the M6.
 
We are in North Leicestershire and the wind has got up and wet stuff keeps falling out of the sky! I've just been out to batten down the hatches for Kevin and Perry - extra hay and heat pads and tied the covers on tight. Will check them again later, they don't seem bothered at all while I fuss around the hutch and behave like a paranoid parent...
 
BossHogg said:
High winds and sleet here at the moment. 👍
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They said the worst of the storm would be in Scotland the North of England and Northern Ireland . Hope it doesn't cause big problems on the M6 , during your shift especially!

We had a pleasant day today, sunny spells and showers. The wind started gusting high early evening and is now blowing quite a gale around our house. I hope it doesn't blow down any of our old trees. The forecast also said 50% chance of snow/sleet 🌨❄🥶
 
We are on top of a hill. I can't remember it ever being this windy here. I've rolled piggy fleece up and put it round the floor in front of the skirting boards as there's as cold draft wafting into the living room from under the floor. The piggies have corex off cuts propped against the cage fronts and blankets pegged over the tops to keep the draft out.
 
We have no electric here now for 30 minutes! No network as well! We still have wifi coz it's connected to a battery pack, but not sure how long it'll last. 😑
 
We still don't have electric. Just our village though. Must have some power line damage coz the road by us is closed. Estimated power back by 4pm they said. Hopefully before that coz our fish tank has no oxygen, well I did some manual pumping earlier. Our generator won't turn on for some reason. We haven't used it for 2 years though, so something must have broke! Good thing it's still 17.5C in the house so piggies are still fine. No network as well. We're here at Costa to have coffee and get internet!
 
Good luck, I hope they can fix your electricity sooner.🤞

We have a layer of snow over exposed surfaces here. It was sleeting at 9am but seems to have stopped now. I can't remember when, if ever, I've had snow fall so early in the season.
 
It's just VERY windy here, the sun is shining and its cold! What leaves are still on the trees won't be there for much longer.
 
2 walls of our greenhouse has gone as well. Well one side is just flapping and the other one is gone. It's just plastic so we have to buy some wood to cover it for now.
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
We have a layer of snow over exposed surfaces here. It was sleeting at 9am but seems to have stopped now. I can't remember when, if ever, I've had snow fall so early in the season.
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We’ve had the same! Changed my plans to go and visit sister and staying in the warm at home instead! The wind has been crazy the last couple of days too but definitely very early to be getting snow! 🥶
 
We still don't have electric! They said it's 8pm esrimated restored time! :hb: We had to go to Toolstation to buy a generatorso we can have wifi, laptop and some power for the fish tank and fridge freezer. No heating at the moment. It's 16C in the living room at the moment. Is it okay for the piggies still?
 
Wind picking up here now in south Shropshire. A lot of peoples fences are down, someone has had their whole fence blown down. We've had to close all curtains to try and stop draughts.

Pigs are nice and toasty though and have plenty of food so at least I don't need to worry about that.
 
anyar.dris said:
We still don't have electric! They said it's 8pm esrimated restored time! :hb: We had to go to Toolstation to buy a generatorso we can have wifi, laptop and some power for the fish tank and fridge freezer. No heating at the moment. It's 16C in the living room at the moment. Is it okay for the piggies still?
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How frustrating for you. We had a slight power cut last night and the lights kept flickering. Below 15°C is when piggies start to get cold so maybe add lots of fleece blankets in their hides for them to snuggle in. Add lots of hay. Other than that, snuggle up with them?
 
Engel said:
How frustrating for you. We had a slight power cut last night and the lights kept flickering. Below 15°C is when piggies start to get cold so maybe add lots of fleece blankets in their hides for them to snuggle in. Add lots of hay. Other than that, snuggle up with them?
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Yeah they are on fleece bedding and loads of fleece hideys and hay as well. Though Vegas weight is down today coz there was a big change in their environment last night and they won't get out from their house. Not much food was eaten since last night too. Bryce is eating normal though, it's just Vegas. Hopefully it gets back to normal soon. They have been down the last hour though since we had some light because of the generator. Both piggies are still perky though. If we don't have the electric back tonight, we'll have to turn on one of the oil heaters for the piggies instead of the fridge freezer.
 
anyar.dris said:
Yeah they are on fleece bedding and loads of fleece hideys and hay as well. Though Vegas weight is down today coz there was a big change in their environment last night and they won't get out from their house. Not much food was eaten since last night too. Bryce is eating normal though, it's just Vegas. Hopefully it gets back to normal soon. They have been down the last hour though since we had some light because of the generator. Both piggies are still perky though. If we don't have the electric back tonight, we'll have to turn on one of the oil heaters for the piggies instead of the fridge freezer.
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Do you have a snuggle safe?
 
Engel said:
Do you have a snuggle safe?
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No we don't. We never needed it in the past coz it's always 20C here in the house. We can just use the oil heater in the living room for them later if we have no electric tonight.

Just seen the update for the electric to restore. It's changed to 8pm tomorrow night! :hb::cen:
 
Oh wow, I don't think anything can beat a caravan landing in the garden. A flying dustbin lid here was drama enough.

Hope you keep warm @anyar.dris, keeping fingers crossed that the electric comes on sooner than the latest update said.
 
anyar.dris said:
Just seen the update for the electric to restore. It's changed to 8pm tomorrow night! :hb::cen:
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:yikes::yikes: Good heaven's! I sincerely hope that they can restore power before tomorrow night for you. ( you probably know this, but if you don't open the freezer it should maintain its temperature for a day or two.)

In our first house, we once lost power for 2 days after a tree was blown onto power lines in our village. But we were lucky as we had a coal fired Aga which also heated the hot water, and an open fire in the living room. Here, our oil Aga will stop without leccy, so we'd only have 2 wood burners.
 
I know yours normally free range @anyar.dris but if you can keep them in the cage with a blanket over it it will keep the heat in and drafts out. If you can boil water now with your generator, have you got hot water bottles. Hot water bottles outside the cage with a blanket making a tent over the cage and bottles will trap some warmth for them.
 
We are still okay here. 16.6C in the living room. We can't heat water coz the generator overloads. Tried making coffee and the generator overloaded. I'm not really worried about me getting cold coz I have an Oodie to keep me warm. 😁😂 Hubby needs the heated blanket though so not really sure if he'll manage to turn it on on generator later. It's the piggies I'm more worried about over night. I might have to top up Vegas with CC coz she isn't eating much. Not really sure if it's just because we don't have electric and it's a big change for her, or something else. I can see her nibbling some hay though.
 
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