Mrs O has just sent me outside to put the vegetable peelings in the food bin!
I'd say, yes it's blowing a gale and yes the rain is lashing down - but last week's Storm Ciara was actually worse here. We haven't had the 60mph gusts we had last Sunday, and they don't seem to be forecast, only in the 50's.
They are giving a heavy spell of rain overnight 1:00 to 7:00 but then easing off and the winds dying down from midday Sunday.
The Flood Alert here is still at the lowest level Amber, and hasn't been updated since Friday. They are warning more about the river course south of the town, after the three tributaries have merged. We're north of the town, with one tributary running near us, but it would have to rise a good 15-20 feet before we got affected, and if that actually happened, most of the town centre would be under water anyway. They did actually do a fair bit of tidying up and clearance work along the river bank last week, as it happens.