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I'm happy to be
proved wrong, but my perception is that people in the UK (more likely
south of Scotland) have little concept of adapting their behaviour to
the weather conditions.


Is that because the Scots are inherently more intelligent, or that they have more experience of poor conditions?

If it's the latter than it's worth pointing out that the south has it's fair of bad weather. Gwennap Head in Cornwall is the windiest lowland spot in England & Wales. I would call this bad http://www.sennen-cove.com/ts06.htm. Also there is an argument the familiarity breeds contempt.

It's up to people to use common sense, and take some responsibilty for their decisions. Warnings etc. are fine for extreme conditions, but spending valuable weather forecast time telling the audience it will feel warmer out of the wind, or it's a good day to take the dog for a walk in the park (yes, that's a real example) or that rain might cause spray is pure madness.

I'm with Tudor on this.

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On 18/09/2013 09:42, Graham Easterling wrote:
I'm happy to be
proved wrong, but my perception is that people in the UK (more likely
south of Scotland) have little concept of adapting their behaviour to
the weather conditions.


Is that because the Scots are inherently more intelligent, or that they have more experience of poor conditions?

If it's the latter than it's worth pointing out that the south has it's fair of bad weather. Gwennap Head in Cornwall is the windiest lowland spot in England & Wales. I would call this bad http://www.sennen-cove.com/ts06.htm. Also there is an argument the familiarity breeds contempt.

It's up to people to use common sense, and take some responsibilty for their decisions. Warnings etc. are fine for extreme conditions, but spending valuable weather forecast time telling the audience it will feel warmer out of the wind, or it's a good day to take the dog for a walk in the park (yes, that's a real example) or that rain might cause spray is pure madness.

I'm with Tudor on this.

Graham



I agree. The MO should save the warnings for real emergencies caused by
the weather. Otherwise, it desensitises people to really bad weather.

The problem with so many inane warnings in this country, is that the
people are stuck between the deep blue sea, of greedy solicitors with
compensation culture, and the fires of hell with hand holding lefties.

Joe
Wolverhampton.

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On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:42:40 -0700 (PDT), Graham Easterling
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It's up to people to use common sense, and take some responsibilty for their decisions. Warnings etc. are fine for extreme conditions, but spending valuable weather forecast time telling the audience it will feel warmer out of the wind, or it's a good day to take the dog for a walk in the park (yes, that's a real example) or that rain might cause spray is pure madness.

I'm with Tudor on this.


So am I.

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"Graham Easterling" wrote in message
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I'm happy to be
proved wrong, but my perception is that people in the UK (more likely
south of Scotland) have little concept of adapting their behaviour to
the weather conditions.


Is that because the Scots are inherently more intelligent, or that they have
more experience of poor conditions?

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

With a foot in both camps, I don't think it is because the Scots are more
intelligent, but I do think that it is because they have more experience of
bad weather. Here in England, when a couple of millimetres of snow falls,
every one drives at 20 mph. In Scotland, when two centimetres of snow
falls, then people think "That is less than an inch. I am Scottish so I can
cope with that"! Famous last words :-(

Cheers, Alastair.




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