I'm not sure what qualifies as a "proper" storm for you - the UK never gets anything like the cyclones in India or the Caribbean - but we did have one of our worst on record at the start of this year. I actually haven't been along to the place since then. If I get a chance this weekend I'll go have a look, see if I can get some photos for shalafi elsewhere in this thread too
Comment on redwoods
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 13 hours agoI really hope that you never get a proper storm. Someone tried to grow redwoods in KY. He was trying to have a way to legally harvest the wood. Grew the couple acres of redwood trees to over 80 feet in height by year 20. Then a thunderstorm came through, and knocked all the trees down. The root systems don’t have a massive taproot, and spread horizontally.
Skua@kbin.earth 13 hours ago
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I’m talking about the high wind thunderstorms that frequent the US. Not as big as a cyclone or hurricane, but just as destructive.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 hour ago
We don’t really get that in the UK. If they survived the “hurricane” of 1987, chances are they’re still there.