Oh, goodness gracious! Have YOU seen the aerial photos of the American and the European storms?
They are looped across the country and sea and appear to be holding hands.. WE, in London, like everywhere in Europe, I hasten to add, had a real day and a half of it yesterday.
The morning was not too bad but come early afternoon, the sky went dark and the rain, which had just been drizzling, became heavy and, just to add to it, old wind decided to come along and anti up the drama.
The damage in London was 'pretty' bad already with scaffolding going wonky, blinds being ripped off shop fronts (why were they still out, is OUR question?), but in the Holborn area.. it was beyond dreadful. A building collapsed and a woman was killed. Poor family.
HER friend Kay was due back from Prague in the early evening.. she got home this morning at nine of the clock!
The plane had to abort landing at Gatwick, the cross winds were too strong, onto Stansted, same problem, where could they land, for Manchester also had the same problem?
Luckily, Liverpool was 'relatively' calm, they landed safely and were put onto a coach for Gatwick where they could retrieve their car. Phew.
The friends are meeting on Thursday for an Italian lunch in the North End Road Market, which, by the way, SHE was told yesterday whilst SHE was at work, is closing!
Oh no, WE hope that this is incorrect gossip. SHE knows it is much smaller than it used to be but the stalls sell fabulous stuff.. for instance: Sally and Geoff's vegetables, Karen's fruit, Margie's haberdashery or the Saturday man with his electrical spares.
Work was SO quiet but then who was out and about shopping for non-essential stuff yesterday? A couple of locals came in for books and dvd's, doubtless they were planning on going straight home to read or watch them!
SHE had sneaked a very scrummy cake in and arranged for their staff controller to come in at tea time.. to say "welcome back" to lovely boss who had had an operation on her wrist and been off work for four weeks.
Then Anna Malaga came in for the last ninety minutes of work time, she is called Anna Malaga because a: that is where she comes from and b: because there are another two Annas.
SHE bolted for home and took the bus, not fancying the walk home up two streets where there are lots of building works, be safe, not sorry is a good motto to observe in weather like this.
But, is the end in sight? The temperature is dropping in Northern Canada, this might stop the cold air being forced in a southerly direction for, apparently, this is what is causing these ice and snow storms in the United States and the side effect are these rain storms with severely high winds all over western Europe.
The droughts in California, West Texas and parts of Australia, where as Rosamund wrote, there was extensive flooding two years ago. All very weird.
Prague was dry, sunny, warm! Kay had taken cold weather clothes! YOU can't 'win' at the moment, can YOU and Scotland has more snow than Sochi!
But WE are saddened to hear of the fatalities across the world caused by either the weather or the volcanic eruptions in Indonesia and WE pray that The Ring of Fire is not awakening.
Sigh.
GeeGee Parrot.
February 15th, 2014.
They are looped across the country and sea and appear to be holding hands.. WE, in London, like everywhere in Europe, I hasten to add, had a real day and a half of it yesterday.
The morning was not too bad but come early afternoon, the sky went dark and the rain, which had just been drizzling, became heavy and, just to add to it, old wind decided to come along and anti up the drama.
The damage in London was 'pretty' bad already with scaffolding going wonky, blinds being ripped off shop fronts (why were they still out, is OUR question?), but in the Holborn area.. it was beyond dreadful. A building collapsed and a woman was killed. Poor family.
HER friend Kay was due back from Prague in the early evening.. she got home this morning at nine of the clock!
The plane had to abort landing at Gatwick, the cross winds were too strong, onto Stansted, same problem, where could they land, for Manchester also had the same problem?
Luckily, Liverpool was 'relatively' calm, they landed safely and were put onto a coach for Gatwick where they could retrieve their car. Phew.
The friends are meeting on Thursday for an Italian lunch in the North End Road Market, which, by the way, SHE was told yesterday whilst SHE was at work, is closing!
Oh no, WE hope that this is incorrect gossip. SHE knows it is much smaller than it used to be but the stalls sell fabulous stuff.. for instance: Sally and Geoff's vegetables, Karen's fruit, Margie's haberdashery or the Saturday man with his electrical spares.
Work was SO quiet but then who was out and about shopping for non-essential stuff yesterday? A couple of locals came in for books and dvd's, doubtless they were planning on going straight home to read or watch them!
SHE had sneaked a very scrummy cake in and arranged for their staff controller to come in at tea time.. to say "welcome back" to lovely boss who had had an operation on her wrist and been off work for four weeks.
Then Anna Malaga came in for the last ninety minutes of work time, she is called Anna Malaga because a: that is where she comes from and b: because there are another two Annas.
SHE bolted for home and took the bus, not fancying the walk home up two streets where there are lots of building works, be safe, not sorry is a good motto to observe in weather like this.
But, is the end in sight? The temperature is dropping in Northern Canada, this might stop the cold air being forced in a southerly direction for, apparently, this is what is causing these ice and snow storms in the United States and the side effect are these rain storms with severely high winds all over western Europe.
The droughts in California, West Texas and parts of Australia, where as Rosamund wrote, there was extensive flooding two years ago. All very weird.
Prague was dry, sunny, warm! Kay had taken cold weather clothes! YOU can't 'win' at the moment, can YOU and Scotland has more snow than Sochi!
But WE are saddened to hear of the fatalities across the world caused by either the weather or the volcanic eruptions in Indonesia and WE pray that The Ring of Fire is not awakening.
Sigh.
GeeGee Parrot.
February 15th, 2014.
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