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Postby Classic Finn » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:33 pm

Weve been hit and getting hit some more. Power off and on lately and winds of (21per meters per second - 70mph minimum) to - 30 meters per second. Damage is quite extensive here and around parts of Finland. Were waiting now for the second storm to hit us in an hour or just after midnight. :( :( Here is a news clip below.

At the Harbor full containers of 40 have been turned over according to TV News. Ive never seen it this bad here. Ive been on a ship a few times where the winds were 25 to 30 meters but never seen it here hit inland this bad.

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Autumn gales cause damage across Southern Finland
Cross on Töölö Church buckles in the wind

More than 70,000 homes across Finland were without electricity on Monday evening after strong gale-force winds brought down power lines and caused structural damage.
The lights were out for around 38,000 Vattenfall customers, mainly in the Häme and Pirkanmaa regions, and for 33,000 Fortum clients in Southern and Southeastern Finland.
At around 22:30 on Monday night Fortum announced it had managed to repair around half of the damage caused by the storm, while Vattenfall reported that some of the broken connections would only be fixed in the course of Tuesday morning.

The storm began to die down in southern districts by around midnight, but before then emergency services had had hundreds of calls of fallen trees and damage to roofs, ripped away by the fierce winds.
In gusts the wind was in places well in excess of 20 metres a second, or more than 70 km/hour.
Around Orimattila, between Helsinki and Lahti, several mobile phone masts were damaged, reducing signal strength. The Häme emergency centre reported that calls in from Sonera numbers were not being received at all. The fault was fixed during the night.

There was structural damage caused in Helsinki, with among the most noticeable cases being the five-metre cross on top of the Töölö Church, which buckled in the wind and was left hanging precariously from the roof.
The structure, weighing several hundred kilos, was still dangling high above the street on Tuesday morning.
In Espoo, the wind caused damage to at least two sports halls. An inflatable hall housing a golf range and tennis courts in Perkkaa was blown down. Around 20 people were inside at the time, but there were no injuries.
The considerably more solid Espoo Arena also had to be shut briefly as a precaution when movement was seen in insulation panels in the roof.

A part of the Iso Omena shopping mall in Espoo had to be closed on Tuesday morning following the discovery that the storm had ripped away two panels of an exterior wall that were hanging dangerously.

The cause of all the trouble was a typical angry autumn depression that whipped across Southern and Central Finland during Monday evening and the early hours of Tuesday morning.
According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, the winds in the Gulf of Finland and Gulf of Bothnia were blowing at 26 metres/second at their strongest, with gusts up to 34m/s.
Even onshore, the gales reached dangerous levels: well over 20 metres a second in gusts.
The deep area of low pressure moved away eastwards towards Russia overnight, but winds in the south of the country will remain strong during Tuesday, and the country is likely to be in for a little more of the driving rain that accompanied last night's storm.

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Postby toypusher » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:43 pm

Best stay buttoned up and wait it out, sounds like!!!
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Postby Classic Finn » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:47 pm

This photo was sent in to the news room by people living not far from us. We saw the Police Van under the trees..

Police didnt have such a great day either. (Sort of humerous) Or then again..maybe not so.

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Postby Classic Finn » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:49 pm

toypusher wrote:Best stay buttoned up and wait it out, sounds like!!!


Kerry there,s not really a place we can travel to either because there is blocked highways and roads all over plus snow in the North to boot. And Ive still got summer tires on.. :o :?

We lost parts of our roof plus some had fallen on our neighbors car and ours.

I think this one at least we hope will not be as bad.. Fasten all Seat Belts.

The outer roof has wavy brick tile which are heavy but some of them got blown off and hit a few cars neighbors near and across the way. Including ours.
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Postby planovet » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:53 pm

Be careful my friend!
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Postby Classic Finn » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:58 pm

This is the Warning at this time. Sea Area which is us.

Warnings for sea areas
Warnings: Gulf of Finland and Eastern part of Northern Baltic: Southwest severe gale at night 21 m/s. Western part of Northern Baltic: Southwest near gale 14 m/s.
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Postby CAJUN LADY » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:58 pm

Sorry to hear this Heiki. It sounds like one of our hurricanes made it your way but with snow. Stay safe my friend.
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Postby Classic Finn » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:59 pm

planovet wrote:Be careful my friend!



Thank You

We,ll do our best.. Good Night for flying kites maybe? :lol: :( :(
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Postby Classic Finn » Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:02 pm

CAJUN LADY wrote:Sorry to hear this Heiki. It sounds like one of our hurricanes made it your way but with snow. Stay safe my friend.


It was frightening to say the least. We havent been hit by snow in our area (yet) Lots of water and mixed with ice plus the winds made it worse.

Also we have no basements.. We have a Fallout shelter near but thats it.

Id sure hate to be on a ship at this time.

Yikes.. ;)
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Postby Steve_Cox » Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:08 pm

Heiki,

How close to the Gulf are you? Any worries about storm surge? Hang on Buddy.
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Postby Classic Finn » Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:10 pm

Steve_Cox wrote:Heiki,

How close to the Gulf are you? Any worries about storm surge? Hang on Buddy.


Hi there Steve, we are about 30 minutes by car away from the Helsinki Harbor. Its bad there right now. Waves are over onto the shore about 4 meters.

So yes very close to the Gulf of Finland. But still far enough for the water not being able to reach us except for the local river to over flood.

Gale Force Winds are being warned at present.
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Postby Catoosa Grani » Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:15 pm

Heikki, Suvi & boys, I am so sorry to hear about that storm. I know how helpless you must feel. Please be safe and take care of each other. I have you in my thoughts and prayers.

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Postby Classic Finn » Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:17 pm

Catoosa Grani wrote:Heikki, Suvi & boys, I am so sorry to hear about that storm. I know how helpless you must feel. Please be safe and take care of each other. I have you in my thoughts and prayers.

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Thank You Indeed Grani - Prayers we need at this time for sure. Im hoping the worst is over, we,ll see when the next one rolls around the corner.
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Postby Jst83 » Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:51 pm

Yes be careful Heikki and be sure to let us Know when it lets up and that you're alright. We'll be thinking about you :worship:
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Postby Miriam C. » Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:09 pm

ImageOur sympathies and prayers Heikki. You guys remember to stay in the inside rooms if the wind gets much worse. Bathrooms work as shelters here.

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