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The local man killed by a falling tree in Monday's gale was well known to
me. It certainly brings home another side of severe weather when something like this happens. Was the Met Office right to issue gale warnings? Ask ordinary folk here and you will be told in no uncertain terms. They don't know what the official terms of a gale are and aren't particularly interested, but they do know that a gale warning means damage, strong winds and danger. The warnings were well in advance and spot on, they usually are here. Imagine the repercussions in these parts if there had been no warnings. Most of our population are not weather nuts and welcome warnings of gales, snow, ice etc. Ken Copley, Teesdale |
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On Sep 14, 10:49*am, "Ken Cook" wrote:
The local man killed by a falling tree in Monday's gale was well known to me. It certainly brings home another side of severe weather when something like this happens. Was the Met Office right to issue gale warnings? Ask ordinary folk here and you will be told in no uncertain terms. They don't know what the official terms of a gale are and aren't particularly interested, but they do know that a gale warning means damage, strong winds and danger. The warnings were well in advance and spot on, they usually are here. Imagine the repercussions in these parts if there had been no warnings. Most of our population are not weather nuts and welcome warnings of gales, snow, ice etc. Ken Copley, Teesdale Well said Ken. I couldn't agree more. Dick Lovett |
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The local man killed by a falling tree in Monday's gale was
well known to me. It certainly brings home another side of severe weather when something like this happens. Was the Met Office right to issue gale warnings? Ask ordinary folk here and you will be told in no uncertain terms. They don't know what the official terms of a gale are and aren't particularly interested, but they do know that a gale warning means damage, strong winds and danger. The warnings were well in advance and spot on, they usually are here. Imagine the repercussions in these parts if there had been no warnings. Most of our population are not weather nuts and welcome warnings of gales, snow, ice etc. Ken Copley, Teesdale I agree. It didn't materialise here (though it's having a good go today, with trees whopping about and rain battering the windows) but it's better to be warned, even if it doesn't hapen as forecast, than to be taken by surprise because there was no warning. Anne |
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On Sep 14, 1:25*pm, "Anne Burgess"
wrote: The local man killed by a falling tree in Monday's gale was well known to me. It certainly brings home another side of severe weather when something like this happens. Was the Met Office right to issue gale warnings? Ask ordinary folk here and you will be told in no uncertain terms. They don't know what the official terms of a gale are and aren't particularly interested, but they do know that a gale warning means damage, strong winds and danger. The warnings were well in advance and spot on, they usually are here. Imagine the repercussions in these parts if there had been no warnings. Most of our population are not weather nuts and welcome warnings of gales, snow, ice etc. Ken Copley, Teesdale I agree. It didn't materialise here (though it's having a good go today, with trees whopping about and rain battering the windows) but it's better to be warned, even if it doesn't hapen as forecast, than to be taken by surprise because there was no warning. Anne- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The MO did get it right without going OTT. An amber warning , not red, was the right one. |
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On 14/09/2011 10:49, Ken Cook wrote:
The local man killed by a falling tree in Monday's gale was well known to me. It certainly brings home another side of severe weather when something like this happens. Was the Met Office right to issue gale warnings? Ask ordinary folk here and you will be told in no uncertain terms. They don't know what the official terms of a gale are and aren't particularly interested, but they do know that a gale warning means damage, strong winds and danger. I agree. It is more important than ever now that there are lots of semi-dead horse chestnut trees about with brittle branches. One of my neighbours had a 30' tree snap in two on Monday - narrowly missing their house. The mature oaks I can see from home have survived unscathed despite being in a very exposed position and swaying like crazy on the day (whole tree that is not just the branches). The warnings were well in advance and spot on, they usually are here. Imagine the repercussions in these parts if there had been no warnings. Most of our population are not weather nuts and welcome warnings of gales, snow, ice etc. Ken Copley, Teesdale The amber alert seemed entirely appropriate here. Plenty of high sided vehicles blown over. They don't close the A19 flyover for nothing. The same people whinging on about over reaction would be moaning about failure to warn the public had the Met Office not put out a warning. They just don't like the Met Office. Regards, Martin Brown North Yorks |
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Martin Brown wrote:
On 14/09/2011 10:49, Ken Cook wrote: The local man killed by a falling tree in Monday's gale was well known to me. It certainly brings home another side of severe weather when something like this happens. Was the Met Office right to issue gale warnings? Ask ordinary folk here and you will be told in no uncertain terms. They don't know what the official terms of a gale are and aren't particularly interested, but they do know that a gale warning means damage, strong winds and danger. I agree. It is more important than ever now that there are lots of semi-dead horse chestnut trees about with brittle branches. One of my neighbours had a 30' tree snap in two on Monday - narrowly missing their house. The mature oaks I can see from home have survived unscathed despite being in a very exposed position and swaying like crazy on the day (whole tree that is not just the branches). As I posted in another thread, my wife had a problem travelling from Macclesfield to London by train on Monday as the line was closed for a while due to a fallen tree. It doesn't bear thinking about what might happen if one of the high speed Virgin trains ran into a fallen tree. There's not much the train companies can do when they receive a gale warning, other than run the trains much more slowly than usual, which they don't. When my wife eventually got a train on Monday it ran at the normal speed. I suppose the answer would be to cut down all the trees bordering the railway lines but I can't see that ever happening. Makes you think, though. -- Norman Lynagh Tideswell, Derbyshire 303m a.s.l. |
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On Sep 14, 10:49*am, "Ken Cook" wrote:
The local man killed by a falling tree in Monday's gale was well known to me. It certainly brings home another side of severe weather when something like this happens. Was the Met Office right to issue gale warnings? Ask ordinary folk here and you will be told in no uncertain terms. They don't know what the official terms of a gale are and aren't particularly interested, but they do know that a gale warning means damage, strong winds and danger. The warnings were well in advance and spot on, they usually are here. Imagine the repercussions in these parts if there had been no warnings. Most of our population are not weather nuts and welcome warnings of gales, snow, ice etc. Ken Copley, Teesdale My thoughts exactly. The fault lies with newspapers mainly for taking an maximum and making it a mean. brian aberfeldy |
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Brian in Aberfeldy wrote:
On Sep 14, 10:49 am, "Ken Cook" wrote: The local man killed by a falling tree in Monday's gale was well known to me. It certainly brings home another side of severe weather when something like this happens. Was the Met Office right to issue gale warnings? Ask ordinary folk here and you will be told in no uncertain terms. They don't know what the official terms of a gale are and aren't particularly interested, but they do know that a gale warning means damage, strong winds and danger. The warnings were well in advance and spot on, they usually are here. Imagine the repercussions in these parts if there had been no warnings. Most of our population are not weather nuts and welcome warnings of gales, snow, ice etc. Ken Copley, Teesdale My thoughts exactly. The fault lies with newspapers mainly for taking an maximum and making it a mean. brian aberfeldy ------------------------ The forecasts I saw and warnings seemed about right on this occasion. I drove from London to Liverpool on Monday and there were a few trucks swerving about. (They never heed any warnings do they?). They always said Scotland and the very north of England would bear the brunt. Dave |
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On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 at 07:06:27, haaark wrote
in uk.sci.weather : The MO did get it right without going OTT. An amber warning , not red, was the right one. Makes you wonder just what it would take for a Red warning, though! -- Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me) |
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![]() "Ken Cook" wrote in message ... The local man killed by a falling tree in Monday's gale was well known to me. It certainly brings home another side of severe weather when something like this happens. Was the Met Office right to issue gale warnings? Ask ordinary folk here and you will be told in no uncertain terms. They don't know what the official terms of a gale are and aren't particularly interested, but they do know that a gale warning means damage, strong winds and danger. The warnings were well in advance and spot on, they usually are here. Imagine the repercussions in these parts if there had been no warnings. Most of our population are not weather nuts and welcome warnings of gales, snow, ice etc. Ken Copley, Teesdale Well said Ken. If the temperature inversion had been lower and close to the summits the lee gusts would have been even stronger! It's alway hard for us enthusiasts to put ourselves in the mindset of the general public, so to get feedback is always good. Cheers, Will -- |
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