Jersey residents say Storm Ciaran is 'worse than' Great Storm of 1987

[@Paws4Thought669]

1987 had 200 years old trees , not just blown over, but snapped like matchsticks. The only reason it was not classed as a hurricane is because it did not come form the tropics. It was like a nuke blast without the heat in places

[@polarisnorth4875]

like all hurricane force north atlantic windstorms then? You'd be surprised at how many there have been - including this one. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_windstorms

[@Drew-Dastardly]

I actually slept like a baby through the great storm of '87 as a teenager and got up to walk the 2 miles to school as we did in those days without Chelsea tractor taxi mums. I was utterly amazed at the amount of fallen old oak trees and smashed up cars on the way. I felt like I was part of a John Wyndham novel. It was surreal. My brothers were awake throughout but asleep when I got up.

[@Greg-ii6nq]

I was three years old and slept right through it. But growing up, there were knocked over trees everywhere for years!!!

[@henkschrader4513]

It wasn't a hurricane bc it didn't have any tropical characteristics and it doesn't have to come from the tropics i mean spain and portugal get (sub)tropical storms every year... and this storm actually had some tropical characteristics but not enough to be deemed (sub)tropical

[@phreatomagmatic8016]

This storm was driven by the atmosphere, whereas a Hurricane is driven by heat from the ocean.

[@1milliondogs]

The car windows weren't destroyed by the force of the wind, they were destoyed by flying debris, probably slate from the roof. Was this the same reporter that was "blown over" earlier?

[@mydogeatspuke]

She's only 4 foot tall, hardly difficult to blow her over tbf

[@grahamwishart4832]

Yes...

[@unatwomey7112]

How did the slates fall off the roofs horizontally.

[@fastair8546]

actually it was probably hail that smashed all those windows, it was golf balls.

[@boxingexpert9919]

@@fastair8546it was the force of the wind that smashed the windows not debris the wind is so strong it can blow out double glazing windows like the one in that bedroom those forces of wind are actually stronger than tornados etc because it’s direct wind so powerful

[@samedmonds131]

So happy that mum and baby are safe!! (Beautiful baby!!)Also, best wishes to the elderly couple and anyone else who has been affected.... xxx

[@michaelkimber6203]

Nothing like the storm of '87. The swathe of damage was far greater then. We also lost 10million trees, many mature and hundreds of years old snapped like twigs. I feel for the poor folk who've been left homeless.

[@simonmerrivale7927]

Absolutely bang on, 'storm quiron' was a wet weekend in comparison

[@brianferguson7840]

Good luck trying to find a roofer to fix that lot !!!

[@AdamWavell]

For those laughing and joking around and not there to experience the worst of it like we did here in Jersey! The part of the video where the window was blown in and tiles wripped from roofs was a tornado that wripped through part of the island 4 hours before the worst of the storm hit the island directly! 🌪️. Then we were hit by 110+ F12 winds that battered the island and our coastlines! 🌬️. All our roads are closed, shops are empty because selfish people bolk buyed and planes and boats are unable to come in and out of the island to help restock! Yeah the UK weather is terrible most of the time! But what happened here in Jersey last night and today is no joke! So grow up and stop being childish! 👍🏼

[@BikingChap]

Good grief, we get it but it's no worse than what hit southern England in '87 where we didn't have a few roofs and smashed windows, we had entire top floors demolished, a complete caravan park where every home was completely trashed and whole parks of trees systematically flattened. The only reason so many trees have come down this time that stayed up last time is because the ground is sodden.

[@liambowbrick3917]

But Jersey is a completely different island than Britain

[@AdamWavell]

@@liambowbrick3917 Yeah Jersey has more plant and wild plant growth than anywhere else in the world during spring and summer! Heard some rare trees were brought down in the storm too!

[@ShaneBradford]

My mum said she woke up in the morning after 1987 great storm and trees were strewn all along a mile long road like dominoes

[@Drew-Dastardly]

Yes. I lived in SW London at the time, slept through it all and got up to go to school as usual. It was utterly surreal. Pretty still weather, the storm was over. But trees felled and cars and houses bashed in every single road.

[@ShaneBradford]

@@Drew-Dastardly yeah sounds mental. We are over on the South East London border with Essex and didn't feel this one at all

[@simongilliver1149]

It very much seems like a tornado spawned from the storm briefly caused very severe damage to a very localised area on Jersey. For those people unlucky enough to be in its path, their own experience would indeed have been worse than 1987 and shouldn't be belittled! Aside from the area hit by the tornado though, of course the widespread damage caused by 1987 was vastly greater than this storm.

[@henkschrader4513]

Uhhmmm well in France they have more damage and the winds were also a lot stronger then in 87 this storm had a sting jet that carried winds of a cat 3 hurricane

[@adamknight7041]

​@@henkschrader4513 Highest wind gust I've seen reported from this storm was 129mph in a very exposed location, the Great Storm in 87 had a highest gust of 135mph in France and upto 110mph+ across the South-East of England. Locally this storm was very bad but 1987's severity was far more widespread effecting approximately 20 million people!

[@Lukebeatsyou]

Anyone get an alert on your mobile as per the gov emergency procedure that we had tested this year??? Guessing not

[@mikeomolt4485]

Most of us didn't have an emergency to deal with.

[@tyroon81]

I live down south near Portsmouth and this storm seems to have passed us by luckily.

[@slydawgg]

Im 55 and the 1987 storm was like the country had been hit with a nuke.This storm doesn’t touch it.

[@RichardDavies-g3h]

I actually thought that the storm of 89 was worse than 87 and that this storm Ciaran was no way near as powerful as the previous two

[@henkschrader4513]

In some places it was and the peak winds of this storm was way higher then both of those storms

[@jimjoelliejack]

The 89 storm was mainly in Scotland, that storm produced the fastest low level wind speed recorded, 141 mph?

[@phreatomagmatic8016]

I live in the Midlands. The worst storm I can remember was the Burns Day storm in 1990

[@Nonameeerk]

But wasn't storm Eunice powerful too?

[@fioredeutchmark]

@@henkschrader4513😂

[@GBPaddling]

"Hurricane force winds" as 2 Seagulls fly past AGINST the wind, ha ha.

[@BikingChap]

'This is worse than 1987' said absolutely no-one who actually went through the 1987 storm.

[@simonmerrivale7927]

Correct! More bullshit from the media!

[@santhorp5278]

Agree 87 was horrendous, All over Britain, winds of 100 mph people died .

[@karlhoward2737]

One word…….Terrifying……..I counted every minute I was safe……it was utterly devastating….my heart goes out to my not so lucky fellow islanders…..

[@Russell_Brand_Sex_Face]

Who'd of thought the KZbin comments would have so many storm experts.

[@TheWebstaff]

Anyone who lived on here for the last two years.

[@gurninator]

So we need to consult experts to tell us whether it's windy outside or not!? Good grief, whatever happened to using your own brain?

[@tashsavage6582]

No way it’s definitely not worse than 87 no where near worse I remember cars turned house roofs on the road nothing like that in this storm yet

[@fokuz2025]

Fr but storm Eunice was really bad like 1987

[@danw1374]

I remember the 1987 storm i was just 13 then, our school roof was torn off. Never known winds that strong in my life.

[@LiamBehan-hi1uv]

The Michael fish moment

[@polarisnorth4875]

other than the fact it had objectively higher wind speeds in Jersey than the 87 storm...

[@BroadHobbyProjects]

​@@polarisnorth4875Modern data can be more precise. Everyone who actually lived through the storm are going to have more accurate & realistic opinions than some media spoof.

[@bazf9564]

Hell no, 87 was much worse in Portsmouth I ain't seen a bin blown over in this one

[@lukeframpton3671]

What a load of bollox no where near as bad as 87

[@MrJohnQCitizen]

One man there at the time said it was so.

[@sjla2009]

I hope they'll all be OK 😢

[@justsayin397]

Quite surprised that there are so many ugly houses in Jersey … nothing like Bergerac!

[@woo77do22]

just a bit of wind

[@Jo-sp5cp]

It really isn't worse than 1987.

[@Sternmayer]

They are trying to create more clicks. Bloody media right now.

[@Sebastian-kx4nu]

Manipulation and corruption at its fullest. God save us all

[@stevewiles7132]

Isn't this the footage they showed of Cornwall?

[@ohwhatworld5851]

"THIS IS WHAT HURRICANE WINDS LOOKS LIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" As two seagulls comfortably fly past....

[@dougg1075]

The aroma s used to grow grapes on Hadrian’s wall. Now it’s too cold.

[@kaxar6954]

Just build stronger homes. All homes on those islands should have hurricane proof windows. Storms are getting stronger as they move across the Atlantic. Scary times for weather patterns.

[@stephensnell5707]

Hurricanes cannot happen in the UK so that is the reason that kind of house type isn't needed

[@caroldelaney4700]

Beautiful natural storm .every year since the beginning of time.the dramatic footage and narrative by the journalist is breathtaking.

[@fioredeutchmark]

This reporter got the name of the storm wrong, got wind speed mixed up with pressure and thinks tempered glass can be shattered by wind. 😂

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

Yes, but anyone can get facts right, it takes a real pro to put this much *drama* into a report. Unfortunately.

[@rossco6651]

Who knew that climate change existed in 1987!!!… or maybe it was just weather? 🤔

[@mydogeatspuke]

... They were on about climate change in the 70s, telling us we'd all freeze to death.

[@mava4584]

​@@mydogeatspukethe first summit was in the 60s.

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

​@mydogeatspuke Nobody knew for sure what the effects would be, but they knew that whatever they were, they'd be bad.

[@harrison1053]

Back in the day the wind used to blow cars on their rooves and the rain would get into the attick.

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

_And_ we had to get up half an hour before we went to bed, and lick the road clean.

[@LITTLEDANCERSADHU993]

i was hoping to go windsurfing today after walking my fiance to work. a tad too much wind for my kit

[@gillianhill7561]

'there's a massive storm coming!!'....seagulls, ' hold my beer'

[@benjaminleo7011]

My grandad was born 1936 he says weather these day is nothing like it was back then.

[@Mykst]

Indeed. The snow we used to get back then has all but disappeared.

[@TheWebstaff]

Back in my day ...

[@jetnight88]

I love it ❤ and no it’s not worse then 87

[@TheHowardski]

Yes lets all get evacuated because of a broken window

[@TheWebstaff]

The chimney falling through your roof might do it though?

[@TheHowardski]

@@TheWebstaff It was just one house! Hardly a national emergency!!

[@stormdennis9042]

Both 1987 and Ciaran peaked with the same central pressure of 953mb and both likely managed to mix down similar winds to the bottom 10m level of the atmosphere - the difference between the two was that Ciaran took a slightly more southerly track than 1987 which is why the Channel Islands managed to get the worst of it.

[@Payne..]

If all the trees are standing in kew gardens and Victoria park in hackney then no way is this worse than 87 they were literally pulled out the ground and snapped into pieces.

[@KumaBean]

This was more localised, we took the absolute brunt of it in Jersey, the charts speak for themselves. I had a front row seat, it was insane.

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

It's not as bad a storm if it's hit somewhere other than the home counties?

[@consultant2678]

UK weather reporting: 2 inch rain= panic flooding transportation locked down old will die, 2 inch snow: panic transportation locked down old will die, 2 weeks sunshine= panic drought no water old will die ! Wind Overcast = Boris Johnson Covid enquiries again

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

It's always a big deal because we don't invest in the infrastructure that would allow us to cope. We "muddle through" instead of having plans.

[@johnclark8423]

I live in West Yorkshire and last night on the local news they were telling people to batten down the hatches as the storm was a threat to life. Today the gentle breeze was quite relaxing mixed with a slight drizzle. Tonight red faced they said we were lucky to have missed the brunt of it. So what did they do, they showed the cleaning up operation from storm Babet 2 weeks ago. They are peed off because they wanted to shout climate change the mugs.

[@abusalaah5983]

Brilliant mate!

[@jimjoelliejack]

I live in North Yorkshire and it was the same here, it rained. The Main stream media are a deceitful bunch of W⚓️s.

[@Morning404]

​@@jimjoelliejackwow, because extreme weather hasn't Yorkshire the mainstream media are corrupt climate change isn't real?

[@Jo-sp5cp]

Kent. Lots of rain, gale force winds. But nothing like the storm of 1987.

[@jsbart96]

Who’s ‘they’?

[@B.landon]

Jim Trott from Vicar of Dibley has the lowdown on worst storms.

[@lovemussb1940]

Yes worse in jersey but not England 👍🏼

[@adamknight7041]

Not even worse in Jersey either, people have very selective memories.

[@eoghanjones9042]

@@adamknight7041you’d be surprised with the recording jersey comparing both storms had higher wind speeds in the recent storm than last storm aswell as having a tornado appear aswell, someone even said the video which went semi viral wasn’t during the storms peak but 4 hours before that

[@jameswright3374]

So over the top.

[@KSCHU12]

Thanks report and uploadef

[@lisashung9442]

Storm!? Every channel is addicted to this storm……

[@El-Tel63-Terry.]

Worse tha 87 ? What a croc of crap. Nowhere near, not even close !!

[@georgeorwell-il2wz]

What's worse than '87 is the incessant fear mongering by the global public-private partnership....

[@spacecoasttactical]

How would they know, they weren't hit by the full force of the 87 storm

[@fioredeutchmark]

0:10 didn’t know seagulls were so physically dense, absolutely cutting through those “hurricane force winds” 😂

[@JustMe-gs9xi]

they're aerodynamically created

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

Seagulls are a breed apart. They poke at your head. Not fun. Hmmm.

[@pinkyn0se]

Must be true then

[@robingreen9086]

Look back to our History. this is an account that returns on a rough even timing. it is nothing new.. sorry. we do actually cause many of our own issues by building for example in places that suffer from water issues, and then we complain that our houses are letting in water.. REALLY!!! This year we have suffered exactly wat we have suffered some forty years ago, and this is only different as it usually is accompanied with an early November snowstorm, However this will probably come at some stage.

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

So many comments playing "Our storm was bigger than yours". That's no co solation to anyone with all their windows smashed and their roof gone. Since when did we lose our ability to just sympathise rather than make a crisis competition out of things?

[@chrismiller6317]

It maybe for Jersey absolutely no chance that was worse than 1987 for the South Of England

[@mostlykeith]

1987 storm was much worse... I was out in it on La Collette reclamation site battling for three hours ‘at its hight’ to save the Colvic UFO 27 hull & deck yacht kit I’d just bought...

[@LordWalsallian]

Good God! Bless the people of Jersey and i'm not belittling the damage or severity of what happened but if the eye of that storm had been further north those winds could have hit major urban areas in the South and Central England. Imagine those winds and a potential tornado hitting the West Midlands County, Bristol, Cardiff or London. We dodged a bullet there. Where i live got off pretty much unscathed. Heart goes out to those in Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney. ❤

[@jaquelinepajaropopoca8013]

Es nada comparado a lo que Pasó en Acapulco 🇲🇽😢

[@TheRealDevination]

WAS THAT THE FLOOD OF 87?

[@db5094]

No dude.

[@AdamLemdonLemon]

😅😅

[@LordKingPotato]

Horrible storm! We also had a Tornado that ripped up everything in its path. We've never seen a tornado here!

[@richardhumby8704]

Which residents?

[@TheManorBeast]

It really really isn't

[@AdamLemdonLemon]

1987 hmmm wonder what else happened then. Wait was that the bit of 87

[@StormHawks120]

normal friday saturday night in uk

[@chriskay2296]

Alright sky news, I won’t use my gas cooker for a while jeeez!

[@bikster7032]

No migrants today 👍👍👍

[@Shheistmcgregor]

ill take any hardwood tree logs . ive just completed my brick pizza oven and need hardwood, free of coarse . cheers

[@Shifytee123]

Insurance companies better be paying out or are they all just the scammers I think they are??

[@martsharp6275]

Grow up

[@TheHowardski]

Quickly lets all pannick about a winter storm and pretend its global warming!!

[@danw1374]

Exactly. We get them occasionally in winter. It happens! People are like frightened mice these days. Whatever happened to the spirit that got us through 2 world wars? It's pathetic.

[@runlarryrun77]

@@danw1374 YES THE DAMBUSTERS WOULD HAVE SORTED THIS STORM OUT IN A JIFFY!!1! Honestly, give it a rest, please.

[@henkschrader4513]

Nobody has claimed it was global warming yet so i guess your telling bs

[@liambowbrick3917]

It wasn't as bad as bloody April 2023, stop your lies

[@peacemaker83411]

It could have been much worse ......❤

[@hannah50353]

Don't worry it will get worse, it's called natures revenge

[@matthewtrigg7432]

It's stupid to compare but either way I hope everyone is safe & well.

[@majorskies7091]

Talk about over reaction.

[@roberttungatt2928]

Quick reaction Saved them bollocks

[@cristinad4835]

Chemtrails now look like wars.

[@martinbrown983]

I wonder which countries will help the people in the UK with aid and money

[@LiamBehan-hi1uv]

I remember the 1987 storm the weatherman Michael fish said that a women told theres a hurricane on the way

[@henkschrader4513]

Yeah it definitely wasn't a hurricane this storm was a lot closer to a hurricane but still not the real deal... an hurricane causes a lot more devastating with more storm surge and a lot more rain in fact mist deaths in hurricanes are drownings

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

​@@henkschrader4513Drownings? I didn't know that.

[@henkschrader4513]

@@Benjiesbeenbetter. yep, bc of the gigantic stormsurge and the flash flooding wich traps people in a place were they cant escape from the water

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

It was the only time I ever laughed at a Ben Elton joke. He was doing a spoof of Blockbusters and asked a contestant "What F is an aquatic animal that couldn't forecast a hurricane if it was blowing out of his own @r§e?" I've thought of that every time Michael Fish has been on TV since.

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

@henkschrader4513 Thanks. The reports I've seen over the years emhasise the wind damage. They briefly mention floods, but not the ferocity of them.

[@chrissA380]

Sky news yet again hyping the story making it more dramatic which is pathetic! No storm will be worse than 1987 get a grip!!!

[@justonecornetto80]

The great storm of 1703 was worse than 87. It killed 30000 people and was the equivalent of a category 2 hurricane.

[@macstyle2012]

People in Florida laughing at this, this is just a bit of wind - at least no towns completely destroyed.

[@resurgam75]

This is utterly apocalyptic!!! We MUST pay carbon taxes to our government, that will fix the problem....

[@danw1374]

😂😂

[@AA-hk3cm]

Cor blimey quite chilly it is

[@happychappy5135]

Nothing like storms in America...

[@justonecornetto80]

Maybe not but this one actually produced an EF4 tornado and we don`t have storm shelters.

[@danw1374]

I wouldn't want to live in the path of an actual cat 5 hurricane. Experience it perhaps, just for the adrenaline rush!

[@RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]

WAS THAT THE STORM OF '87???

[@tastypymp1287]

Only, it isn't.

[@MrSBGames]

Currently bright sun here in the North 🤣

[@stephansmith8111]

This is what happens when your council spends its money on diversity and cuts essential drainage services

[@bavery6957]

Wow!!

[@DanRobards]

Grow up.

[@TheLebbs2001]

How come no one has a warning on the new mobile phone warning system because it was another money maker for his wifes company

[@ElliotGotts]

It was a bit of wind and rain 😅

[@SasukeEver]

It'll be alright, it will get better with time

[@Urshygirlflutter]

At least I don't live there I feel bad for the people that live that ❤😢

[@LeonardoHamato]

The bite of 87

[@Nutmeg_GG]

the storm of 87 vs the ciaran of 23

[@mydogeatspuke]

I'm sure I just watched this last week?

[@edc1569]

Why were islanders not prepared? They had so much warning.

[@TheWebstaff]

I know, should have at least taken a umbrella!

[@danw1374]

I think they were warned several days in advance.. But people tend to get complacent and think nothing will ever happen to them.

[@Nonameeerk]

Plus there's strong winds there most of the time

[@KumaBean]

Ridiculous comment, people did their best, how does one prevent trees from being blown over, walls from being blown over, tiles from being torn from roofs, or entire roofs being blown off altogether? One can only do so much, use your noggin.

[@KumaBean]

@Fokuz20 Source?

[@ypsircxd5814]

Was that the storm of 87????

[@chandrajaipal4677]

I PRAY:" ALL PEOPLE BE SAFE...AND NOT TO BE REPLACED FROM HOME." AMEN

[@justlamb]

windy innit

[@Paws4Thought669]

It really isn't 🤣

[@icc64]

🙏 God everyone to be safe

[@PhilipBaker-sf4yv]

What was the death toll from this unprecidented climate change super event???

[@JustMe-gs9xi]

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