[AnAmericanAbroad]

I found this little snippet interesting:

“The eye of the system, which will pass over the north of Britain on Wednesday, has a pressure of 952mb and will rival the historic storm of 1987 which was driven by a low of 951mb.”

That’s nothing I’d laugh at, personally; the Great Storm of 1987 did quite a bit of damage and killed 22 people in England and France.....it was pretty serious. Apparently, it was an extratropical cyclone with hurricane-force winds.

You can read more about the 1987 storm here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Storm_of_1987#United_Kingdom

Interesting reading for natural disaster buffs.

[Pontiac]

Seems that this could be a problem for the North Sea oil fields.

Anyone have any idea how they fared last winter’s storm.

[the scotsman]

Whilst in Scotland that weekend, nothing.

I remember going to a major soccer match in replica soccer shirt and jeans. It was sultry warm.