to be looking forward to a big storm

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I just love extreme weather. I love deep snow, very heavy rain, blazing sunshine. I really want a massive 1987esque storm. We live in East Sussex, what are my chances?

There is beauty in the extreme.

One of the reasons I moved back to Australia was that I missed the extreme weather.

Even the fires (which I was personally affected by) have their beauty.

Its chucking it down and really strong winds here.God knows what it's going to be like tommorow.Wind is the only weather that actually scares me.Love thunder and lightening

Kirjava, no way! I've never heard of that. I'm due in 2 weeks.

Wind is really picking up here

I reckon they got the wrong night! Sounds like the storm has already rocked up here

Where are you Beansprout30 and Geckos48?

Gloucestershire

In 87 a girl at my school died. Her name was Emma. YABU.

South Wiltshire.

Im already shitting myself I hate strong winds

We are off out early tomorrow to stock up on candles and enough food to last a couple of days.

Also going to buy some bottled water, we have a woodburning stove so we can make food if we need to on there and we will definitely survive a power-out etc.

I think its going to be a bigun.

I'm one of the few people who was actually outdoors in that storm in '87.

I was coming home from work after a late shift. I could barely see to drive. When I eventually got home, I couldn't open my door to get out of the car - it took me a good 10-15 minutes of shoving before I managed it. I was promptly blown over in the road by the wind and struggled to my house, being knocked down by the wind twice more.

When I got up next day, I saw how lucky I'd been. There were upended trees, a huge oaktree branch was hanging over my car. I walked into work - roads were closed - and there were more upended trees, roofs and chimneys were damaged, sheds blown down, garages collapsed...

We've had bad storms since. I was out in another one a few years later in '92 or '93. I've never known anything as bad as the '87 one, though.

We are off out early tomorrow to stock up on candles and enough food to last a couple of days

I'm more frightened of candles than strong winds unfortunately! When I was little and we had power cuts I used to hate seeing lit candles everywhere and still don't like it for some reason. I'll stock up on torch batteries instead :)

I remember the power cuts, too.
Once my mum got so desperate for a cup of coffee that she gathered up all the candles and tried to heat a pan of water with them. The electricity came back before it was luke-warm

YABU. My kids are v. excited about Halloween and will be gutted if they can't go Trick or Treating (or just treating, as it usually is). I'm hoping it doesn't come early.

I'm not too sure about the negative comments re. fatalities. Obviously they are a tragedy, but I look forward to snow, dreaming of a white x'mas etc...and loads of people have frozen to death or crashed and died in it. I don't think it should be taboo or chastise worthy to say you like big storms.

Every time I read the words 'the great storm' i can't help thinking of that Vicar of Dibley scene where they're all arguing about which was the great storm and what it was called

I remember the 87 storm vividly, I was very heavily pregnant, baby was born a few days later.

I'm not looking forward to this one in the slightest, I like a thunderstorm but hurricane force winds are extremely alarming, I hope it turns out to be not as bad as has been predicted!

YABU. I'm actually scared. 8 Week old DD, horse living out. In 87 my grandparents had a tree fall on their house. I used to like extreme weather but not any more. I feel too anxious to sleep.

Thunder and lightening is exciting but big storms and 90 miles an hour winds are dangerous.

I am actually shitting myself and I know I won't sleep a wink until its all over.

YANBU because you enjoy it but its not for me.

Our HA put scaffolding all round our flat last Monday so im not looking forward to this at all.