On Feb 11, 2:37*pm, Dave Cornwell wrote:
Alastair McDonald wrote:
"Dave Cornwell" wrote in message
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Lawrence13 wrote:
That many *who are very protective *and *non critical of UKMO's ludicrous
warning codswallop are less forgiving if the same same stuff comes from a
Mr Corbyn. It's as if they are caught in No Man's Land.

Me? I think they are both way OTT; the only redeeming feature for Piers
is that he isn't handicapped by H&S madness and Political Correctness..
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The thing I don't get is why ruin what was an excellent actual forecast
for most with warnings that are exaggerated. It was marginal, it did snow
where and when they said it would but to quote what I said yesterday on
here :-"I think they don't really need to act as concerned as they are
though, because surely even if they get the regions and amounts wrong
nowhere is going to see disruption for long? It isn't really going to be
that cold in subsequent days is it? "
To me it is the warnings that are always the weak point.
Dave, S.Essex
(Mind you my step was a bit slippy with the slush on it when I went out to
look just now )

I think the point that both of you are missing is that the Met Offie has to
warn of the worst case, not what you personally will experience. For me in
Dorset, those warnings of snow were ridiculous since all we got was heavy
rain, but where the snow did fall it would only take one jack-knived lorry
to block a major trunk road and cause chaos.

But then we always were a nation of whinging poms, so I don't expect
anything I write will change that :-(

Cheers, Alastair.

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I'm not missing the point, I get that - it seems you a are. The problem
is people only see what they want to. Like you with my post. There was
not a hint of whinging. I made a lot of effort to point out how good the
forecast part of the warning was.
It is the generalised custard warnings and banging on about travel
disruption which didn't happen and wasn't going to happen, at least not
to the extent of justifying it.You will find that there are lots of jack
knifed lorries every day on dry roads and it it causes the same problems
but no warning every day for that is there? We are concerned that when
we do get a severe spell the non weather enthusiast public will take it
with a pinch of what will be on the roads.
Dave

There was certainly some travel disruption in and around Oxford this
morning due to jack-knifed lorries. One in particular closing the
northbound A34 at the busy Peartree interchange for several hours.
This is a major route between the Midlands and the south coast ports,
and the effects would have been even worse were it not for the local
schools being on half term. Also some buses were unable to serve local
rural routes this morning, including here in Charlbury.
On another point, the 'Be aware' custard warning for snow does not
imply as much widespread disruption as you appear to think. It
specifically says 'only localised travel disruption. Problems mostly
confined to usual prone areas. Journeys through affected areas may
take longer than normal'. Its a low impact warning.


Dick Lovett