Well don't they get it wrong, the bloody weather people again!
They said we were going to get 100mph+ gusts tonight, I had vague recollections of 2003 (130mph+).
We live on the west side of the outer Hebrides (isle of lewis - Atlantic side), so we do get the brunt of the winds most of the winter, its not bad, I am thankful for not having fast food chains like macdonalds etc.
When we get a met office warning delivered by hand door to door, we generally take action, batten down the hatches etc etc. The main problem with the wind here is not structural, but flying debris. So its in ev