It is still snowing in the Sidlaws. All outdoors life has ceased. We're
under about a foot of snow, I think, and yet more is coming down.

Yet the Met Office page is still warning me to "Be prepared". How bad
do things have to be before the orange turns red and I have to take
action?

Not, though, that there is now any action I could take.

--

Trevor
Snowed in Lundie, near Dundee
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/

"Trevor Harley" wrote in message
news:2010112817063316807-taharley@dundeeacuk...
It is still snowing in the Sidlaws. All outdoors life has ceased. We're
under about a foot of snow, I think, and yet more is coming down.

Yet the Met Office page is still warning me to "Be prepared". How bad do
things have to be before the orange turns red and I have to take action?

Not, though, that there is now any action I could take.


Don't forget to "wrap up warm" out and about Trevor.
I don't know, a wincy bit of snow and you Scots don't know what to do
runs for the door quick

Eskimo Will
--

On 28/11/2010 17:06, Trevor Harley wrote:
It is still snowing in the Sidlaws. All outdoors life has ceased. We're
under about a foot of snow, I think, and yet more is coming down.

Yet the Met Office page is still warning me to "Be prepared". How bad do
things have to be before the orange turns red and I have to take action?

Not, though, that there is now any action I could take.


Dunde city buses all off the road now according to Tay FM (Suprised they
struggled on that long). Main roads in Dundee itself only usable with
extreme care. Had to help a neighbour get a car just a few yards to the
main road.

I think they'll wait until the power fails and then tell us to take
action :-)

Trevor Harley wrote:
It is still snowing in the Sidlaws. All outdoors life has ceased. We're
under about a foot of snow, I think, and yet more is coming down.

Yet the Met Office page is still warning me to "Be prepared". How bad do
things have to be before the orange turns red and I have to take action?

Not, though, that there is now any action I could take.

+-----------------
Good luck Trevor! Any SOS's can be sent via here :-(
Dave

On Nov 28, 5:06*pm, Trevor Harley wrote:
It is still snowing in the Sidlaws. All outdoors life has ceased. We're
under about a foot of snow, I think, and yet more is coming down.

Yet the Met Office page is still warning me to "Be prepared". How bad
do things have to be before the orange turns red and I have to take
action?

Not, though, that there is now any action I could take.

--

Trevor
Snowed in Lundie, near Dundeehttp://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/

we should be red here too.

I pity anyone who has taken to the roads in the last 4 hours and is
trying to get back.

On 2010-11-28 17:15:09 +0000, "Will Hand" said

"Trevor Harley" wrote in message
news:2010112817063316807-taharley@dundeeacuk...
It is still snowing in the Sidlaws. All outdoors life has ceased. We're
under about a foot of snow, I think, and yet more is coming down.
Yet the Met Office page is still warning me to "Be prepared". How bad
do things have to be before the orange turns red and I have to take
action?
Not, though, that there is now any action I could take.
runs for the door quick

If the doors opened outwards here that wouldn't do you much good.

Thanks for the update about Dundee buses. I'm amazed anything is moving
out there, although I often find Dundee centre is a different world
compared with here, ten miles out in the country.

I do wonder when it stops snowing (which doesn't look like being in the
near future) how much it will help. With this cold going on the snow
isn't going anywhere much quickly, even with gritters, ploughs, and our
friendly local farmer.

If this were the SE it would be the apocalypse.

--

Trevor
Frozen and snowed in in Lundie, near Dundee, elev. 185 m
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/

On 28/11/2010 17:06, Trevor Harley wrote:
It is still snowing in the Sidlaws. All outdoors life has ceased. We're
under about a foot of snow, I think, and yet more is coming down.

Yet the Met Office page is still warning me to "Be prepared". How bad do
things have to be before the orange turns red and I have to take action?

Not, though, that there is now any action I could take.



I share most of the group's belief that UKMO's warning system is pretty
dumbed now and generally annoying in the amount of false warnings they
put out. We've had days of warnings for possible snow in West Sussex
(inlcuded in the SE warnings)and yet it was pretty clear that it was
going to amount to nothing...

However, it right that the warnings for your area are still classed as
"Be prepared" because what is a happening is a slow, progressive, change
in the weather - ie you have snow and you are getting more.
I would a expect a "Take Action" warning when there is a sudden and
significant change in the weather which is about to happen. An example I
would use for this are the "EMERGENCY" Warnings which are issued from
time to time....

On Nov 28, 6:30*pm, Jolly Roger wrote:
On 28/11/2010 17:06, Trevor Harley wrote:

It is still snowing in the Sidlaws. All outdoors life has ceased. We're
under about a foot of snow, I think, and yet more is coming down.

Yet the Met Office page is still warning me to "Be prepared". How bad do
things have to be before the orange turns red and I have to take action?

Not, though, that there is now any action I could take.

I share most of the group's belief that UKMO's warning system is pretty
dumbed now and generally annoying in the amount of false warnings they
put out. We've had days of warnings for possible snow in West Sussex
(inlcuded in the SE warnings)and yet it was pretty clear that it was
going to amount to nothing...

However, it right that the warnings for your area are still classed as
"Be prepared" because what is a happening is a slow, progressive, change
in the weather - ie you have snow and you are getting more.
I would a expect a "Take Action" warning when there is a sudden and
significant change in the weather which is about to happen. An example I
would use for this are the "EMERGENCY" Warnings which are issued from
time to time....

We had one of those Emergency warnings for the Blizzard in late
February 2001. It came when all roads were already blocked for several
hours. I think the number of times they've been issued could be
counted on one hand. Brian and Trevor may get one later - when it's a
bit too late. It would have been justified in this instance I think.

Alex