The wee one was away with her mum and brother the other day and piece broke out in the house allowing the wife and I some me time as she was on her last day off from work. We had visits from a couple of friends where adult conversation could be heard and the tv that is stuck on the cartoon network was silent. Ah the bliss, but like the month of March it comes in like a lamb and out like a lion or visa versa, things had to be balanced.
My daughter and the wee ones would be using up energy playing and just trying to keep up with each other in whatever activity was occupying their day and that allowed me to look forward to an evening of calm, an evening where thoughts may drift along without too many interruptions, you know those thoughts that are not universe changing but do have some challenges like- how does the snow plough driver get to work when we can't and who decided and why to drop a pieces of potatoes into hot oil? As I said not universe changing.
So the wee one returned home in good form after spending the day with her mum and her mum and brother followed as they were staying for their tea. No problems there as all would be occupied making sure they got their share at the dinner table, my daughter does not like to admit it but she loves her mums cooking and of course not having to worry about the tidy up is a wee extra bonus. So dinner went well and there were a number of satisfied looking faces around the table, none more than my eighteen year old son who had spotted the fact there was some still in the pot! The midnight snack was on.
No it was after dinner that the storm struck!!!
These days whenever you watch the news they have a traffic light warning system for just about everything they are reporting on, however the weather report likes them so much that they are almost a permanent fixture, aye even in the summer months when we get our hay fever report along with humidity-in Scotland!!
Now I know I definitely watched the news several times the other day just to keep up with world events and the fact that the tv was not on the cartoon channel helped and I know for sure there was only a mild concern about a drop of snow somewhere in England-there was most definitely no warnings for Scotland and no local warnings for East Lothian.
The national news had not picked up on the fact that Hurricane Billy was working its way across East Lothian, no reporter had picked up on the news it had even been on a local bus, no not even the local radio station with phone in reports had seen it coming.
So Here is the news for those that missed it like myself, Hurricane Billy started off slowly in East Linton and built up strength on the bus journey to Haddington possible force 5, however on arriving in Haddington lost some of its force and indeed there was calm, sadly this was only the eye of the storm as it picked up strength after tea time into a full blown off the scale hurricane leaving a devastating trail of destruction in its wake no one and nothing was safe.
The cooker was beeping for its life as the timer went into meltdown, drowned out by the washing machine screaming into spin cycle while half full of water and a tumble dryer that clanged to the sound of forks and knifes, moving on to disappearing ornaments and the ASBO gardener looking for his walking stick to name just a few wee examples!!!!!!
Hurricane Billy aka my grandson went home with his shattered mum leaving a shell shocked household behind him, even the wee one went and got her nightie as she decided bed was a good idea as rest and recuperation was needed! However I can not wait for his next visit and this time I will be storm ready or as ready for hurricane Billy as you can be!!
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