Well, this is quite intense. There are bad noises from the wood, although I've only for certain heard one tree come down; light things â branches, probably â are hitting the roof fairly regularly, but there's so far only been one impact that's shaken the house. But #StormEowyn has woken me, which #StormArwen didn't, and I think I'm going to get dressed in case I have to react to something.
Bother. I don't like having my sleep disrupted.
@oliphaunt ah, you mean #StormArwen? Yes, that was as close to suicide as I've ever been. And I'm going to say: I'm still not fully recovered from that. Nine tenths of my wood is still too full of fallen timber to walk through, and I'm close to the point where I'm not going to be able to extract any more usable timber, both because it's too hard and too dangerous to get out and because it's inevitably starting to rot.
https://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-output/2021-11-27-the-storm/
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I did not expect the storm of the night of Friday 26th November to be exceptionally severe. I was aware that there was going to be a storm, and aware that the wind was expected to peak at a strength which rates as 'violent storm' on the Beaufort Scale. But such events are not actually that rare here. I made some preparations â I did close the cattle shed doors, for example, and fully fastened down the last new panel on the north side of the roof.
It has to be said that my wee twelve year old Stihl 170 chainsaw has been an astonishingly reliable wee machine. It starts easily, runs reliably, and cuts well; and it's done more than 90% of the cleanup work we've done in the wood since #StormArwen three years ago.
These days I prefer Lucy's battery Makita because it's much quieter, but when I've a lot to do deep in the wood the little Stihl is the go-to tool.
The night of #StormArwen, I went to sleep fully dressed, thinking I might have to abandon the house if things got too rough. And then slept through half the wood blowing down...
I'm going properly to bed tonight. #StormIsha doesn't frighten me ...
đ Want to hear how a visual timeline is created, but more importantly, why it's created?
Here's Head of Data Journalism Lesley-Anne Kelly to explain.
Link below to see the method of storytelling she discusses.
#StormArwen #data #datajournalism #Scotland #behindthescenes
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/pj-investigations/5019853/storm-arwen-timeline/
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