I remember seeing the aftermath of that happening during the ‘87 storm .., when whole rows of trees were blown over complete with their roots and the ground they were in. Large areas of trees flat on the ground with swathes of forest floor at right angles to where it had been.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Just to show how lightly we got of in my part of the country, I went to the allotment today and although I knew that the ground would be too wet to dig I did however dig a few big weeds out of an area that I had left to its own devices and although the first two inches of soil was very wet under that it was quite dry and the soil shook off the roots easily.
My pals at patchwork were muttering today about storms with English names set to wreak havoc on Wednesday night.
Had to tell them it's Irish but now I'm home I've checked the forecast and this far south we're expecting winds of 90mph in the dead of night - always worse when you can't see what's going on I feel and not good for the nocturnal critters either. All the rain will be welcome here tho.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Is this going to be bad? Are there better trackers?
Had to tell them it's Irish but now I'm home I've checked the forecast and this far south we're expecting winds of 90mph in the dead of night - always worse when you can't see what's going on I feel and not good for the nocturnal critters either. All the rain will be welcome here tho.