The Kintyre Forum

Trust that you are all O.K.after today`s high winds.

LR Im thinking that there is a power outage of some kind. no webcam no posts will just have to go and see whats going on.

BT internet has been off for me all day- just started working now.

O2 mobile signal has been off all day and is still off now.

had a few power cuts as well. a wild day.

Every ridge tile and about 30 roof tiles off = car trashed!

The electricity went off in Carradale during the small hours of Tuesday morning and is still off at this time. The outage seems to have taken the mobile phone signal with it and anyone with a cordless phone will find it useless even though the landlines seem to be intact.

On the plus side, the towns traders are doing a roaring trade in candles and camping gas.

...........and in case anyone is wondering, I'm currently signed in to the forum from a works computer in Campbeltown

Many years ago in Cnoc Moy Gardens, early one morning, the wind was pretty wild. The Co-Op milkman was round delivering milk with his young assistant.
The young assistant would shout something and the old fellow would shout back, "I cannae hear ye fae the wind".
The lad would shout back and again came the reply, "I cannae hear ye fae the wind".
This went on for about ten minutes until a third voice joined in, " We can bloody well hear you, shut up".

The wind is getting stronger down here again, I hope you`re all safe and well up there.

Just back from walking my dogs here in The Staffordshire Moorlands.Weather is really wild.I could see flashes as electricity poles were coming down in the distance.So windy that one of my dogs had the same bowel movement twice!

Power's still off!

Just got word that Carradale has rejoined the 21st century!

Crowth wrote:Just got word that Carradale has rejoined the 21st century!

Is that a good thing?

LANDROVER ROGER wrote:

Crowth wrote:Just got word that Carradale has rejoined the 21st century!

Is that a good thing?

All right for Steve playing away with the works computer ,we have been pulling our hair out up here with no service at all for over two days .
Power was restored today just before midday,being off for a total 53 hours.No sign of power company workmen for two days with us thinking we had them in the area with all there messages (drafted in workforce from down south).Our local team who had been away elsewere repairing the last storm damage appeared this morning with some of their fellow workers and got us up and running very quickly (thanks to them).Never listen to them call centre places as they build up your hopes and don't have a clue whats going on (oh yes sir we will,could or may be have your power restored by x time,only snag is nobody there to do that).

Workmen repairing lines at Carradale Surgery this morning.

I certainly would not be climbing in that weather!

LANDROVER ROGER wrote:I certainly would not be climbing in that weather!

I Roger, there is a limit to what they can do .
There is more exposed places in Scotland that they have worked,in blizzards etc.etc, but after only a couple of hours this morning(a bright summers morning) we were online again . I don't think we had as much lines down as was mentioned by the power company,infact I would go to say the one they were fixing in my pics was our cause.