Thanks for your concern, John, but I think it is just over reaction by our meteorologists. They missed the storm in the eighties, and don't want to be caught out again.
I'm off to bed now, and don't expect much carnage in the morning. There's talk of eighty mile an hour winds and flood warnings, but I imagine it will amount to nothing here. Living in the Fens (where it's completely flat and below sea level) is pretty windy at the best of times. I don't think the locals would even comment on a storm.
It's not like the tornadoes you have in the states.