"Dave.C" wrote in message
k...
Point well made Brendan. Unfortunately it's "the cover your back" society
we
live in these days.

Dave

*sigh*.

I can assure you and Brendan that much agonising goes on before these
warnings "of events that are likely to lead to *disruption*" are issued and
during the subsequent update process. To suggest that the duty chief
forecaster issues them to cover their backs is, to put it frankly, utter
twaddle.

Jon.