Just 6 weeks after Storm Darragh and its rare red warning for parts of Britain, here cones another with red warnings.
Where I am was amber last time, now red, with all of Northern Island and a good part if Scotland. Winds where I am are forecast up to 85 mph tomorrow morning, some places I understand forecast up to 100.
I shall avoid cycling! (This us double the sort of max I’ve cycled in from time to time.) Actually I shall avoid going out at all in the morning, instead watch the trees around my garden … of avoid watching.
Best wishes to all caught by it - stay safe and listen to music loud enough to drown it out!
Nice gesture but sat midst the Drumlins of rural NI here and the first strong blast will knock out the power for sure. I’m actually going to wear ear defenders in bed tonight (after a couple of drams to knock me out). Hate storms, and this is going to be a big one ….
Simplest would be one syllable Storm Ann, Storm Bob… or simpler still, and avoiding discomfort to people named the same as a storm, why not just a number, or a letter of the alphabet…
Although my name is Eoin rather than the LOTR character Eowyn I’ve had a few messages from friends suggesting I lay off the beans.
I had an evening with friends planned near Stafford tomorrow, I got the train cancellation email about an hour ago.
I know, I was surprised when I saw it a couple of days ago. A quick check of the oldest edition I have of LOTR, a 1968 paperback, confirmed that Tolkien’s Lady of Rohan was Éowyn with an acute accent.
Saw a report that there might be tornadoes around the edge. I.e London where I live. I’d just told my 9yr old that ‘no there won’t be either a hurricane or tornado here’ - I think she was hoping for a day off school!
The latest BBC News site report has an acute accent. The Beeb started with no accent and added it yesterday, other posts I’ve seen have had it with a grave, maybe just finger trouble choosing it from the keyboard.
As there are no syntax accents in the English Language mainly (unless it is a borrowed word) those who do not know another language have difficulty with them or what they are called.
They are just there to help with pronunciation. As far as I know, although popularised by Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings he did not create the name. It is a Celtic name and probably has roots in Owyn and Eoghan (made or born of Yew). We have a woman called Eowyn living in our village, no Susan’s though.
Well that’s me all prepped for the storm. A couple of large ones and on go the defenders. No doubt I’ll be up at 5 am making tea before the lights (literally) go out for a week
