14 feet Large trees sway. Difficult to walk 8 42mph 37kts Gale Edge of crests break into spindrift. Waves 17 feet Twigs and small branches broken from trees. In 1805, the British Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort devised an observation scale for measuring winds at sea on a scale of 1-12, was extended to Force 17 by the US Weather Bureau in the 1950's. Like a mirror Farmers complain.
Telephone wires whistle.
Umbrellas difficult to control. Farmers complain about the apple crop. Considerable building damage. Met Office roof blown off. Jimmy Young starts appeal fund.