We do get the tail end of hurricanes here in the UK, and the ones that arrive towards the end of the season can be the most powerful. Zoonie registered 44 knots at her sheltered marina position, so the wind force will have been greater at sea, dissipating as it reached the resistance of the coast.
The minimum speed of a hurricane on the Beaufort scale is 64 knots, 74 mph on the Saffir-Simpson scale
This is always a dangerous beach to swim from but a few days ago it was calm enough, with an offshore wind and some souls ventured in. But today would have been suicidal
Understandably our favourite pub was closed. Notice the upstairs windows are shuttered. A few years ago all those windows were shattered by a severe storm because they had no protection; the downstairs ones were protected by closed shutters at the time.
Just the noise of the crashing water, roaring wind, and rushing shingle was fantastic
The birds were enjoying it as much as we were
White-out!
The dear old Bill creates a great wind break for the bay outside Weymouth and kitesurfing continued almost throughout the severe storm that Lee had calmed down to. This is the exposed west side of the Bill.
We’re leaving Zoons tomorrow and we will move back into our house next week; but we’ll be back soon, that’s for sure!