Today’s winds came as quite a surprise to a number of villagers. Reports earlier today said that there could be gusts as high as 95mph across parts of the central belt, with structural damage expected. There were unconfirmed reports of gusts of over 100mph in Edinburgh.
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Fortunately, unlike the last blast, this storm, whilst even more intense than the one before Christmas, blew out much more quickly.
A quick glance around Pencaitland after the worst had passed showed some roofs missing tiles and the Spar shop’s sign which shattered in the highest winds, also losing some of the guttering from the structure over the petrol pumps. That aside, so far the bulk of the wind damage appears to be tree-related.
In this video you can see the damage to the Spar shop’s sign as the canopy over the petrol pumps rocks back and forth.