http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43251824

"The so-called Beast from the East met Storm Emma on Thursday."

oh I see....that's what had happened, then....you see, yesterday morning - I was to watch the winds 'fighting' from different directions, out of my living room window - to think 'that's why the snowstorm won't blow over'...because both forces were equal, to an extent....and it was to remind me a bit of the precursor to a mistral wind/thunderstorm....which tends to throw things up 'spinning' into the air, in all directions and then down again...and everybody battens down the hatches and runs for cover, when that begins to happen....because the storm can come 'out of nowhere' in minutes...