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Hi, Rusty!
I hadn't heard that the waves were as high as that......the last I read was that the storm was approaching the North Cornwall and Devon coasts., with waves about 24 to 28 ft high.
There will be a lot of damage done.
Let us hope that no lives will be lost.
Have you heard from your relatives and friends in Donegal, and your friends in Belfast?
Atiyah is an unusual name.
Do you know why the storm is so called?
Good for Vikki Rebenburg....and Mikaela, too!

Hello, Elle!
It may have been a rogue wave, Elle, but one would be enough!
No news from Belfast, I'll text them soon.
High winds in Donegal and all down the west coast.
The name Atiyah was chosen by Met Eireann, but it is a name I do not know.
Apparently, the names are chosen by the Met Office, Met Eireann, and the Dutch weather folks.
Next named storm will be Brendan.
Vikki etc skied well, and they are back in Europe next week.

Update, Elle,
Atiyah is an Arabic girl's name, meaning "gift" or "present".
No idea why Met Eireann chose that name!

Hi, Rusty!
Have you "spoken" to the Belfast folk?
I hope all is well?
"Atiyah" is certainly a strange name for a storm, meaning as it does "gift" or "present"......a gift one could indeed do without!
Actually, I wonder if "Atia" is a variant of the name?
I do know someone called that.
It is apparently going to be very much colder here again tomorrow!
But no mention of stormy weather.

Hello, Elle!
Wet and very windy in Norn Iron.
And why would Met Eireann choose an Arabic name?
Seems a bit odd?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/49594277

Good morning, Rusty!
It is a lovely morning here.
Very poggy underfoot in the fields, though, after yesterday's heavy rain.
Yes , very peculiar to have chosen an Arabic name for the current storm.
I have saved the list that you sent, so that I can see "who" is coming next!
How are the Norn Iron folk faring?
I am just having a coffee , before I consider going shopping!

Good morning, Elle!
Great day here, but it's quite cold.
The NI folk say it was wild during the night.
They got little sleep with thevnoise of the wind.
But it is a fine day now.
Hopefully Storm Atiyah has passed.

Hi, Rusty!
That is good at least that there was no damage .....
I have drunk my coffee, read a chapter of my book.......and can find no further excuse to delay my going to the shops!
I have a long list …...
So...off I go!

Hi, Rusty!
Home again at last.
I am absolutely shattered!
I do not like shopping at the best of times....and competing with the Christmas rush is no picnic.....
However, I am satisfied with what I have so far achieved.
I have a lot more to do , but it can wait for another day.
Now to write all the special family cards that I have just purchased, and then stick the stamps on all the cards!
A job then done!
What's happening at your end?

Hello, Elle!
Family cards come first, I'd say!
I am glad you mentioned stamps.
A reminder for me to buy some!
All quiet here!
Very active at the new house, I believe!
Beds being built etc.
The dog is eating and drinking again and seems more settled.
Been an upheaval for him.