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shewhomust ([personal profile] shewhomust) wrote2021-11-27 06:13 pm

Storm Arwen

When they start naming the storms in Elvish, you know you're in trouble... The Daily Record explains that this year they let the British public help name the storms, and says "The name Arwen is believed to be of Welsh origin and was popularised by J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings series of books.quot; Believed, eh? Believed by whom? Also on the list, Logan, which the Record explains is Scottish; they don't mention Wolverine. Still, we're just lucky we didn't get Stormy McStormface.

Then again, Stormy McStormface is pretty much what we got this morning. After a noisy night, people have been swapping pictures of the damage. Trees on roads all over the place, and brick walls tumbled into heaps. The back wall of a student house at the bottom of the street has collapsed into the roadway. And fat white feathers of snow drifting down over it all. Snow, in November.

We're watching the weather - and the train tmetables - all the more anxiously because we are due to travel to Bristol tomorrow, for a family funeral. I won't say I'm looking foward to it, exactly, but I do want to get there.
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[personal profile] sovay 2021-11-27 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
And fat white feathers of snow drifting down over it all. Snow, in November.

That parts sounds nice from where I am, although I gather it is a sign of climate change by you.
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[personal profile] cmcmck 2021-11-27 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Arwen is a Welsh name- I knew an Arwen years back and her parents were not Tolkien fans, but Welsh folkies.
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[personal profile] radiantfracture 2021-11-28 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my. All the luck on your way to Bristol.
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[personal profile] cellio 2021-11-28 03:57 am (UTC)(link)

I hope Stormy McStormface does not mess up your travel plans.

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[personal profile] anef 2021-11-28 08:26 am (UTC)(link)
Good luck with the travel.
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[personal profile] nineweaving 2021-11-28 08:52 am (UTC)(link)
Hope your travels are smooth and safe.

Nine