fav british topic: weather
pple are always telling me that i'm so underweight that the wind will blow me away...
"bleahh....what rubbish!" i say.
i almost got blown away on thursday and narrowly missed becoming roadkill. i was walking from one office building to another, along a road. the wind was very strong, and it was difficult to walk properly. at times the wind will blow from the back, propelling me forward, and the next second it will totally impede my forward movement. i was concentrating on keeping my feet in a reasonable straight line, when suddenly a VERY STRONG gust of wind blew from my side. This horrid gust of wind caught me when i had just one foot in contact with the ground, and DRAGGED that foot across the pavement for at least 3 inches. for those milliseconds, i had no control whatsoever, and i was being blown to the road with cars whizzing past. thankfully the wire fence was within grabbing distance and my adrenaline surge provided just enough strength and speed for me to grab the fence and regain balance.
It was scary.....and i had abt 300 more metres to walk....
the real horror sunk in when i read the news later in the day. at least one man had been blown off and died when he was smashed into a wall.
a colleague's wife was driving when a sign post came FLYING towards her. She swerved and managed to avoid most of the sign post, but the car was damaged such that it had to be towed to a workshop. thankfully she was unhurt, but woke up the next day with muscle sores all over her body.
my neighbourhood had many fallen trees and damaged fences, but generally not in too bad a condition. i'm not sure abt other areas....
But Derby is right smack in the middle of UK, and the winds etc are strongest along coastlines. i dont even want to begin thinking abt the conditions at the coasts!
"bleahh....what rubbish!" i say.
i almost got blown away on thursday and narrowly missed becoming roadkill. i was walking from one office building to another, along a road. the wind was very strong, and it was difficult to walk properly. at times the wind will blow from the back, propelling me forward, and the next second it will totally impede my forward movement. i was concentrating on keeping my feet in a reasonable straight line, when suddenly a VERY STRONG gust of wind blew from my side. This horrid gust of wind caught me when i had just one foot in contact with the ground, and DRAGGED that foot across the pavement for at least 3 inches. for those milliseconds, i had no control whatsoever, and i was being blown to the road with cars whizzing past. thankfully the wire fence was within grabbing distance and my adrenaline surge provided just enough strength and speed for me to grab the fence and regain balance.
It was scary.....and i had abt 300 more metres to walk....
the real horror sunk in when i read the news later in the day. at least one man had been blown off and died when he was smashed into a wall.
a colleague's wife was driving when a sign post came FLYING towards her. She swerved and managed to avoid most of the sign post, but the car was damaged such that it had to be towed to a workshop. thankfully she was unhurt, but woke up the next day with muscle sores all over her body.
my neighbourhood had many fallen trees and damaged fences, but generally not in too bad a condition. i'm not sure abt other areas....
But Derby is right smack in the middle of UK, and the winds etc are strongest along coastlines. i dont even want to begin thinking abt the conditions at the coasts!
posted by who? at 7:07 AM
6 Comments:
Carry some weights in your bag when you walk around! Heh. Do take care yah? Saw the news last night and they showed a football match which had the advertising boards flying across the pitch leaving the players scrambling for their lives. Must be really bad.
-saj-
hi saj!
yeah.... it was quite scary, but luckily my town wasnt very affected. =)
we are having "new types" of weather in the coming weeks...which include light snow, hail showers and sleet showers. woohoo!!!!
Hi there, daddy was also a bit worried about you leh.. give him a call once in a while ok? Since a man also got blown off, take heart that you being heavier wont help matters. :) God Bless!
hahha...yah i have spoken to daddy lah...on sunday afternoon! btw, zu2 mu3 say she very long never see her sun1 kia already......*hint hint*
My goodness I get that you're-so-light-you'll-be-blown-away comment too (and also realised I display some naturally anaemic characteristics). Thank goodness for the wire fencing, maybe you should start walking closer to more fencing and railings and lamp-posts and whatever ^^ I am waiting for updates on the new weather!
Hmm I have no idea why my display name became my Chinese one, but anyway the previous comment was by Jac :)
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