Battered by wind
This may not look particularly dramatic, but this gate is about 8ft long and is heavy. It was ripped from its hinges this morning by the storm of wind that has battered us all morning.
This is where the gate was until sometime in the middle of the morning. The force of the wind swung the gate through 180 degrees and then heaved it from its hinges. The hinges, which were heavy-duty, were pulled right out of the batten of wood on the brick gate-post.
It’s been a bit scary. Gusts of 90mph have been recorded. Roads have been closed. The trains are being limited to 50 mph and some trains have been cancelled. I decided not to go into London this morning and Erica did not stir out of doors to go and fetch young Jake from down the road. Far too risky.
There’s something in the house that shrieks like a soul in pain when the wind blows hard. It’s been shrieking all morning.
There’s a piece about the storms on the BBC news website. And some rather dramatic pictures of the effects of the weather.
Later
I’ve just seen on the railway company’s website that the line I use is closed because of trees on the line and power outages. I am so glad I decided not to go into London.
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British Columbia, on Canada’s west coast, has been battered by a number of powerful storms lately. I was there around Christmastime and saw some of the devastation in Vancouver’s Stanley Park. [1, 2, 3]
I guess it’s global warming and El Ni
Barney,
Is it still blowing, or is it back to normal now? I bet the woodstove kept on working!
Nabil, the wind has dropped, transport is getting back to normal, the sun is shining. Later today I shall go into London for the National Assembly meeting this weekend.
Unfortunately we did not have the opportunity to use the wood-burner yesterday. The temperatures were quite mild through the day and we had our Feast in the evening (a wonderful Feast it was too, with lots of laughter and joy). The forecast is for the temperatures to drop, so perhaps you will have the opportunity to see the stove in action!
An enormous storm over central Europe.
It seems nature is mad with us…
Something we have done? Very likely.
May be it is time to think on how to live harmony with nature.
Perhaps we’re too late! Climate change is a fact. This morning I heard on the radio that CO2 is building up in the atmosphere faster than scientists had thought it would. They’re not sure why, but it may be that the capacity of trees and plants to absorb CO2 is adversely affected by higher temperatures.
We’re all contributing to the build-up of CO2. Countries with rapidly developing economies, such as China and India, are adding their CO2 to that of the already developed countries.
2007 is predicted to be hotter than 2006. The change is clearly now very quick. We can expect more extremes of weather.
What’s the solution? We all have to help others understand and embrace Baha’u'llah’s central teaching: the oneness of humankind. That’s the basis on which we can work together to mitigate the effects of climate change and to prevent global warming getting worse. It’s not a quick fix!
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