Monday 11 August 2014

Bertha’s Tail End


Before The Storm


Not Long Now


During The Night
(through the window glass)


Bertha Leaving Again


 Next Day


No flooding,
no serious damage,
a few broken branches littering the ground,
some carelessly unsecured garden pots strewn about,
that’s all.

Our small corner of the Marches got away with it.


33 comments:

  1. hey the bookends look like nice days....we have had some nasty storms this summer....
    none like last year though....the wind at least has been calmer...no trees down...its rained for like 5 or 6 days now....

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  2. Hi Friko - we did down here too .. though I suspect the Seven Sisters might be thinking about collapsing a little further inland ... I'll to check up ...

    Wonderful photos - cheers Hilary

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  3. Our storms have been violent this year, but, like you, all's well the next day.

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  4. We had our very first hurricane, and not the worst part of it, however, it left much of the area devastated in tree life, roofs off houses and much flooding. We were most fortunate not to receive the full brunt of it. I especially like the first two photos, showing your lovely farmland - now, those are beaut's, eh. Have a wonderful day friend :)

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  5. I had to laugh at the post title, thinking of a woman named Bertha's tail end. I loved your pictures, though, and enjoyed them all. :-)

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  6. Friko, those photographs are fabulous. Your vantage points allow wonderful views of the anticipation of the storm, the wet and windy overnight and that glorious morning clearing.

    I am so glad that your area escaped any major damage. Mother Nature can be capricious.

    xo

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  7. It's been an unusual year for weather in Texas with hardly any 100 degree days, and we had some decent rain in June and early July. But thankfully we have had no violent storms with hail and such. I know some parts of the US have been in for some scary times. I love the picture of the moon in the clouds.

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  8. We supposedly had a super moon here, though I didn't see it. The first picture is beautiful.

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  9. It is an unusual summer in some places in the world. glad you are safe Friko.

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  10. named storms require some serious battening down around here.

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  11. Gelukkig zijn jullie er goed vanaf gekomen.

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  12. This is an unusual year everywhere. In our neck of the woods, The Pacific Northwest, we've experienced a much drier winter, and now a warmer summer. It's a better climate for humans now, but not so good for flora and fauna used to more rain and less warmth.

    Glad you were spared.

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  13. We've had our share of thunder storms this summer, but no tropical storms. I'm grateful.

    Love,
    Janie

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  14. Great pictures - especially the night sky one!
    We've had some thunder storms lately, but nothing too bad, and there is never any flooding where I live anyway.

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  15. Great series of photos. It was not too bad here but we have had a lot more rain than normal this year. Have a good day, Diane

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  16. So glad you were spared any damage. Wonderful cloud formations in your last photo. Here on our island off the west coast of Canada we are having a hot, dry summer and I'm loving it while wondering what autumn will bring.

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  17. I was thinking of you and hoping you escaped any damage. The photos are so good -- isn't it somehow exciting to await a storm, even when the excitement's tempered with anxiety and such? Your last photo is especially good. It makes me want to go wandering.

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  18. I thought we had and then today - when I thought it was all over - we had an amazing though brief thunderstorm with hammering hail bouncing off the streets and windows!

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  19. I was just thinking of you yesterday, wondering how you are, and now I see. I hadn't heard anything about the storm. So glad you are safe!

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  20. So did we, but I'm quite thankful that I anchored my row of runner beans down - they survived well.

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  21. Gorgeous photos - and I am so glad that the storm let you off lightly.

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  22. A really nice series of images depicting events Friko, and storms can certainly get the adrenalin pumping but it's always a relief to be let off lightly.

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  23. No big damage here either, but lasting memories of that call from the airport from at 1.30am during the worse of the storm from my partner to say he had missed the last connecting bus as the flight had been delayed by the weather, so I had to steel myself to drive through the night, the torrential rain and wind to bring him safely home. And I hate driving!

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  24. Heavy winds and brief , but torrential , downpours here ... usually when I'm cycling somewhere .

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  25. That must have been quite the relief. Beautiful images, Friko. I love that first one.. the land is so stunning.

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  26. Glad to hear it.
    Excellent photographs, too.

    =)

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  27. I am glad you survived well and safe! :)

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  28. I'd heard about Bertha and wondered how she'd affect you and others. I'm glad to read that a good clearing of the air is what occurred!

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  29. Boy, I'm so behind and out of touch I didn't even know about this storm till catching up online today. Glad all was OK and no bad damage. It looks like quite the spectacular.

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  30. Very glad to hear it. I think most of landed in the NE of Scotland. :(

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