Major storm to hit Munich - 18.Jan.2007

Nope - I'm in the City - not far from Bishopsgate, or if you know your landmarks the Lloyds Building / The Gherkin.

HA HA

Lucky you.. whoever is going home! I would love to do it too.. but just an announcement at work, asking us to close all the windows

There seems to be two Jimbos flying around in this wind and its confusing. Whats up with that?

A new cultural reference for our times - after Jack and the Beanstalk, meet Jimbo and the Gherkin.

Phew, I was worried for a bit - although I guess if it gets worse in Munich I could be in trouble, I'm supposed to land at 11pm.

It looks to me like they are doubling up flights from LHR, so cancelling 1 and putting them on the next flight - so either the flights aren't full or they have bigger planes today. But not affecting anything after 5pm yet.

right. off to play golf.
should get some extra run on the ball.

Need any help to pick up the balls??? I mean the golf ballls

porta-loo on the move again...

HA! I got it from sucking your cock, so I guess the jokes on you!! oh wait.. no.. erm.. [img]http://www.keithball.net/img/smileys/emot-derp.gif[/img]

Oh, I do! Other fun things like using the hairdryer while I'm in the bath etc...

The Arc should make a "hurricane special" drink tonight.

I actually fancied a spot of badminton in the English gardens. Anyone wanna join me?

Bring some extra shuttlecocks...

perfect right to left wind, perfect for my draw.

all over it.

Someone should host a Hurricane Party...

Ultimate Frisbee weather.

my flight from London City to Munich tonight has been cancelled - in fact all flights in from City to Munich are cancelled. Flights from Heathrow are either fully booked or cancelled too so I cant fly till tomorrow

That's hilarious. Way funnier than the plastic bags.

Was that the 5ish BA flight? I nearly booked with BA but luckily went with Lufthansa and mine still looks ok. I've got an appointment at 9am tomorrow so I hope it flies!

My Van does 180KMH with this wind behind it!

Weather.com has a fairly optimistic forecast for Munich. They are saying around 30 mph with occasional gusts of up to 55 mph...which is not bad at all.

Edit: I should add that I'm fairly accustomed to hurricanes since I'm from a beach and all. Power outages were norm for me growing up during the season. I don't get too worried about a storm until it hits the 100 mph mark. Also, I never knew this region suffered from hurricanes. How bizarre.

I think its time for me to get the speedo working again on my bike. Any bets?

No but make sure you attach a parachute to brake.

just heard in the radio that a 2 year old has been killed in Munich-Milbertshofen.

Well, that's a computer-generated forecast from yesterday. The German weather service (DWD) have issued a storm warning for Munich warning of gusts of up to 120km/h, higher in exposed areas.


Deutscher Wetterdienst - weather warnings

Manfred Klemann, CEO der Wetter.com AG, zur aktuellen Wetterlage:

Der heutige Orkan wird für die beiden Standorte unserer Firma folgende Auswirkungen haben:

München: Unser Chef Meteorologe Kai Zorn erwartet mit Einbruch der Dunkelheit ab ca. 17 Uhr Winde und Stürme mit Geschwindigkeiten um 130 km/std. Der Höhepunkt wird gegen 18 Uhr erreicht, aber in Bayern wird der Orkan mindestens bis 22 Uhr andauern. Das wird bedeuten, dass ein Aufenthalt im Freien unbedingt zu vermeiden ist; gleichzeitig sollten Autos in geschlossenen Einrichtungen geparkt werden. Wo nicht möglich, weg von Bäumen und Gebäuden.

I can't be arsed dto translate because I've just been told to leave the building!! So I'm gone in 20 minutes

Does anyone know if the shops around Marienplatz are closing early?

Very sad to hear about the two year old...

Yeah, but what was the kid doing outside???

seems that she was standing with her father on the balcony: the balcony door was blown open and hit the kid, she died from the injuries.
source: bayern 5

I blame the parents..

Service S-Bahn:
Im Bereich der S4 zwischen Grafing und Ebersberg werden Busse eingesetzt. Dort liegen Bäume auf den Gleisen! Und die S6 ist zwischen Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn und Kreuzstraße gesperrt. In diesem Bereich fahren Ersatzbusse. (16:04)

new s-bahn update. The child in milbertshofen by the way was killed by the balcony door being ripped of its hinges and hitting him while he was stood on the balcony. OK time to take this a little bit more seriously I guess.

Just to clarify things again on the public transport issue: I just came home on the bus, u-bahn, s-bahn and bus again, and everything was running absolutely fine!!!

Dont be mean. The parents are now going through their own personal hell. I really feel for them. They probably only went out to watch the wind and see what all the fuss was about.

me too! the sbahn its just opposite my house, is running fine...ohh, the BOB just passed, it must be fine too!

Hows it looking there guys, is it getting worse as they expected?

Still no word from Lufthansa as to whether my flight will be going yet, the last one to Munich took off an hour ago from Heathrow.

All quiet on the munich front.

I dunno, you should have seen the look of sheer terror on the face of the poor pidgeon who has tried to land on the ledge at my window. We're on the 3rd floor and the poor love stood no chance, flew off only to crash headlong into another wall. That's gonna be some headache!

No the 1905 lufthansa flight. the earlier LH flight also cancelled. I had an appointment at 8am tomorrow that missing too

Just got a call here at work. Friend said that public transport is closing down at 18:00. Anyone heard anything like that?

they said the same at 3pm and they are still running...

no info on the MVV website. maybe the person who updates the website has gone home early

the windows are rattling pretty hard here. sounds like they might be torn out any minute.

but it can't be that bad really cos the builders on top of the new aerodynamics test centre are still working, although the cranes haven't been in use all day.

That's exactly what I just said to my husband on the phone... (the bit about the windows anyway)

just been sent home. nice of them to wait til the end of the day to decide. bastards.

off to the pub.

thats in 10mins.. arrrg.. i need to get a train..

Going for a walk along the Donau to check things out then to the irish pub with no english speakers in it.

Yep, heard stuff like that all day on this thread...

Must admit, I'm not really liking this right now... O.K, so I'm a wussy Brit, but shit, it sounds like the house may be about to be blown away around me!

Then you'll be glad to know that this is not yet the orkan (hurricane).

all long distance trains in Germany have now been cancelled until further notice. Also all trains (including local and regional) in NRW have been cancelled.

You're right, that's very consoling eurovol...