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Old December 5th 13, 05:58 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 11:53:22 PM UTC, wrote:
On 04/12/2013 23:41, Adam Lea wrote:

On 04/12/2013 21:31, Joe Egginton wrote:


So it's "Be prepared" for strong winds tomorrow. None of us can change


the weather. Heaven help if it goes up to Meto's Defcon 1 "TAKE


ACTION!". Does the MetO expect people to have a day off, and reinforce


fence panels, climb onto the roof, to secure chimneys from collapsing,


or maybe shore up large trees from falling down?




Secure loose objects, avoid exposed routes if driving a high sided


vehicle, expect travel disruption so plan for longer


journeys/alternative routes, avoid the immediate seafront due to


dangerous battering waves. I'm sure people can think of other things.




It is not about "changing the weather" it is about anticipating the


problems that such weather will bring and planning contingency measures.






That's all obvious and plain common sense.


And how exactly, without meteorology and the fantastic advances in weather forecasting, spearheaded by the MetO, would you know when to exercise common sense?

Are you mad?