So, is everyone ok?

It got a little breezy here, but nothing alarming.  The trees still, by and large, have the leaves they would have had anyway.  Was told we were to have 90mph winds last night, but saw nothing of that kind before falling asleep at around 10:00pm. Not much in the way of rain, either. Just another day, really, other than all the media alarms about Ophelia. It the usual overcast with a light breeze here this morning.

So, I assume it jogged away from us and towards some other area. Is everyone ok?

We are on the coast (Irish Sea) in the north west.  The sky was solid all day and the sun turned red.  It was very still and quiet.  The wind slowly built up through the late afternoon and we could hear it howling.  The house is Victorian and creaked and groaned.  I loved it!  But it certainly wasn't the big storm they were predicting.  Woken up this morning to a lovely bright day.

I'm in London and we weren't meant to get hit hard at all, but it was very windy and the sky was an ominous shade of orange from the Saharan sands brought with the storm. The way it blocked out the sun and changed the light reminded me of smoke from a forest fire.

I thought I'd take advantage of the winds yesterday since it was still quite warm and washed our (white) bed sheets. Luckily, they dried on the line in record time and I brought them in before the sands arrived. I'm not sure if it would have discoloured them at all, but I'm still calling myself lucky.

I was in Greece a few years ago when overnight winds brought sand from the Sahara, but, unlike yesterday, it deposited the sand and everything in Athens (cars, plants, play grounds) was covered in reddish-brown grime. It was disgusting and quite unsettling until you knew it was just sand. Since we didn't speak Greek, it took most of the day to learn what it was and our best guess was really bad pollution.

Just lots of wind in the evening (I could hear it while laying in bed) and crazy Sepia coloured skies (and super pink-ish sun!). Other than that we are okay down here

Nothing like the aftermath of a pretend storm to get your washing dry.  Mine are flapping away on the rotary dryer outside.  I am just hoping my undies don't flap off into next doors garden.

The residents of Ireland will start posting again after they have found their roofs.

Was very windy in the North West, England last night, got hit by flying leaves & branches on the way home, was chaotic!

Seems like there *might* be another storm on the way on the weekend. 

Nothing too alarming in London at the moment, it’s actually quiet pleasant ,
Refreshing and breezy!


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Nothing too alarming in London at the moment, it’s actually quiet pleasant ,
Refreshing and breezy!

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Likewise here in Manchester - a calm sunny blue sky day. 

I'm in the South West, we had a post-apocalyptic red sky and some fierce winds last night, but today is fine. Grey and dull, but that's par for the course

My Halloween tombstones in the front lawn had to be straightened up.  That's all.

Our rubbish collection is on Tuesday mornings, so I had to put it out by the kerbside last night.  I waited as late as I could, hoping the worst had passed.  About 30 minutes later, the food waste bin was toppled over and closer to the road than where I'd put it.  That and some twigs and small branches that were blown off of a dead tree was the extent of our exposure.

Nothing like the aftermath of a pretend storm to get your washing dry.  Mine are flapping away on the rotary dryer outside.  I am just hoping my undies don't flap off into next doors garden.

I went a bit overboard with the pegs. I think I had at least seven each on the fitted sheet and duvet cover and three on each of the pillowcases. Didn't want my sheets flying off in the wind!

We live on the Firth of Clyde, and we'd heard we were going to get it quite badly, but it was basically just another bawbag...amounted to practically nothing.

Better for it to turn out to be nothing I think than for it to be worse than forecast.