#Storm87 in tweets

If Twitter existed 25 years ago how would we have reported the storm of 1987? Step inside the #c4news time capsule & follow #storm87

— Liam Dutton (@liamdutton) October 15, 2012

It is 15th Oct 1987. We’re in for a very windy 24hrs… follow our “live” tweets via #storm87 & send us your pictures/memories. #c4news

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 15, 2012

1.30pm, 15th Oct ’87: Millions watch Michael Fish deliver his forecast the day before the Great Storm – bcove.me/wi84frb0 #storm87

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 15, 2012

1pm, 15th Oct ’87: An area of low pressure sits in the Bay of Biscay with a central pressure of 970mb and starts to deepen. #storm87

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 15, 2012

#Storm87 Blimey the tiles are flying off my roof and my chimney has just crashed into the street! Scary!

— Sharon Webley (@longtallshazza) October 15, 2012

Remember going out to do my paper round and thinking it was a bit odd when a metal bin lid went flying past my head #storm87

— robwinder (@robwinder) October 15, 2012

#Storm87 Sheesh! What a week! First Maggie Thatcher tells the Tory Conference in Blackpool she’ll be in power â??til 1994, now huge storms!

— Bry (@mrbry) October 15, 2012

#storm87 heare bins rolling down at bashing in2cars…then rumble the coving stones slipped from my party wall &crashed 2the road #ch4news

— hafstad (@hafstad) October 15, 2012

@channel4news @liamdutton remember for months going to school & seeing where the trees had just been cut from roads-top & root still there

— Jillian Gibson (@123jg4) October 15, 2012

#storm87 I was in hospital having my tonsils out! Missed the whole thing. Till I got home to Epping Forest devastation.

— Amanda Brett (@LadyAmandaBrett) October 15, 2012

Remembering our volunteer crews who launched their lifeboats – 21 times in total over the 2 days – during the storms 25 years ago. #storm87

— RNLI (@RNLI) October 15, 2012

7pm, 15th Oct ’87: Low pressure deepens 6mb in 6 hours and drifts northwards towards the UK with a central pressure of 964mb. #storm87

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 15, 2012

25 years ago but I remember it like yesterday as our bedroom windows were blown out #storm87

— Chris Little (@ChrisLittle66) October 15, 2012

1am, 16th Oct ’87: A deep area of low pressure of 953mb lies south of Cornwall. Gales develop in the English Channel. #storm87

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 16, 2012

2.02am, 16th Oct ’87: Jersey Airport reports sustained winds of 63mph, with gusts of 98mph. #storm87

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 16, 2012

3.15am, 16th Oct ’87: Southampton Weather Centre reports sustained winds of 35mph, with gusts of 86mph. #storm87

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 16, 2012

3.48am, 16th Oct ’87: London Weather Centre reports sustained winds of 46mph, with a peak gust of 94mph. #storm87

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 16, 2012

4am, 16th Oct ’87: The storm (957mb) sits over Bristol, with damaging winds now widespread across S’ern & E’ern England. #storm87

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 16, 2012

@psigrist we all took refuge in my parents bedroom, we had smashed windows, lost a fence and over the road they lost 6 massive trees.

— Laura Parsons (@lawkas) October 16, 2012

4.24am, 16th Oct ’87: The strongest gust in the UK of the entire storm is recorded, reaching 122mph at Gorleston, Norfolk. #storm87

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 16, 2012

5.48am, 16th Oct ’87: A gust of 108mph is recorded at Langdon Bay, Kent. A number of places record their highest gust in this hour. #storm87

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 16, 2012

Walked into work in London – ended up stuck in the lift for a while in an empty building as storm must have damaged it. #storm87

— Lois McEwan (@LoisMcEwan) October 15, 2012

We felt safe together, watched in awe as Dad shut the windows against the rain. Next morning, though, was devastation #storm87

— Peter Sigrist (@psigrist) October 16, 2012

5.48am, 16th Oct ’87: A gust of 108mph is recorded at Langdon Bay, Kent. A number of places record their highest gust in this hour. #storm87

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 16, 2012

5.55am, 16th Oct ’87: Herstmonceux, East Sussex, feels the wrath of the storm as the wind gusts to 104mph. #storm87

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 16, 2012

7am, 16th Oct ’87: Southern parts of the UK wake up to the aftermath of the worst storm to hit in nearly 300 years. #storm87

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 16, 2012

@channel4news Living in SW London. Woke to phone line outside bedroom ‘singing’! Looked out to see dustbin lid fly past window! #storm87

— Jools Payne (@joolspayne) October 15, 2012

8am, 16th Oct ’87: Road & rail brought to a standstill and emergency services battle to clear roads. VIDEO bcove.me/deu60luv #storm87

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 16, 2012