Hurricane Bawbag-burns out Wind Turbines pics

[scooters]

Blimey....looks like we are in for it today in the central belt. It's already howling and due to get a lot worse. The schools are being shut all day in the west and we've just been told that the Lothian ones will shut from noon.

 

I was due to work in the office in Fife today but as that involves crossing the forth bridge I'll give it a miss. Paper says gusts of 100mph expected.

 

 

 

BXs are mince in high winds due to featherweight design.

hope the shite will be ok but more concerned about trees and houses.

 

in 40 years I've never seen such a warning nor have thee schools been shut here for wind.

[marcello-gandini]

Thanks for all the weather updates, I'd rather read about it, second hand, on a forum about cars than hear about it from Carol Kirkwood on BBC Breakfast who probably doesn't know anything about Tagoras.

[boobydoo]

Windy? I went jogging this morning in t-shirt and shorts.

 

You scots are a load of soft bastards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[scooters]

Thanks for all the weather updates, I'd rather read about it, second hand, on a forum about cars than hear about it from Carol Kirkwood on BBC Breakfast who probably doesn't know anything about Tagoras.

 

Fuck off

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It's relevant because my CAR is shit in high winds

 

I seem to recall we had a long debate earlier this year about certain members thinking they had some god given right to moderate this site.

 

Who gave you the right to decide site content?

 

You want to kick it off again or do you want to fuck off and moderate your own site?

[scooters]

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[Split_Pin]

Very windy here. I'm worried that the trains will all be cancelled without alternative transport like in the springtime.

 

My car is very skittish just now with 3 summer tyres and 1 winter due to the other one being ripped open by a stone.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Its a bit windy here, temperature about 8°, overcast but no rain ATM. Will let you know if that changes significantly.

[KruJoe]

A light breeze, some scattered cloud, 27*C, with the probability of a cold beer.

 

 

^ The scene outside chez KruJoe this afternoon.

[michiel]

Holland, today:

 

[mnde]

Hi Rich,

 

The BX gave me the jitters on fast roads in cross-winds. Also passing arctics on the motorway, it got thrown around. Generally I thought it was more unstable than it should be - and put it down to the handling not being entirely "right" due to the wear somewhere in the steering as I've described to you, affecting the tracking characteristics. You'll see in the history that I had the wheel alignment checked and adjusted twice in recent years - most recently after a wheel bearing change - so that should be alright. I never got the opportunity/dosh to investigate further - and as I say, two garages last year didn't find any issue to report etc. I drove it very gingerly in the snow last year... In comparison, the Megane feels a lot tighter and confidence-inducing - although it does need a slight tracking adjustment as the steering wheel's not quite straight at "straight-ahead".

 

Mark.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

passing arctics on the motorway, it got thrown around.

 

Them polar bears don't have any lane discipline!

[wuvvum]

It's actually a lot less windy here so far today than it was yesterday. There's still a stiff breeze, but nothing out of the ordinary. The Rover of Doom seems pretty stable in windy conditions for a relatively small car. BMW got blown about a bit yesterday though.

[scooters]

Cheers Mark,

 

This time of year it is always pretty blowy on the Forth bridge. The BX's I have owned in the past have always been pretty subject to getting blown about especially the estates, I'm not sure it is unique to this one, it only weighs 950 odd kilos - the Subaru weighs 65% more - £1450kg

 

Moot point today as they shut the bridge to all vehicles at about 10am, that's only happened about twice in the last 10 years - last time a mate was killed driving an HGV when it got blown over on the A95.

 

Got to go out and pick the grinch (aka other in law) up from Haymarket - her train is due in at 1430 but read 1600 with the delays - typicall for her to coincide her arrival at the point when the storm is meant to be at its worse! Think I'll take the scoob

[michiel]

Got to go out and pick the grinch (aka other in law) up from Haymarket

 

I took this literally at first, thinking you had two wives...

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Those muslims/mormons/whatnot are true heros. I don't think I'd be able to stand ONE wife, yet they can cope with multiple ones...

[scooters]

the storm has now been named - this is all over Twitter....feckin priceless:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Bawbag

 

badly want this teeshirt

 

http://twitpic.com/7q919k

[scooters]

well...so much for the green energy policy - it looks like these bloody windmills can't cope with a2 bit of a blow2:

 

 

and this one burnt out ! near ardrossan

 

 

Good news for chod spotters - the weather is no respector of chod dens! - Glasgow

 

[morris_ital_lover]

My favorite result of the hurricane is the clip of the man holding his jacket over his head trying to fly with the winds... It'll be on the news, unfortunately I can't find it online now.

[wuvvum]

[M'coli]

It's here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16079849

[morris_ital_lover]

Thats the ticket.... WTF was going through his head? Although, TBH, I'd probably done the same

[M'coli]

With any luck, a lump of flotsam plucked by the wind from the crest of a wave.

[Split_Pin]

As 90% of office workers on Edinburgh appeared to leave early because of this bawbag thing, those who stayed on till lousin' time can enjoy a quiet train home

[Polystratus]

and this one burnt out ! near ardrossan

 

That must be some wind speed to do that, weather forcast on the radio said speeds of up to 165 mph, would risk taking anything out to drive with that amount of speed!

[DSdriver]

Just over half way up Ben Nevis then. I wonder what its like at the top!

[morris_ital_lover]

and this one burnt out ! near ardrossan

 

That must be some wind speed to do that, weather forcast on the radio said speeds of up to 165 mph, would risk taking anything out to drive with that amount of speed!

 

My understanding* it that they can burnout anyway at low speeds, Honda had one at Swindon that manage to combust itself when the lubrication system screwed up. I suspect in this case it was aided by the wind.

 

*(From when I did GCSE Physics I did a presentation /read out wikipedia to the class on the things)

[Lankytim]

Don't they have some sort of clutch inside which changes the pitch of the propeller blades depending on wind speeds? One in Norway went a bit wrong and exploded. It was very funny.

 

The Volvo doesn't like high winds. It goes wonky in crosswinds and goes very slowly in headwinds. Loves tailwinds mind.

[scooters]

parrantly they recorded a 135mph gust at about 500ft just outside Fort William

[DSdriver]

Watch out east coast, there'll likely be a storm surge as all that wind tries to push the North Sea through the Dover Straits. At the moment we have what is called a negative surge in the Medway, low water was well below prediction.

http://www.pol.ac.uk/ntslf/sadata_tgi_ntslf_v2.php?code=Sheerness&span=1

[trigger]

The wind all dropped off at 9pm, bit of a anti climax really.