Well nobody really knows what’s South of there. You hear stories of dragons and stuff, but there’s no real proof. We don’t even know if there is weather there. Somebody should send explorers to find out.
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Not supposed to get really bad until 1.00 a.m. He should be OK.
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The worst of thee wind is dying down now. I have a lot of garden furniture and bins thrown around, but no obvious structural damage. I’m on a slight hill leading down to the river, so it never floods here. I’m not seeing any reports of fatalities - which is probably due to a combination of excellent warnings, and the fact that the worst happened in the early hours of the morning - so nobody driving to the shops or walking their dog got hit by a falling tree.
Houses here are mostly brick, with roofs of slate or quarry tile. They don’t offer great insulation, but they’re plenty heavy, and hard to blow away.
On past experience, it will probably take 24 hours for all the damage reports to come in, but so far it looks like we got off lightly.
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Good to hear! Waiting to see what this winter brings here. Wind is always a big issue though. I would imagine the slate tiles blow away. Would not want to be in its path.
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Well, no. They tend to stay put - but if they do come off, some of the big ones can weigh 20 pounds- and come slicing down like knives.
Worse, in my experience, are sheet building materials. Wooden cladding boards and steel roofing sheets. The wind gets behind them, they lift off, and float around in the sky like playing cards thrown by a giant magician. Then they turn edge on, and come crashing back down again. Fortunately, in this country, we only use them for industrial buildings - so residential areas are fairly free of the danger.
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Yes. Mobile homes are so common here and they get twisted and wrapped around trees and split open. Definitely not a good place to be in a storm. I am thankful I am in a solidly built brick home but I do worry about the 80+ year old trees around me.
Now, go round up the patio furniture. 
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My power went out for about thirty minutes last night and that was the worst of it.
My friend Darragh is obviously taking the brunt of complaints in our group chat this morning.
Much garden furniture and bins overturned.
What I saw mostly was lots of birds out on the hunt for twigs and such to rebuild their nests that didnt survive the night 
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They forgot to mention my dad was really bummed out the Everton V Liverpool match was called off.
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The baffling thing is that no one can provide answers. Is this a case of mass hysteria?
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There’s been a rash of unexplained drone sightings over British Air Force facilities in the past weeks - particularly, but not exclusively, those used by USAF. Given the levels of security surrounding those sites, questions have also been raised here - like why haven’t the operators been identified, and why haven’t the drones been shot down, or otherwise captured?
(edit) I suppose it’s not beyond the bounds of possibility that the reason military security haven’t stopped the drones is because the drones are actually part of military security - but they don’t want to admit it, and give away their advantage.
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I thought the same thing and seems the most likely explaination
I also believe Americans are about to be surveilled by the own government like we have never seen before. Big Brother come to life. It will be a rude awakening
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The most plausible explanation I’ve seen of the Roswell incident was that the crashed object was indeed a balloon - but of a very special kind. The US military were experimenting with balloons made from an aluminised mylar film (the same stuff space blankets are made from) which, back in the day, was both revolutionary technology, and highly secret. It was secret because whilst it’s very strong, and extremely lightweight, to radar it looks like solid metal.
And the fact that the US military wouldn’t (or couldn’t) admit what the Roswell object really was, has given rise to a whole industry of speculation, fantasy, and misinformation.
Something similar may be happening with the drones.
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Well Trump has already demonstrated that he’s prepared to bypass both the law and democratic process in order to stay in power. And now he’s in cahoots with a man who’s in personal control of the private inforrmation and communications of a significant proportion of the world’s population. So I’d say yes, there’s a significant risk there.
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The sentinels level is at five stars or the overlords have arrived.
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Quick! Find the Sentinel Pillar and shut it down!
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Well the drones are looking more and more like a case of mass hysteria with the actual sightings being further confounded by people with drones running outside and deliberately adding to the confusion along with legitimate commercial drones and manned craft and airplanes also being confused as drones…the saga continues…
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One would think it’s the 18th century and the hot air balloon just got invented… 
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Well here in America (with 13 stars) we think the 18th century is where we should be. In fact, we’re aiming further back than that. Once people realize horses don’t need charging or filled with gasoline, we will be well on the road to peace and prosperity. Liberty and Justice are just side notes to be taken up several 100 years from now.
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I think not even Trump can excorcise the 'murrican love for ridiculously inefficient cars. But halting subsidies on gas might. Very quickly at that… 
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