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Rain and strong winds bring chaos to county
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by liamssoft | January 18, 2007 at 01:58 pm
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21st January 2007 Update @ 21.00 Twister runs though South Northamptonshire exclusive estate Grange Park. Houses moved as this giant gush of air suddenly appeared out of nowhere..
The second time in 6 months the full force of a hurricane has reached these parts. Luckily due to the exceptional quality of the builders spec, the houses withstood the shock... Stronger mortar mixes are proving to be beneficial.
20th January 2007 Update @ 03.18 GMT Mostly Cloudy 12c Wind SW 32 km/h. HEAVY rainfall and gusts of wind's of up to 100 mph left a trail of destruction across the area yesterday.
18th January saw wind speed's of 75 km/h
Forecasters predict strong winds will return at the weekend.
Drivers, residents and animals were all affected by the stormy wet weather which has hit county towns and villages in the last 48 hours.
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at 14:03 on January 18th, 2007
Liam go out and take some photos of the storm! Get away from your computer, go outside and get blown around, talk to some neighbors and post your account here. That's an order!
at 19:09 on January 18th, 2007
There's lots going on here the area is buzzing!
I saw one overturned car in Northampton rd. Blisworth, South
Northamptonshire, about 6.30pm, but the emergency services were so fast by the
time I got close enough, due to a halt in the traffic, it was gone, all of 15
minuets, I'm not Joking. The quickest accident clear up I've ever seen.
Part of a tree came down on Sponne playing fields, no children near, and no damage.
In the photo above, ridge tiles started to blow off town houses Northampton, these type of light weight tiles do flap around in high winds. Probably not the best decision to use them there.
The wind speed was pretty fast around about 75 km/h at 3 pm,
so traffic was driving slowly.. By 6.30pm the wind had settled to 20 km/h and the roads were very quiet. A police patrol car was watching the dangerous roundabout at M1 Junction 15, lorries turn over there like clockwork. We've got a great police force here, luckily. The second snap shows part of the carriageway sign missing, which blew off a couple of years ago, and has never been replaced.
Thanks that's all for now,
liamssoft