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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2005A Windy Night
It was a very windy night, last night, here in northern britain. Lying in bed I could hear it howling through the trees outside. I'm sure Snoopy increased the volume of her purr to drown out the noise of the wind, she just about succeeded.  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > It was a very windy night, last night, here in northern britain. Lying > in bed I could hear it howling through the trees outside. I'm sure > Snoopy increased the volume of her purr to drown out the noise of the > wind, she just about succeeded. Aww! They predicted a huge storm here in southern Finland tonight; winds of over 25 m/s (~55 miles/hour), waves up to 17 metres (~55 feet). The sea level is expected to rise some 1.5 metres, flooding some low areas. Last time we had a good storm around here, in December, my power went on and off a few times. If you don't hear from me, you'll know I'm without power (also, I should be working this weekend and not read rpca... but if I have no power. I can't do either). I should hasten to point out that no disaster is expected, since we are well aware of what is going to happen, and the low lands are being protected. I just hope the big passenger ferries that usually go between Finland and Sweden every day don't set out in this weather. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> It was a very windy night, last night, here in northern britain. Lying >> in bed I could hear it howling through the trees outside. I'm sure [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ >and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Yes, the storm is raging outside now here in south Sweden. I just heard noises from the other side of the house and found that flowerpots and things are thrown around on the balcony. I couldn't open the door, the wind was too strong against it. The bridge to Denmark is closed and the ferries to Germany do not sail. Well, as long as we have electricity we will do fine, Hugo Katt and I. I bet many outdoor Christmas trees are down already. Yes, we still have them, Christmas is over on the 13th of January here. Elisabet > >> It was a very windy night, last night, here in northern britain. Lying > >> in bed I could hear it howling through the trees outside. I'm sure [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >power (also, I should be working this weekend and not read rpca... but > >if I have no power. I can't do either). > >-- > >Marina, Frank and Nikki > The bridge to Denmark is closed and the ferries to Germany do not sail. > Well, as long as we have electricity we will do fine, Hugo Katt and I. > I bet many outdoor Christmas trees are down already. Yes, we still have > them, Christmas is over on the 13th of January here. > Elisabet BC, Canada is also experiencing high winds (Gusting to 80 km/h), cold temps & healthy ammounts of snow... Seems the world is restless. SignatureMathew Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat En Vino Veritas >> >> It was a very windy night, last night, here in northern britain. Lying >> >> in bed I could hear it howling through the trees outside. I'm sure [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > BC, Canada is also experiencing high winds (Gusting to 80 km/h), cold > temps & healthy ammounts of snow... Seems the world is restless. And windy in the Rocky Mountains too. MLB 'Seems like the world is restless' I dont think I like the sound of that Mathew Jean.P. > > >> It was a very windy night, last night, here in northern britain. Lying > > >> in bed I could hear it howling through the trees outside. I'm sure [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat > En Vino Veritas Lots of purrs and best wishes for everyone to stay safe, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > >> It was a very windy night, last night, here in northern britain. Lying > >> in bed I could hear it howling through the trees outside. I'm sure [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > them, Christmas is over on the 13th of January here. > Elisabet > Lots of purrs and best wishes for everyone to stay safe, I just saw images on the news from here and abroad of the destruction caused by this storm. It's been a whopper. Purrs going out to Scandinavia and the Baltic countries, where it seems to have hit pretty hard. Some casualties. Scotland too. No casualties here in Finland so far, but flooded streets and houses. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> Lots of purrs and best wishes for everyone to stay safe, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > hard. Some casualties. Scotland too. No casualties here in Finland so > far, but flooded streets and houses. Wow. Do you have any links? California here is getting hit hard. 8 feet of snow in the mountains and 20 inches of rain down the coast. Their usual *annual* fall is 14 inches!! >>> Lots of purrs and best wishes for everyone to stay safe, >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > snow in the mountains and 20 inches of rain down the coast. Their usual > *annual* fall is 14 inches!! I found some links. It looks very bad. Purrs to all experiencing this. > Wow. Do you have any links? California here is getting hit hard. 8 feet of > snow in the mountains and 20 inches of rain down the coast. Their usual > *annual* fall is 14 inches!! From a quick search, here's the BBC's news on it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4158809.stm Typical that they don't mention Finland (when they purportedly show weather forecasts for Europe on the Beeb, they show a map with none of Finland included, yet the northern parts of Africa are in the picture ;o) <---some Brit-bashing going on here). They do have a point in that the wind apparently had blown itself out a bit before it hit us, so Sweden and Denmark were hit much worse. A story in a local newspaper said all wave records were broken. A marine researcher said he had never seen anything like it. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> Wow. Do you have any links? California here is getting hit hard. 8 feet of >> snow in the mountains and 20 inches of rain down the coast. Their usual [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > said all wave records were broken. A marine researcher said he had never > seen anything like it. I finally found some. It sounds like the storm of the century! Stop it! your scaring me, It sounds really strange to hear you all telling of weird weather Jean.P. > >> Lots of purrs and best wishes for everyone to stay safe, > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > snow in the mountains and 20 inches of rain down the coast. Their usual > *annual* fall is 14 inches!! >> Lots of purrs and best wishes for everyone to stay safe, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > casualties. Scotland too. No casualties here in Finland so far, but > flooded streets and houses. 3 found drowned in Carlisle, UK. Tweed >> Lots of purrs and best wishes for everyone to stay safe, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >hard. Some casualties. Scotland too. No casualties here in Finland so >far, but flooded streets and houses. It was BAD! Seven people killed in different places in this part of the country, mainly by falling trees. Four killed over in Denmark. 400 000 homes without electricity. Most of them still without power. Hugo Katt and I are fine however. No problems. Elisabet > I just saw images on the news from here and abroad of the destruction > caused by this storm. It's been a whopper. Purrs going out to > Scandinavia and the Baltic countries, where it seems to have hit pretty > hard. Some casualties. Scotland too. No casualties here in Finland so > far, but flooded streets and houses. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ > and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki So is Finland not a Scandanavian country, then? I'd always thought it was, but I really don't know what I'd based that on. Purrs to everyone effected by the storm. This winter's weather has been strange. ------ Krista > So is Finland not a Scandanavian country, then? I'd always thought it > was, but I really don't know what I'd based that on. Finland is sometimes included in Scandinavia, at least politically and culturally, but strictly geographically speaking, if you want to include Finland, you say Fennoscandia. Geographically speaking, Scandinavia consists of Norway and Sweden. In the wider cultural and political meaning, Scandinavia is Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark (and Iceland). Not nearly as confusing as UK - Great Britain - the British Isles etc. ;o) SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> Lots of purrs and best wishes for everyone to stay safe, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > pretty hard. Some casualties. Scotland too. No casualties here in > Finland so far, but flooded streets and houses. The forecast says more stormy weather is on the way. I have no doubt that the increase in extreme weather over the last few years, is due to global warming. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. >> It was a very windy night, last night, here in northern britain. >> Lying in bed I could hear it howling through the trees outside. I'm [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > protected. I just hope the big passenger ferries that usually go > between Finland and Sweden every day don't set out in this weather. You'll be getting the same storm, we had gusts of 40 m/s (~90 miles/hour) some people lost power, quite a bit of damage was done also flooding in places. No damage here though and it's calm this evening. I hope the winds decrease as it crosses the continent. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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