Get ready for some real rain & Chip and pin cats

Hurricane speed winds threaten Britain says Sky News

with this fine pic if waves breaking over a promenade somewhere.  Most other news media report the same or similar vying for the one with the highest mph for the wind, and the, Winner is - - - Daily Express with 100mph , what a surprise.  On the serious side its a fair bet the weather is going to turn very nasty Sunday and on into Monday.  As with all weather predictions I always think its a 50/50 probability of being right or wrong - - - only time will tell

Information about ourselves, how much do you throw out into the public domain?!  I like to think I'm pretty careful but this you tube video is a worth watching http://www.youtube.com/embed/F7pYHN9iC9I?rel=0   make sure you watch it right until the end!

There's no doubting that Concorde the aeroplane was a technological marvel and there are some interesting facts about it in this this BBC story 

 For instance, it flew so fast and high that 2 US SR71 Blackbird pilots were told to get out of the way by their traffic control as Concorde was coming through!  and when it turned up at the Toronto air show 750,000 people turned up to watch it.   Makes you wonder if people would still want to fly in it if they could get it airborne again?

Locally - - - The police have put out an e mail about people using the 999 (911 in the US) service for what "they consider emergencies" when the police have other ideas.
Examples: A woman phoned to say there was a spider in the house and her mother was out, could the police be sent to catch it.
A lady phoned (not sure how?) to say her phone wasn't working and she couldn't phone her hairdressers to say she wouldn't be able to make her appointment.
A householder phoned to say they had mail which had been delivered to the wrong address!   - - -

We are at last employing a bit of technology in an attempt to stop cats other than our won using the cat flap.  We have bought, but its has yet to be delivered, a cat flap with the technology to read the ID chip under a cats skin.  All you need do is programme the device and it remains locked to all who don't have the correct chip and pin!

Another bit of technology have I have purchased is an IP webcam.  The IP bit allows you to have it communicate by wifi with the computer you want to view the pics with. It has infra red for night viewing and works very well in pitch darkness.  Another feature is it can be used to "pan and tilt" thereby letting the user view almost 360 degrees around the camera.  I'm going to employ it to try and spot which cats are trespassing before we fit the "chip and pin" model! I have also managed to get it accessible through our website and might put it on their for general "visitor" use eventually.

Enjoy the day

Follow this link to see  our weather website
Or this one just to see  the streaming birdfeeder cam