Yes it was windy i was living in Kent i was born there when when the storm took out thousands of trees now that was windy.

20 hours ago, Chock said:

Sometimes it is stable of course, and occasionally for long periods, but it's not for nothing that Americans who were stationed here in WW2 coined the phrase: 'If you don't like the weather in England, wait a minute'.

That's very similar to Washington state and especially around Seattle area. Rain is so frequent that the locals break out umbrellas on the rare occasions that the sun appears, apparently worried that the world is ending or they might get sunburned. Something like that I guess!