Well I suppose that you've heard the news about the big storm thats battering the UK? Well is here in the Channel Islands have also been hit pretty hard.

Most of the costal roads were closed today, and the Town seafront was flooded out.

This photo by Steve Sarre, featured in the Press gives a good indication of how bad things were. Incidentally, the building to right with green windows is my workplace.

This is what faced all the commuters going through Town this morning. The police closed the front, but unfortunately there were no signs telling drivers this, so we only found out once we got there. (Photo by Nigel Le Page)

What this meant was chaos on the roads. Personally my 15-20 minute commute through Town and up Les Banques instead took in a rather large detour and ended up taking 85 minutes.

The entire island seemed jammed this morning. I took the lanes as these are normally clear, even during heavy traffic, but everything was completely blocked in every direction. You can read the whole story in the local rag - http://www.thisisguernsey.com/2008/03/10/commuter-chaos-as-roads-flood/

How hard have we been hit.

Well from my own records taken with the wonderful Seasonality, we had a peak wind of 51mph and a peak gust of 71mph - and apparently there is more to come tonight

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