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The most infamous weather forecast in England from 1987
It was a serious hurricane
Read the comments
Good luck Ireland - should be a high end Cat1
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30 years to the day.
Still it was a lousy forecast as these folks demonstrate
Mark Bartlett
3 years ago
The next morning, our summerhouse was in next door neighbours garden.
Tina Stormcaller
1 year ago
I was 7 at the time. The wind was sucking my window panes in and out with this hideous hissing sound as the air was forced through the frames, and I could see the glass bending in and out with the wind. It was terrifying. I thought the glass was going to shatter all over me so I ran away. I woke up the next day to find our windows held but there was a huge oak tree on our roof.
