The weather was a bit dicky to say the least. The wind at Hatson reached 138.4 mph on Thursday night.Kirkwall got a right bashing from the waves and we still have quite a lot of seaweed in the car parks. Mrs Viking and I went off to Aberdeen on Wednesday night on the ferry. It was a bit rough. The boat didn't run back until Saturday (Supposed to be Thursday evening)and then it was quite rough.We get used to ferry interuptions up here. Most people lost their dinner on the Hrossey. The Pentland Firth routes were down to one ferry a day.(Rough seas don't bother me)Megan is wrong about it being only some incommers. There's plenty of Orcadians who don't nail everything down.I know of several sheds that disappeared including some of the stone walls holding up the roof. Plenty of them lost bits and pieces and lots of "incommers" (which I seem to remember Megan was some years ago) have enough brain and sense to protect themselves against the weather.It's quiet at the minute with just the odd snow shower that doesn't stay around.