There were pictures of Port Aux Basques on our TV news this evening. I recognized it right away, as that was our first port of call on the Ferry over. It looked a mess, with houses blown down and floating out to sea. A shame it is a beautiful place. They seldom pull the ferries, but I bet they did today. On our return trip we had Beaufort 7, which is near gale. The ship rode it very well though.
So sorry this happened, the Maritimes are just beautiful and I hope the damage is not too extensive. I find it very hard to believe this happened this far North.
Dramatic footage from Port Aux Basques.
I see it is now a post tropical cyclone and moving North East at about 7 knots. It looks as if it will pass over the northwest peninsular of Newfoundland. Then I expect it will follow the trade winds as they blow to the West. This is the current Northern jet stream.
It is rare for a Hurricane to get to the UK and Europe, but they do arrive as a tropical depression at times. It happened in 1968. It was a Sunday evening and raining hard. I had to get back from Medway to my apartment in South London at Catford. The rain was really coming down. I was in my 1948 Alvis TA 21 sports saloon. It only had seven and a half inch ground clearance, and there was standing water in parts of the South Circular road. By the time I got home, the rear carpets were soaked. The brakes were drum and I did not have a lot of breaking as the drums and shoes were soaked. That car was well before disc brakes! However the engine did not miss a beat.
Sorry mitrycrafts this storm is not going to Moscow.