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Gale force winds here in Tayside today have shut the Tay rail and road bridges putting the trains up the spout. So, I'm working from home today. As you can see from the picture the bridges are vulnerable to westerly winds, in fact that was a contributory factory to the Tay Rail Disaster of 1879. The wind gets funnelled in the estuary and accelerated towards the bridges, just what you need when you are trying to cross. :-)

I was surprised when I found out that the bridges don't "like" westerly winds, that being the prevailing wind direction in this part of the world; you'd have thought that the engineers could have taken that fact into consideration when designing the bridge. Ah well, never mind, the bridges are closed so here I sit. At least you know where to find me if you want me. LOL