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⚠️There's a reduced timetable in operation today due to #StormFranklin
❌The first services on most routes are cancelled.
📢Our advice is Do Not Travel
🌲If lines have to close, alternative transport will not be available  A speed restriction will be in place as a safety precaution
⚠️#StormFranklin: Services are starting to run on the network, and at the moment all lines are open.

⛔Disruption is expected today and we strongly advise you Do Not Travel.

ℹ️ To check your journey, use our online journey planner or our app bit.ly/3vbmYrL
⚠️#StormFranklin: Services are running on the network, and at the moment all lines are open.

⛔Disruption is expected today and we strongly advise you Do Not Travel.

ℹ️ To check your journey, use our online journey planner or our app bit.ly/3vbmYrL Info Graphic showing Do Not Travel.  All lines open but disr
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A shout out to passengers on @Fly_Norwegian flight D82766 from Helsinki to London, diverted to Copenhagen on 18.02.22 because of #stormEunice. If you consider a complaint against the airline, get in touch. For everyone else, here is the story. (1)
9 am on 18.02 @Fly_Norwegian captain on flight D82766 announces there is going to be a bumpy ride en route to London bc of the storm. On approach to #Gatwick the plane makes 2 landing attempts in extreme turbulence, circles around South Downs & is then diverted to Copenhagen (2)
Having spent 5 hrs in the air, passengers, many of whom kids, then are left in the aircraft for another two hours while @Fly_Norwegian tries to sort out what to do with them all. No food, drinks, help are offered. (3)
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⚠️ UPDATE: #StormEunice

❌ The Hastings Line will be closed between Hastings and Tunbridge Wells all day, following a power supply failure caused by the storm

❌ There are no trains between Dover and Shepherds Well until mid-day while a tree is removed

✅ All other lines open
#StormEunice:
❌ The Hastings Line is closed all day, and no trains between Dover and Shepherds Well until around 12:00.

✅ All other lines open, aside from where engineering work takes place

⚠️ Yellow warning in place for later today so Check Before You Travel
#StormEunice:
❌ The Hastings Line and Canterbury East Line remain partially suspended
✅All other lines open, with engineering work on some routes.
⚠️Check before you travel as there is a weather warning in place for later today.
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So, how did our structures fare against #StormEunice? And what can we learn from that?

Starting in the Stone Age... 🧵
The big Horton house looks almost untouched, apart from a few stray bits of thatch. A Stone Age community living in a house like this may actually have been less disrupted by a big storm than many modern families dealing with power cuts were yesterday! #StormEunice
The outbuildings didn't fare so well, though. These will need patch repairs, although in a pinch the gaps could be covered with skins for temporary waterproofing. #StormEunice
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⚠️ NEW: A train, which wasn't in service, has just collided with a fallen tree at #Longfield.

❌ The line is blocked in both directions between Swanley and Rochester while the tree is removed from the line.
⚠️ UPDATE: We also now have reports of a tree falling on the line at #Kearsney, with the line now blocked in both directions.

❌ Trains can't currently run between Dover Priory and Faversham via Canterbury East in either direction.
⚠️ UPDATE: In addition to this, there are now trees reported on the line at #Broadstairs and at #MaidstoneBarracks, in addition to those at #Longfield and #Kearsney.

❌ Lines are blocked at both locations while staff work to get the trees clear of the line.
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❌We strongly advise you Do Not Travel today Friday 18th February

❗We can't guarantee you'll be able to complete your journey & replacement transport may not be available

🎫Apply for a refund or see below for options to use your ticket

ℹ️ #StormEunice: bit.ly/3GUxS9S If you do decide to travel then we can't guarantee that you'
❌We strongly advise you Do Not Travel today Friday 18th February

❗We can't guarantee you'll be able to complete your journey & replacement transport may not be available

🎫Apply for a refund or see below for options to use your ticket

ℹ️ #StormEunice: bit.ly/3GUxS9S
⚠️ UPDATE: #StormEunice
We're working hard to re-open the network, if you need to make an essential journey & we don't have an estimate to re-open, please consider making your own arrangements.

To make a claim for compensation,
please do contact customer services.
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Doing a thread on #StormEunice building failures - from the millennium dome, scaffolds down & cladding failures

Pls post to this thread or DM pictures, footage or thoughts

We have a number of press enquires for support & pls state if you any your footage cited or featured
Note this work is self funded & undertaken in the public interest + informs wider representations to @GOVUK on #publicsafety

We don’t charge for this, have any cost recovery but instead requests that any applicable media fees are donated to @LondonFire1666 #BurnResearchCharity
#StormEunice leaves the O2 arena roof in tatters this afternoon
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We have declared a major incident in response to the volume of 999 calls being taken about #StormEunice related incidents. Firefighters are still meeting the needs of our communities, but declaring a major incident allows us to focus our resources. orlo.uk/OLoBY
We've introduced batch mobilisation, meaning calls where there is a risk to life are prioritised and crews then attend other calls as non-emergencies when they can. Control took 550 calls between 1030 and 1300 – more than the average number usually taken in a 24-hour period.
Control has taken a number of unhelpful calls, including to a trampoline which was blowing around in a garden. Please listen to our advice and only call 999 if there is an emergency or if there’s an immediate risk to life so crews can respond to people who really need our help
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The middle stack at Grain Power Station appears to have gone? Where there were three, there is now two! #StormEunice (Photo Credit: Katie Foord #Queenborough)
Wider shots taken from Queenborough Harbour.
Glad to see that no injuries have been reported although the station has been temporarily taken offline as a precaution.

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What is a ‘#stingjet’? The jets get their name from their resemblance to the sting in a scorpion’s tail, spotted as they develop on satellite images, where the end of the so-called cold conveyor is marked by a hook-shaped cloud with a point at the end.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/f…
A strong jet stream can generate a new storm every day or two as
a narrow, focused region of extremely strong winds embedded within the larger area of strong winds and lasting just a few hours, potentially in #StormEunice #stingjet #wxtwitter.
Satellite analysis of post-tropical storm Ophelia on October 16, 2017. Note the branches of “banded cloud head” pushed towards the SW Ireland, indicating that the #stingjet structure is likely developed. Source: EUMETSAT
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"The red warning area indicates a significant danger to life." - Met Office

Alert issued for London after #StormEunice hits England and Ireland aje.io/msc66z
“Everybody is on a state of readiness."

Powerful Storm Eunice prompts red warning as it batters England and leaves tens of thousands without electricity in Ireland aje.io/p6m7v8
Storm Eunice batters Europe killing at least 8 people aje.io/nzd9wc
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⚠️Storm Eunice is set to be the worst in over 30 years, meteorologists have warned, as scientists said a rare “sting jet” similar to the one seen during the Great Storm of 1987 might hit the UK

🌧️But what exactly is a sting jet? We asked the Met Office 👇
telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/02/1… Image
❓What is a sting jet?

🌬️ A sting jet is a small area of very intense winds (often 100mph or more) that can sometimes form in powerful weather systems crossing the UK Image
➡️Relative to the size of the storm, the sting jet is narrow, often 30 miles across, and only lasts three to four hours.

Regardless, with gusts of wind exceeding 100mph the Met Office says there is clearly still the risk of damage Image
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Storm Eunice is likely the most devastating storm in decades. New forecast models predicted it 5 days ago. The same models predict more severe storms over Europe with global warming, with sting jets prominent. @EngineeringNCL @metoffice #StormEunice link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Fig 5 shows number of events exceeding wind speeds for hindcast (a), control (b), and future (c) simulations. Proportion of events belonging storm types in each bin indicated by the colour: light blue Shapiro-Keiser cyclones, dark blue: those with sting jets.
Fig 6 Proportional contributions of sting-jet (SJ—dark blue), cold conveyor belt (CCB—light blue) and warm conveyer belt (WCB—red) to the pooled distributions of wind speeds from all sting-jet storms in the hindcast (a), control (b), and future (c) simulations.
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#StormEunice - There's a large number of cancellations on our Metro routes from Dartford this morning. Whilst we are advising against travelling, if you do have to make an essential journey you can use London Buses on all routes between Dartford & Lewisham at no extra cost Image
⚠️#StormEunice: There's a Red Weather Alert for our region today.
❌We strongly advise you Do Not Travel - we can't guarantee that you'll be able to complete your journey and replacement transport may not be available.
🚌Ticket acceptance on London Buses Dartford-London Major disruption on all routes
⚠️#StormEunice: The Severe Weather Warning for our region means we may have to close our coastal routes via Hastings and Dover Priory later this morning
❌We strongly advise you Do Not Travel
ℹ️ As we know more, we'll update here: bit.ly/3rXvX0k

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🌩️ Storm Eunice has prompted rare danger-to-life warnings, with Britons being told to stay indoors to avoid winds of up to 90mph

Follow the latest in our live blog 👇 #StormEunice

telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/02/1…
🔴 BREAKING: The Met Office has just issued a red warning for London and the East of England

Follow #StormEunice updates in our live blog

telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/02/1… Image
Our #StormEunice live blog is free to read this morning 🔓

Get the latest on UK travel and weather warnings

telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/02/1…
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Storm Eunice, Storm Dudley | The Met Office has issued the highest level of alert for Storm Eunice, warning that there could be a “danger to life” as a result of extremely strong winds.
#STESSNews #BreakingNews #news #NewsUpdates #StormEunice
#StormDudley
Storm Eunice, Storm Dudley | The red weather warning covers the coastline of Devon and Cornwall as well as the south coast of Wales and will come into effect from 7am on Friday.
#STESSNews #BreakingNews #news #NewsUpdates #StormDudley
#StormEunice
Storm Eunice, Storm Dudley | It warns of “flying debris resulting in danger to life” and “damage to buildings and homes, with roofs blown off and power lines brought down.”.

#STESSNews #BreakingNews #news #NewsUpdates #StormEunice #StormDudley
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Day 3 of #Omicron symptoms was my worst so far, with fatigue & a very heavy head, alongside sneezing. My tight chest, feeling of reduced lung capacity and tickly lung sensation had subsided slightly, as did the coughing, that had become painful on Day 2 #Oximeter down to 96%...
...so I slept a lot on Day 3.

But now it's 1am on Day 4 and I feel full of life. Fatigue gone. No more headache. Slight wheeze still, Oximeter 96%; no appetite, but sense of smell and taste are fine.

Wonder whether the worst is over, as I'm double AZ-jabbed plus Pfizer-boosted?
I can't find evidence of people relapsing into worsening symptoms post-Day 3, but my lungs are my weakness... Am I good right now because I slept so much over the last 3 days?

Tomorrow I begin my participation in the @UniofOxford #Molnupiravir (antiviral) trial.

Link follows... ImageImageImage
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The first in a list of 100 @WelshLabour accomplishments in Cardiff since 2017, counting down, 1 per day, to our Manifesto Launch for the 2022 Local Elections.
We're proud of what we've delivered, and excited for what we can do together in the future Image
#2 in our list of 100 @WelshLabour accomplishments in Cardiff since 2017 - saving Womanby St

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#3 on our list is the Money Advice Service - standing up for Cardiff with practical support and advice, in the face of the Tory cost-of-living crisis
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📙#38/100 'Northern Lights' by @PhilipPullman

What an incredible story, and what a treat to read it as a 29 year old who just moved to Oxford!

I can't wait to read the rest of the trilogy, they're already in the post 👌
📙#39/100 Issue 233 of the
@parisreview

It's great to read ~250 pages of words by people I've never heard of, and to be introduced to ideas and works outside my usual scope.

I particularly enjoyed 'Violets' by @Bud_Smith & 'The Juggler's Wife' by Emily Hunt Kivel in issue 233.
📙#40/100 'Nine Lives' by @DalrympleWill

Impartial & articulate look at sacred vs profane in India. Most fascinating are insights into how religion can underpin unequal social structures, or be the vehicle through which they are legitimately, albeit temporarily, scorned.
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#28 'Americanah' by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

This book asks profound questions about 'home', about what cultures expect - or demand - of people born into or outside of them, and how the backdrops of our lives can define the things we value, notice, and think about most.
#29 'The Hobbit' by J.R.R. Tolkien

A perfect adventure with gold, dragons, goblins, wizards, magic, peril, treasure, and morals. I wish I'd had this read to me as a kid because the various songs and scrapes lend themselves perfectly to that.

Book and author are both badass. Image
#30 'The Eden Express' by Mark #Vonnegut

An eloquent & deeply human account of his descent into psychotic mania, two relapses, and eventual long-term health.

A @nytimesbooks review nailed it: "Required reading for those who want to understand insanity from the inside." Image
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