Petersfield to Haslemere line closed for 7 days because of issues with embankments at four different places. Never known anything like that happen before.

Yesterday southern parts of A3 (the Portsmouth end) closed all morning because of ice  There were also accidents on the A27 towards Chichester caused by what has been described as a wall of hailstones descending from the skies.

I'm lucky because it is believed that we are on the same 'electrics' as the nearby hospital so tend to get sorted out quicker but friends in the locality have not had power for days.

Another sleepless night here spent waiting for the roof to take off, but apart from a shifted roof tile, the damage is no worse than it was this time yesterday. A couple of the hastily-repaired fence panels have given up the ghost and I had to mop up pools of water in the loft that had missed the buckets and pooled on the sheeting, but that's about it. Could have been worse.

Quote from: Pengi on December 27, 2013, 10:10:15 AM
Petersfield to Haslemere line closed for 7 days because of issues with embankments at four different places. Never known anything like that happen before.

Ouch that's not nice

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I'm lucky because it is believed that we are on the same 'electrics' as the nearby hospital so tend to get sorted out quicker but friends in the locality have not had power for days.

That doesn't always mean anything. A nursing home near us lost power for 4 days. The electrical powers supplied them with a generator at the start but hadn't any engineers to connect it.
All the patients were kept in bed for the whole Christmas period to keep them warm

Quote from: Jerry Howlett on December 27, 2013, 09:20:01 AM

Quote from: newportnobby on December 27, 2013, 08:15:05 AM
Yup - here in Leyland it is extremely windy with many unusual noises

Are you sure its not the effects of the left over Turkey ?

That's why I kept venturing outside, Jerry

weathered the storms pre christmas then suffered power cut last night :thumbsdown:thankfully in full working order now

Bit breezy here in Dublin...  If you want to see the weather here - go watch the racing from Leopardstown its just across the road from me...

It does mean that I cant go fly the RC Helicopter that Santa bought me...

Here's a link to a picture of the work going on to repair the embankments between Haslemere and Petersfield (from SWT twitter)

Goodness knows how they are managing to continue working with the rain that has been falling and the storms to come

http://ow.ly/i/4bqDU

Braced again this evening. Very windy but glad we're not on the coast where they are expecting floods with gales and high spring tides.
Hope everyone stays safe.

Quote from: Pengi on January 02, 2014, 07:18:11 PM
Here's a link to a picture of the work going on to repair the embankments between Haslemere and Petersfield (from SWT twitter)

Goodness knows how they are managing to continue working with the rain that has been falling and the storms to come

http://ow.ly/i/4bqDU

Similar thing on the Isle of Wight, Ryde tunnel under water & ballast washed away!
http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/operation-to-restore-storm-damaged-rail-network-52285.aspx

Cheers, Stu.

One of the national papers is reporting that the Thames Barrier is fully raised due to expected very high tidal surges.

Here in Cornwall the Environmental Agency warnings have been not to go any where near coastal paths or sea walls. Every coastal village is on full flood warnings.

Our local line
http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Track-and-signalling/ockley-landslip-causes-sussex-disruption


guess who has to organise getting "monkey"  to school as the trains are not running.

It's the End of Days, I tells ya!!! Only a matter of time before it starts raining fish. 

We've even got a few flood warnings around Peterborough - if the Nene bursts it's bank it's going to play hob with my commute to work, which involves crossing Ferry Meadows.

I hope it doesn't start raining fish, can you imagine all the EU quota paperwork

Very wet here again - and looks like we could be getting storm after storm until spring. Oh the joys of global warming.

Alan

The same stay-away-from-the-coast warning is in place here in Somerset, and the winds have already picked up noticeably since this afternoon. I saw a sea of flooded fields from the train as I passed the edges of the Somerset Levels today. Sunday could be bad, too, with gusts of 30-50mph forecast. Hold on to your hats, chaps and chapesses.

Location 1 has had damage to fencing (minor) and conservatory (twice in a week, not so minor, but luckily without damage to contents).

Location 2 is unknown (and coastal)

I have had a thumping head and very bad painful chest for days now.

Did get some railway gear for XMAS though, including buying myself my fourth "GEM" Fowler 2-6-4T restoration project (can't possibly have too many parallel boiler tanks!).

Welcome to 2014.......................