Hello, everyone.
Today (Monday 28th October), much of southern Britain, including East Anglia, was battered by a huge storm. Wind gusts of up to 100mph were reported on the Isle of Wight, the Kent area was seeing 80mph gusts, and unfortunately my home town of Felixstowe, in Suffolk, was hit by strong gusts, probably around 50 to 75mph. A number of back garden fence sections got blown over, some trees were leaning to one side, and some debris was reported on local roads and railways.
As an autistic person, I was rather stressed and worried, but because I have a laptop computer, a mobile phone, the Internet, the email service etc., I was well equipped for anything, and I eventually kept calm. Any advanced warnings of bad weather for my local area (i.e. thunderstorms, hurricane force winds, blizzards etc) would worry me, but my family was there to support me at home. If I was at my workplace, my employer and work colleagues would support me in the event of dangerous weather or ground conditions.
This storm is reminiscent of the Great Storm of 1987. I was aged 6 years old at the time, and had moved to my then-new and nowadays current house for about a year. Despite the fery strong winds, only one roof tile got blown over, although power supplies in the Felixstowe area were disrupted for a time. I don't know if my school life was interrupted back then, as it was 26 years (as of 2013) since the Great Storm, but at least my family was there to support me.
As of this evening, the weather is improving, and I am recovering from what was a very difficult situation. I sincerely hope that everyone on this forum is OK as well.
