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| 385.1 | | YUPPY::FOX | Temporary Dallas Cowboy | Fri Jan 04 1991 17:12 | 3 |
| I'm a coming home to England this weekend and have heard scant reports of
extreme weather conditions expected but nothing concrete. Could
someone give me the long term forecast please?
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| 385.2 | tie everything down for the weekend. | HAMPS::PATTISON_M | Then, as if by magic, it crashed! | Fri Jan 04 1991 18:34 | 11 |
| The weather men are predicting high winds and storms for the weekend of
Jan 5th & 6th. Winds up to 80 MPH are expected and some damage is
likely although I think it is going to be worse in the midlands.
However the last time the weathermen predicted severe storms nothing
much happened, I think they may be over reacting a bit 'cos they dont
want to get slated for not predicting the damage like happened in 87 &
90.
Apart from that things are a bit wet & grey here at the moment.
Martyn.
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| 385.3 | | YUPPY::FOX | Temporary Dallas Cowboy | Sun Jan 06 1991 22:11 | 2 |
| Thanks for the update. I'm just leaving for DFW now, and BA say that
the flight is on time, so I guess all must be OK at home right now.
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| 385.4 | Last nights blocked roads | DRSM04::PATTISON_M | Bored, Bored, Bored ... | Fri Jan 07 1994 11:44 | 15 |
| Well it looks like there has been no weather in Basingstoke since 1991
and then we get it all in one go!
Last night I tried going from the Cresent to Petersfield via Alton at
17:30, after 2 hours I was still stuck in stationary traffic about 1
mile outside Alton on the A339, so I gave up, turned round and stayed
in Basingstoke for the night (arriving back here at 20:20). On my
journey back I must have passed about 2 more miles of stationary
traffic in various sections and 8 or 9 abandoned/crashed vehicles.
Did anyone out there manage to get through to Alton on that road,
and at what time did it open again ? Also does anyone know what the
blockage was at the Alton end, was it a crash or a particularly bad bit
of road?
Martyn$in_need_of_a_change_of_clothes
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| 385.5 | | KERNEL::SMITHERSJ | Living on the culinary edge.... | Fri Jan 07 1994 11:56 | 21 |
| Gawd knows - Selborne road was closed too. I left at 5.20 last night
and didn't home in Alton until almost 10.00 pm!! I turned around in
the jam on the outskirts of Alton and came back to Basingstoke (cos I
was running out of petrol) and got back to Basingstoke at 8.15.
Odiham to Alton Road was closed so I went up the M3 to Farnborough
and along the A325 which was jammed solid.
What a journey! There were overturned cars, ambulances and police
cars going up the middle lane up some of the narrow bits along the
Basingstoke-Alton Road, and police turning away anyone who had
rear wheel drive.
I lent someone my jump leads and didn't get them back. I spoke to
another guy to find out why the traffic was stationary at Alton
and he was most helpful...... he said " It's snowing".
So there was I savouring the thought of a day off today, only to find
the roads clear in Basingstoke. Pah!
julia
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| 385.6 | | COMICS::WEGG | Some hard boiled eggs and some nuts. | Fri Jan 07 1994 12:27 | 12 |
| I left Viables at 5:30. I got throuh Alton at about 7:50.
I has just started down the Selborne road when I heard on the
radio that it was closed at Greatham, so turned and went up
over the bypass and down to West Meon. Finally arrived at
Petersfield at 9:45.
The delay going into Alton was a lorry stuck on the hill just
before the nursery. The road was so slippery it was very
difficult to get pass. There were 5 lorries stuck at the hill
at Langrish.
Ian.
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