Leith Storm 3rd January 2012
Central Scotland was hit by very strong winds on the morning of the 3rd of January. On Blackford Hill one gust hit 102mph. This is how the storm affected Leith.
- The day before the MET office had issued a yellow alert and warned of strong winds. Even at 6.30am they were predicting 'some disruption' but it sounded as though they didn't quite expect the storm to be quite so severe.
- But at 8.15am the MET upgraded the storm warning to RED ALERT, which according to their website means:- Widespread structural damage, e.g. roofs blown off, mobile homes overturned, power lines brought down.
- Risk to personal safety from flying debris.
- Potentially widespread and/or prolonged interruptions to power.
- Expect widespread transport disruption due to e.g. roads blocked by fallen trees.It became clear that this was not going to be just another winter gale.... - The Forth Road Bridge wind speeds were quite literally off the scale.
- Sander van den Driesche, who lives on Leith Walk posted this video clip taken from his flat at about 9am. It quickly racked up hundreds of views and ended up featured by most main stream media outlets, like STV... And the BBC, and Sky and the Telegraph...to name just some of them. But it was up on the Greener Leith blog first!
Wheelie windy: Runaway bin becomes internet sensation | Scotland | STV NewsA clip of bin blown down a city street in high winds looks set to become the latest internet hit. Footage of a wheelie bin being blown do...
BBC News - Severe winds send wheelie bin flying1 day ago ... Winds gusting up to 100mph have blown an overturned wheelie bin along the middle of a street in Edinburgh. The video of t...
Video: Wheelie bin sent flying down road by gale force winds ...1 day ago ... The wheelie bin is captured being swept by the wind straight down the middle of Leith Walk in Edinburgh. An oncoming car ...
Wet And Windy Weather: Your Pictures And Videos Of The Chaotic ...1 day ago ... The wild weather has been captured by Sky News viewers, including footage of a wheelie bin gusting down Leith Walk, in Ed...- By 10am the disruption caused by the storm was so severe that the Police were advising people not to travel at all.
- But the Wheelie Bin incident, whilst famous, was by no means the most serious. Great Junction Street was closed off to traffic completely after masonry from the Old Leith Co-op building began falling onto the street.
- By the end of the day scaffolding was already going up in order to make the building safe...
- Councillr Munn also went on a tour around the Leith Ward to assess the damage and tweeted as he went...here's some of the damage he found...
Councillor Rob Munn - Leith Ward - Scottish National Party Party ...Details of Councillor Rob Munn of Leith Ward - Scottish National Party Party.- These photos shared by eh1.com show the extent of the damage at the Quilts.
