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18-01-2007, 2:14 PM
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Wow it is bad. I decided to go down town for my lunch on the way back I saw a fire engine. Being nosey me and a friend went up to see what has happened.
To our supprise a massive part of the new massive 3 story U shape block of flates roof had been ripped off. It was still attached to the building but had come of from behind and flapped over the front and it touched the floor.
Part of the roof hit a van and the guy moved his van 5 mins later a tree (not massive ) fell on it.
Getting back to work another tree has fallen down.
But wow the roof thing is amazing. I have 4 pictures but I am at work.
The houses are around £200,000 (flats what ever) and its amazed me that the roof has been messed up. I can upload the pictures when I get home or if some one really wants to upload them and post links I can MMS them but it will loose quality (3.2 mega pixle camera )
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18-01-2007, 2:21 PM
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My roof sounds like its well on its way  Doesn' help living right off the beach mind.
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18-01-2007, 2:22 PM
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Roof tiles already gone here, tis a new house aswell! ***, gonna give the builder an earful. He only lives down the road lol.
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18-01-2007, 2:26 PM
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I drove back from Norfolk earlier today. Horrendous weather, all the way to Berkshire. Oddly the wind is even stronger here than in the fens.
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18-01-2007, 2:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Singh400 Roof tiles already gone here, tis a new house aswell! ***, gonna give the builder an earful. He only lives down the road lol. | Would he not just blame God for that, as insurance companies do?
I have a fence blown down. Spoke to the fence-fixing man to get him round and he seemed remarkably upbeat about the current weather
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18-01-2007, 2:44 PM
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A tree outside our halls was toppled this morning
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18-01-2007, 2:47 PM
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One tile gone. Two fence panels down. Garage door knackered.
Insurance call when it dies down....
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18-01-2007, 2:50 PM
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My umbrella blew inside out |
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18-01-2007, 2:56 PM
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18-01-2007, 2:57 PM
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4 People have died now. I got poker tonight and its held in a marquee!
Hope it not blown away!
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18-01-2007, 3:05 PM
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The MD of Birmingham airport is one of those dead.
I'm near heathrow and the planes coming in are bobbing about quite visibly.
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18-01-2007, 3:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Mylo I drove back from Norfolk earlier today. Horrendous weather, all the way to Berkshire. Oddly the wind is even stronger here than in the fens.
Had to take evasive action twice to avoid falling branches, ABS is the best invention on the planet  | Hi Myles, Newbury is terrible. Came home from the office at 2pm and there was a tree being cut up, that has fallen down along the Thatcham bypass. It wasn't small either.
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18-01-2007, 3:24 PM
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The last time I tried to claim for fence panels they weren't covered by the insurance as they are not part of the house 
The people over the back from me have a crappy corrugated plastic lean-to along the side of their house...... or rather they used to have one, the roof is peeling off bit by bit and blowing all over the place. I wonder if the insuarance will cover it if it hits my car ?
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18-01-2007, 3:34 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnG The last time I tried to claim for fence panels they weren't covered by the insurance as they are not part of the house 
The people over the back from me have a crappy corrugated plastic lean-to along the side of their house...... or rather they used to have one, the roof is peeling off bit by bit and blowing all over the place. I wonder if the insuarance will cover it if it hits my car ? | Should do, might be better to pre-empt it by moving your car for a bit though.
More tiles raised on our house now....
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18-01-2007, 3:39 PM
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I am worried to leave the building |
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