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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. Graham |
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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
wrote: 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. -- Alan White Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent. By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland. Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather |
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![]() "Graham Easterling" wrote in message ... 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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