Beware strong winds!
- Thread starter Jim Schush
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ambulancekidd
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I'd suggest that this damage is the result of a tornado.
I've seen it happen right here in Ayrshire & for some reason people assume that the UK & Europe don't suffer from them!
I've seen it happen right here in Ayrshire & for some reason people assume that the UK & Europe don't suffer from them!
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Good opportunity for cleaning the roofs.
Roof lockers overloaded.
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hilldweller
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As is the black tank.
Hymer's claim (sales pitch) of lightening the locker/cupboard handles is obviously true
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And the chassis
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and checking the underside
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Curry ?
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Rosemary1
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Blimmey! Have sometimes sat/lay in the van during a storm worrying about the wind and hubby always assured me we were too heavy to blow over - something else to worry about now I suppose
ShaKen
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It does beg the question: What do you do in that situation (starting to gust very strong winds)?
- Move the vehicle?
- shift the load to one side?
- run away to the toilet block?
- fit ground anchors?
- open another bottle of wine?
- beg some car owners to park in front of you?
- all of the above?
- Move the vehicle?
- shift the load to one side?
- run away to the toilet block?
- fit ground anchors?
- open another bottle of wine?
- beg some car owners to park in front of you?
- all of the above?
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Had high winds crossing from Spain to France while driving, pulled into a services and 'hid' behind the HGVs.....
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We were in jumieges a few years ago and had to put both of us on one side of the van facing inwards as trees were blowing away around us.
The next day when going up the road 50 metres of forest was missing every once in a while. Pretty hairy for a bit.
There was an animal pen that they evacuated and ppl were definitely risking their lives saving them. A huge marquee went flying. Only one motorhome slightly damaged by huge branch.
Checked the news and nothing on there!
The next day when going up the road 50 metres of forest was missing every once in a while. Pretty hairy for a bit.
There was an animal pen that they evacuated and ppl were definitely risking their lives saving them. A huge marquee went flying. Only one motorhome slightly damaged by huge branch.
Checked the news and nothing on there!
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I witnessed an Artic going over in slow motion once on the A74 in Scotland it was a curtainsider and had the sides shut, it was empty and now I think when empty they pull the curtains to the front .
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mikebeaches
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Turn her into the wind Mr Christian.
i.e. face the wind head on,not side on.
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That's an astonishing picture but what surprised me more is that the low profile MoHo behind the Hymer is fully on its side too while the caravan is just sitting there minding its own business.
Presumably protected by the moho and car.
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It's amazing to think how a slight change in the wind flow has stopped the caravan from flipping. The poor low profile really took the brunt of the force.
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Presumably the caravan was sheltered by the low profile mh and car but anyone in it must have needed their bicycle clips!!!!
We were in Croatia sailing in the summer they have intermittant very strong winds when cold air flows down off the mountains and accelerates causing very strong gales. We were flotilla sailing and retreated to a sheltered inland marina it was quite hairy getting in and at the end there were more boats turning up when there was no space left don't know where they went took 2 days to blow through.
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Not sure about the suggestion made by @ShaKen that you 'Run away to the toilet block"
During the Storm of 1987 my Mother and Father in law were staying at their Mobile Home in Whitstable. During the night they decided to take shelter in the Brick Built Toilet Block. They were doing okay until the Roof Blew Off.
Their van was fine. 
During the Storm of 1987 my Mother and Father in law were staying at their Mobile Home in Whitstable. During the night they decided to take shelter in the Brick Built Toilet Block. They were doing okay until the Roof Blew Off.
Their van was fine. 
Invite lots of friends around (tempt them with free booze). Do it right and they'll still be there when the wind drops.
Depends if the mess on the inside cancels out the risk of dammage on the outside!!!
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Empty the toilet cassette. You're going to refill it very quickly
I think its camping krk
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That isn't a strong wind that's a seriously strong wind
That's what happens when you get under that 3.5 t threshold lol
That's what happens when you get under that 3.5 t threshold lol
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Similar thing happened to us last September parked - up along side the River Main, bright sunshine then all of a sudden a 'howling wind and dark sky' in five minutes it was over and our roof was smashed by the branch of a broken - off tree; the trunk took our mirror clean off, luckily. a Dutch couple's caravan took a 'direct hit' and had to be extricated by the fire brigade. Our van is still in Germany under repair!
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