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Curmudgeon' s Corner. I blame it on the heat. (2)

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  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    edited September 2018
    In the blue corner ......     and in the yellow corner ........    seconds out, round one ...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    On another subject entirely....
    Are we getting more storms,or do we just notice them more because they have names?

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    We're getting one a day now it seems.
    I take no notice of "names",yet another horrible american import.
    Devon.
  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489
    We have had worse storms than the named ones.
    SW Scotland
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Whatever happened to:"It's going to be a bit windy tomorrow"?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Gales here last night, power off!  
    I love this forsythia
    https://www.jparkers.co.uk/forsythia-white-abeliophyllum-distichum-0001856c?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIisPg1ejL3QIVp5PtCh3ywQOOEAQYASABEgKsRPD_BwE
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    Last year I had work cancelled for the first time in forty years with storm Ophelia and on Wednesday a scaffolding plank hit the window and smashed it just above my head. I don't know if they're becoming more frequent but they are certainly the most intense I've ever experienced.
    Wednesday was downright frightening!
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    B3 said:
    Whatever happened to:"It's going to be a bit windy tomorrow"?
    Doesn't make a good social media hashtag :| as in

    "Epic wind today. Battened down the trampoline and put a brick on the wheely bin #StormSteve #hurricaneready"
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    The naming of storms actually originated in the West Indies in the late 19th century and is not an American import. They were typically given the name of the saint’s day when they were first spotted. By the 1950’s through to the late 70s female names were used reflecting the rampant sexism of the era that storm tracks were as capricious as women.
    Rutland, England
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Apparently if we get enough storms this winter we'll end up with storm Saoirse. While I think Saoirse is a lovely name it will be fun seeing unprepared news reporters trying to pronounce it.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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