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Default OT: Wind anxiety

On Tue, 4 May 2021 11:58:31 +0100, R D S wrote:

There's a recognised phobia of wind, I don't think i'm at that level,
i'm not curled up in the foetal position but I am in my office in the
loft at work and the gusts are making me tense up.

Didn't sleep very well last night with gusts hammering the house.
I've lived there 20+ years and it's a windy spot but in all that time
the only issues we've had are a couple of lost slates (and several
flattened green cheap greenhouses).
It doesn't help that I was out at 5.30am recently collecting the
contents of our recycling bin from the street in a gale/****ing down rain.

I get particularly stressed with open windows and have to have them all
shut, especially so if we are away from home. I dare myself to leave
them open to (hopefully) demonstrate that they aren't going going to be
torn off but I panic and buckle.

Just wondering how common this is, is anyone else bothered in this way?


I'm very aware and respectful of the power of the wind (as a sailor
and power kite flyer) but the only real time(s) I've been anxious
about it is the potential damage it can do / is doing (fences,
motorcycle covers or as you say, slates etc) or when camping and
ending up with the tent material on top of us in the night.

We have woken up several times to that sort of damage on campsites but
luckily (so far anyway) it's not happened to us. Part of that may be
down to reasonable quality kit (even as simple as decent tent pegs)
and good 'prep' if there is a storm on it's way (additional guy lines
and even guying the motorcycles upright etc).

I used to leave our loft skylight open about 6" on it's built in prop
but it looked like it might be vulnerable in a storm (although it
survived a few) so I don't any more.

I'm not typically kept awake by the sound of high wind when at home
but I think there is a threshold above which I am (when you start to
hear slates rattling).

The current wind level has had our (empty) wheely bins over and the
seen recycling boxes going up the road but they generally stay put
once laid on their side and / or wedged up against stuff.

Cheers, T i m