Windy today. This is London. If you’re not in UK let me explain, they have bad weather in the northern half often so know to handle it and doesn’t make the news. When the weather gets bad down in the south they are idiots, go out in it and make it all over the news. I did all my outdoors stuff yesterday.
Bad in Netherlands around now, I guess bad in Munich shortly.
Storms here at the coast.
but not in the South.
Will be getting worse in the evening I read.
Hope there will be no loss of human lives.
But meanwhile the people should know about.
But who knows if they really know.
it rained all last night but today is sunny but strong winds by me as well. Some people on campus forget to make sure the door closes behind them in the wind so they just go banging open in the wind
Not many killed but all the ones killed I am seeing in the news were out of their homes traveling ignoring the weather warning to stay indoors. So good on the technology accurately predicting so all people had notice and could ideally plan to not travel today, if there had not been the meterologically accurate forecast then probably many more would have been killed outside their homes today.
Not sure why this truck had to drive today instead of yesterday or tomorrow but everyone who heeded the warning did themselves a favour and less of a demand on the services.
No damage around my home area, plenty of tree branches down but nothing landed on anything to damage.
What’s wrong with -35… lol 
It’s normal for us here, atm 
My clothing gives up at -35C. So long as the roof and walls are up I’m fine probably for lower.
But we are in agreement, places with regular cold can handle it better. Buildings are different, as are vehicles, clothing, roads, generators, etc.
I am in England currently but this same time of year I’ve been in Minneapolis and Chicago who are used to cold and handle it well.
I have been in Houston this time of year who were not equiped for cold and a cold snap caused disruption.
I have also been in Tampa, FL this time of year and they were halted by a bit of ice.
It was a nice day here in NC,. Sunny and the temperature was around 65°F
I am so sad! 
My 12 year old Lenovo thinkpad 410S died.
It didn’t turn on this morning.
I tried a lot of “cures”.
changed the keyboard (on/off switch is on this)
removed to cmos battery, tried another one.
Nothing.
But I am on old sly fox I have another one “mirrored” one as reserve.
So this is not such a problem.
Of course it would be easy to safe data, but not from such a dead item.
I think I will persuade my daughter to donate me her (old Lenovo > 6 years)
and buy her a brand new WINDOOFS equipment.
I am sure she will like such a kind a “deal”.
And my “green conscience” is satisfied.
How are things in UK, CA and USA?
Great to hear that my UK friends are safe!
Take a beer Mr. Geek and stay safe as usual. 
Hallo Paul.
Hope there are no floods on your coasts.
The UK people and those from German coasts my be used to get some storms.
Not me
I hate wind and cold.
I am old so I can!
snowing
Sorry to hear your laptop died but have a spare. Mine is old but waiting til it dies, have tablet as alternate pending another laptop.
As you’re a fellow Linux geek you’ll know about a bootable USB stick, for the others I’d advise to find a 2GB stick and a 16GB stick, download a LiveCD Linux image, copy to 2GB stick and tell computer to boot off 2GB stick, then run Linux, insert 16GB stick, and install Linux to the 16GB, telling it to install only to 16GB stick, don’t touch the internal drive, formatting fully and encrypted. Then power off, then boot off 16GB, install all your favourite apps if not already. Then you have a backup OS in case internal drive fails. Backup data periodically to external storage and verify it can be read in Linux, which can read Windows and Apple formats. Boot the 16GB stick periodically and update software and verify backup is readable.
I don’t mind wind and cold. It’s just that when it’s a very windy time more than recently windy then the oldest trees / branches then fall, on your car or your head, or parts of buildings fly off, so on those times stay indoors. All those who died in UK were outside, I assume due to essential need to be at that time. I did all my outdoors stuff the day before and outside now afterwards.
Every time bad weather forecast I charge up Powercore and Bolder flashlights, turn up the freezer a notch, refill water bottles, but I’ve not had an outage for over 5 years.
Thank you for the advises my friend.
But the laptop doesn’t turn on at all!
Dead, otherwise I know all the advice you made.
But for others these advises may helpful and if there are question from LINUX-users.
Ask us!
Something wrong with the hardware.
I swapped the CMOS battery already, the keybhoard.
No luck.
Seems its over now.
By coincidence a family member just phoned asking computer advice as their Windows PC is slow and how much money to buy a new one. I’m going to boot Linux on it for them and ask if ok, they only use Chrome anyway.
Yes understood your laptop broken in hardware won’t past POST, not software.
Why isn’t the planet growing more geeks, we save money, is someone going around murdering geeks so they can make more money?
So true!!!
I do the same with a laptop owned by my physician.
Was WIN7 installed.
Took real an eterity to boot that WIN7
Will never work with newer OS.
But its great with LINUX now, though only 4GB and a normal SATA.
Great improvement.
Hi Franz.
So far do good for us thanks.
Dad had lost s couple of fence panel’s but no other drama.
Yesterday the winds were much lighter, i managed a run which was good.
Today the winds increase again so we will head to our usual spot Cromer and hopefully see some good waves crash.
We will be there at 10 and hightide is 9, should we should see some action.
Be careful my friends not to get washed away somewhere!
But you on the island are used to the sea, so you will know what you are doing! 
I have a huge respect of the sea and never trust it,
but I am a “Bavarian highlander”
Always keep one eye on the sea, thats whagbi tell Charlie.
Heres some carnage from the last windy visit we made.
And here was my drink, mint hot chocolate 
The last foto is the best Paul.
I am lucky here, only a few small plastic flowerpots from the left hand neighbor
I found in our garden.
All safe here.
Take care of you!
