"David Buttery" schreef in bericht
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: On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:09:27 +0000, Dave Cornwell wrote:
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: They do a similar thing here Ken - they give a warning for Essex, then
: have a separate warning for Thurrock, which is just a district in the
: south of the County. I've never understood why it is singled out. Dave
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: It's because the warning system is based on top-level local authorities.
: Since Thurrock is a unitary authority, it gets its own region. This is
: done inflexibly, so that - for example - Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
: are two different warning areas, whereas the vast Highland area cannot be
: subdivided. I'm not really a fan of doing it this way, but am not sure
: what alternatives (if any) exist that would be immediately recognised by
: the general public

Are the warnings not produced in this way because the local authorities have
the power and responsibility to take some sort of action ? If, for
example, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire are each responsible separately for
road gritting in their areas, they will need to be warned separately of
weather conditions that will require gritting to be organised and carried
out.

Colin Youngs
Brussels