Just had thunder, lightning and hailstones here in 23 
You are so fortunate. Normal weather for where I live.
It’s mild, but very blowy and wet here in boue-central, Angleterre, and we’re hoping we don’t lose stuff from the garden.
Ha ha… not necessarily losing stuff due to weather.
Some years ago, we lost a metal garden gate and a rather nice garden bench… someone nicked 'em 
The Mairie and the Gendarmes were aghast.
Me, I decided it was a nutcase. 
back in UK, the tempest of the 90’s took our table and chairs (plastic) off and away across the fields and we never saw hide nor hair of 'em ever again… oh, and it flattened our tall hedge.
It wasn’t a hurricane though. Michael Fish assured us of that. 
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poor man, he never lived that down
Pigs will fly.
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Scotland Yard is becoming London’s third airport (been hearing this as a joke since ah were a nipper).
Weren’t you driving on the wrong side of the road?
Blown off course a little, that’s all.
I was following a truck on the M74 that was using 2 lanes and the hard shoulder due to the high winds, and I don’t mean a gentle weave. More than once I thought he was going over.
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High and light is a recipe for disaster for lorry drivers. I once followed one when I was running high but heavy, so I drew alongside, as fortunately that was his windward side, and slackened off to give him cover.
But the silly sod speeded up and re-started his almost 2 wheel balancing act. After 3 attempts I gave up and moved ahead while watching him teeter in the mirrors, no idea how he faired after that. I assume he was inexperienced and didn’t understand what I was trying to do.
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Ice! The really cold weather has arrived. Frozen over was the birdbath this morning. But the sky is blue and cloudless…
Perishing here, the sheets are shivering on the line
but the sun itself is nice and I’ve managed to leave the southern windows open for about 20 mins and air the house nicely.
Coooold here. Wearing 2 jumpers plus thermal underwear and still can’t get warm. I really love Normandie but not this aspect 
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Aahh! Angela! So true! Normandy Grey - a paint colour from Farrow & Ball. And 4.8C outdoors.
Now, 4.8C is not a problem if the humidity is not what it is a.t.mo - 81%. It’s humidity that makes the temp uncomfortable at almost any level - ref those awful muggy, claggy days in central London at only low/mid 20C’s. They say that over 60% starts to feel uncomfortable, hot or cold.
When the nights in Valencia were 30C I found that if I put the a/c on 'drying’rather than ‘cooling’ the result was perfectly comfortable and used less lekky.
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Phew, been doing a little tidying up along the frontage… the valerian is still growing, but very straggly.
Anyway, I noticed clouds of insects/midges? in the sunshine… and it was -4c this morning. They must be hardy and foolhardy as the bluetits et al are enjoying this unexpected treat.
Absolutely - IMO the dehumidifier mode is also more comfortable because unlike ac it doesn’t make the room uncomfortably icy. Most of the summer we don’t use either because we’re in an old stone house, but when the temp starts to approach C40° it’s a great boon.
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All sadly irrelevant now, with the gloom of overcast Normandy Grey, 4C and 82% hg but I used to run ‘drying’ for 30 mins before switching to ‘cooling’ during the day 35C-40C for 3 months in summer. The reduction is consumption was significant.