*blinks* Oh. It's a hurricane

[winter]

Apparently the gale-force winds that kept me up all night are actually a hurricane named Kyrill. Cool. I've never been in named weather before.

Nice name, too.

EDIT: Christopher Lee recorded an album?? clip from the recording here :D

Comments

[lamath.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that's a much nicer name than what we get around here. But boo on getting caught in a Hurricane! Glad things are okay, though.

[winter]

It did produce some spectacular cloud cover, though :) And from what people are saying, it should finally ease off. It's been windy for a week now.

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

Good luck! Watch out for flying debris, try to get some good pictures if possible, and STAY SAFE!

[winter]

Fortunately the worst of it is past us, but walking to work is going to be fun today :/

[alice_montrose]

We're getting said winds right now, and since I leave near an open field... it's just lovely being woken up at 4 in the morning by the walnut's branches slapping the balcony windows. Still, named weather! :P

[winter]

Maybe try tying the branches up? Winds over here got up to 130 km/h, glass might not survive such impact.

[alice_montrose]

They said it might reach 100 km/h today in the North here, but my town is in the centre and somewhat protected by mountain ranges so it probably won't get that bad. Still, there were city workers cutting tree branches all around town after the alert yesterday morning, so there's something definitely being done.

And as a random thing... Behold, my pretty Hook icon! XD

[winter]

Yay icon :D

And here's hoping the winds don't get as bad as they did over here - though we still had it much better from Kyrill than UK or Germany. Still, had to pack my hair under my hat today in order to show up at work with a hairstyle other than "Wicked Witch of the West" ;)

[alice_montrose]

Everyone needs a Jason Isaacs icon. ♥

I substituted the hat for my longcoat's hood for my trip to the bank, and even with my hair pulled back a few rebel strands still chose to flutter freely. ^^;;;

[winter]

I see on the newswires that you might well be without electricity now, too. Hang in there :)

[alice_montrose]

We were without electricity for about 3 hours this morning. I was not amused. *grumble grumble*

[amelia-petkova.livejournal.com]

I think it should be made a requirement that if the earth gets/will be destroyed through insane weather, the storms all have such interesting names.

[winter]

Apparently unlike the American random lists of names, in Europe you can actually buy the right to name a weather formation - and this one was bought by three siblings to celebrate their dad's 60-something birthday for some 350 euro, well before it turned into a hurricane. Talk about an explosive present ;)

[amelia-petkova.livejournal.com]

It has to be said:

It’s the end of the world as we know it.
It’s the end of the world as we know it.
It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

[ciciaye.livejournal.com]

I heard you'd had a huge storm in Poland - glad you're okay.

CCA

[winter]

Just my sleep a wee bit disturbed ;)

[artaxastra.livejournal.com]

First named weather, huh? I've been through four tropical hurricanes and a bunch of tropical storms, but it seems really wrong to me to have hurricanes in Poland. Just saying. That's incredibly peculiar.

[winter]

Second one I remember, ever. And definitely the strongest. Current Polish death toll is 6 :/