Trees fall in wild weather

[ben_meyers]

Trees fall in wild weather
By Jack Royston
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A STORM which has been raging throughout the UK since last night has blown 13 trees over in the borough.

Ealing Council is now clearing the debris away, with two teams working on the trees, and a third working on fallen branches.

The trees fell in a number of areas including South Ealing Cemetery, as well as roads in Southall, Northolt, Acton and Greenford.

http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/mostpopular.var.2107221.mostviewed.trees_fall_in_wild_weather.php

[1monster]

1. I guess this must be unusual in England... In Florida, trees fall every time we have

a northeaster, tropical storm, or hurricane... And even sometimes when there is just a little localized wind and rain squall.

[XemaSab]

2. California too

[1monster]

3. I sure wouldn't wanna be around when one of THOSE trees fell!!!

If that tree fell in the forest and no one was around, it would still make enough sound to be heard in the city.

[Nihil]

4. Bear in mind the source ...

This was from a local "paper" (web report) that is only concerned with
a very small part of outer London.

It found the number of fallen trees to be newsworthy simply because
it was a severe storm that doesn't normally affect that part of the country.
It would probably be comparable to the reporting of the West Hollywood
Times or whatever small-circulation town paper after an unusual weather
event for that locality.

:hi:

(And the UK very rarely gets anything of hurricane strength ... though
that might be changing of course ... :-( )

[hermetic]

5. It's a pretty severe storm

"In Belgium, winds up to 96 km/h caused delays at Brussels airport and led authorities to close roads. Authorities issued a storm warning for the North Sea coast, where even stronger winds were expected.

Forecasters say the storm will likely last until Wednesday, saying the worst of the storm has not passed.

...

The storm is the worst to hit southern England this year. Last month, northern Britain was battered by blizzards and 110 km/h winds."

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/03/10/uk-storm.html

[Nihil]

6. Yep ...

... I live about 40 miles from the South coast, my neighbour lost a fence
panel last night, my trains have been working to a 50mph limit at times
(with some cancellations due to fallen trees) and a "To Let" sign on the
building next to my office came down (fortunately there was noone in the
street when the chunks of wood from the 4'x4'x3' structure landed two storeys
below).

Trivial stuff but it is noteworthy on a local level (hence the appearance
of the OP in a local report) and worth being aware of at a regional level
(i.e., this stuff is no longer a 100-year or 50-year or whatever rarity,
it is happening more frequently as the climate changes).

:hi:

Edited to add that it is still pretty gusty now - I'm watching a TV aerial
wobbling around on the building behind my office (London) and hoping that
if the bracket gives way, the cable will drag it enough to stay out of my
window!
:yoiks: