Was That It?

Oxford seems to have survived the wrath of St Jude relatively unscathed.

After multiple warnings from the media and parents I’d been anticipating something closer to apocalyptic weather than the odd shower and a blustery wind. If anything, I’m disappointed.

Meanwhile in other parts of England…

Driving back to Oxford last night after a weekend listening to stories about 1987 I half expected to see garden sheds and farm animals blowing across the motorway but am yet to even see a fallen tree or broken fence.

The BBC’s Michael Fish famously claimed in 1987 that people had nothing to worry about hours before hurricane style winds ravaged England causing chaos. The reverse it seems has happened here  twenty-six years later.

Admittedly other parts of the country have been much worse affected. Hundreds of thousands have lost power and commuters delayed by debris and cancelled trains and anyone travelling into London should also be prepared for heavy traffic. The drama in Oxford however ended after one tree had been removed from the Blackbird Leys Bridge allowing bus services to return to their normal timetable.

Rural Oxfordshire suffered more than central parts.

Naturally The Tab is delighted none of you got blown away or kept up last night by raging wind but it’s probably better to be safe than sorry and spend another day indoors with food and telly…just in case.