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I was blown over by the wind today!

Walking around the corner of a tower block in Heston at 1.40pm today....an angry gust of the strong westerly winds pushed my 15st body into a gallop...which I struggled to fight.    The roaring gale  pushed me harder into a pace I couldn't cope with and I was pushed to the floor. Thankfully I was on grass and not a hard surface.So there's something apt about 'this vortex around skyscrapers' matter.Quite an experience!  Anyone else been flattened in this way?

Jim Lawes ● 3446d5 Comments

Windy Corner near Euston Station is where I remember finding it hard to stand upright.  That was when Capital Radio was based there.  I haven't been there for years.

Philippa Bond ● 3436d

I felt a gust yesterday and it near blew me o'er; but it didain't

William Prentice ● 3445d

I was almost blown over outside Morrison's in Acton yesterday lunchtime and I'm no sylph.

Susan Kelly ● 3445d

Well blow me down, that put some wind in your sails! Sounds as though you quite enjoyed it.Actually, the same nearly happened to me near some tall buildings in Hammersmith yesterday.

Anne England ● 3445d

People were blown over at the bus stop at Gunnersbury Station yesterday.The wife was one of them!  She say she came off least embarrassed one poor girl could not retain her modesty the wind almost ripped her dress and coat off.  Much to the amusement of some blokes in a lorry. She wonders if it was a mini tornado as it came from nowhere and from all directions.  But just down the road a bit it was just a gusting wind in one direction.It must be the vortices caused by tall buildings.It really ought to be looked at more closely.

Raymond Havelock ● 3445d