On Jan 15, 2:24*pm, Dave Cornwell wrote:
Adam Lea wrote:
On 15/01/12 13:56, Tony Kenyon wrote:
Am I the only one who finds all this nonsense on the Met Office website
and the Gov website incredibly irritating?

For those who don't know what I'm on about there has appeared on the Met
Office website an amber alert for a 90% probability of severe cold
weather in most of eastern England in the next day or so, with "daytime
maxima no higher than 3 or 4 degrees Celsius". Note not minus 3 or 4 but
plus 3 or 4!!

This is apparently bad for your health and could "disrupt the delivery
of services". How FFS!?

Probably something to do with the tens of thousands of excess deaths
caused by cold weather every year in the UK.

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I know what you are saying Adam but surely even those vulnerable people
are aware it is cold. These things are surely for the Social and Welfare
services to deal with rather than the UKMO. I think the point Tony is
making is that it really isn't that cold. You might just as well issue a
warning in November and say the next season is Winter, wrap up well and
turn up the heating.

Because you take such pains to treat me as if I am only a little mad I
am going to refrain from calling you a stupid dick-head this time.
Even so I feel constrained to point out that even Drewellish, with his
limited budget, wouldn't come out with such vanities.

Here is something a touched irresponsyblight has prepared earlier
children:
http://my.opera.com/Weatherlawyer/al...ture=140257672