On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 23:30:01 -0000, "Paul Freeman"
wrote:

I'm sure there were more than just a "few" who broke sweat in these
conditions - I doubt if you are in the minority..

8 hour commutes in Birmingham. Glad I did not need an emergency
vehicle last night!

Yet there is hardly any snow! Its the ice that was the killer -
roads desalted by the thunderstorm that fell as rain on the leading
edge of the front.

Richard Webb

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 09:41:02 GMT, (RJ
Webb) wrote:

Hope all is going well. Best wishes for a fast recovery.

I'm not unwell, you've misthreaded.

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow.
Overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland.
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"Dougie" wrote in message
...
Fortunately - for the 12 year old kid turning blue with an asthamatic
attack - my service provided me with a 4x4 vehicle which allowed us to get
oxygen and a nebuliser in time to save her life....

I hope you all think snow is fun.

I'm sure I'm one of the few who broke a sweat in these conditions.

Just making the point.

And a very good point it is too.

No, not fun. But what was inexcusable is that given the seven day warning
of the snow - a superb forecast - and the immediate run-up to the blizzard,
the road authorities failed us yet again. I wonder just how many people
died because the ambulances couldn't get through due to the total
incompetence of those responsible for organising (?) the gritters.

Hardly mentioned in all the general chaos, but the M11 again ground to a
standstill on Wednesday afternoon and evening. I had naively believed that
the so-called "authorities" were ready this time. I spent 6 hours on what
is normally a one hour journey. And there was less than 5 cms of snow.

Snow might look pretty, but it's a killer and we must never forget that in
all the excitement.

Jack

"Dougie" wrote here on 28 Jan
2004:

Fortunately - for the 12 year old kid turning blue with an
asthamatic attack - my service provided me with a 4x4 vehicle
which allowed us to get oxygen and a nebuliser in time to save her
life....

I hope you all think snow is fun.

I'm sure I'm one of the few who broke a sweat in these conditions.

Just making the point.

Well... in the first place, I'm delighted that the girl was okay, of
course. In the second, though, this is a group to discuss the
weather, rather than alt.support.asthma , so I do think it's a little
unfair to complain when people talk about weather!

Not that it's anything like as severe, but as it happens I was caught
out medically yesterday as well. I was wearing my thick fleece for a
change (and a good decision that was!), but had forgotten to transfer
my Tegretol tablets (I'm epileptic) into them, so given that it took
five hours to get home, was very overdue for that evening's dose.

True, it's rare that that would lead to a fit on its own, but it
might have done, and yes, I worried about it for a while. I still
wouldn't have preferred not to have the snow, though.

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On 29 Jan 2004 10:56:34 GMT, David Buttery
wrote:

"Dougie" wrote here on 28 Jan
2004:



Not that it's anything like as severe, but as it happens I was caught
out medically yesterday as well. I was wearing my thick fleece for a
change (and a good decision that was!), but had forgotten to transfer
my Tegretol tablets (I'm epileptic) into them, so given that it took
five hours to get home, was very overdue for that evening's dose.

I'm diabetic and I always keep a Mars bar or something in the car - I needed it
last night. I also had a strong desire to create some yellow snow whilst stuck
in the gridlock - I just about managed it home !

JPG


True, it's rare that that would lead to a fit on its own, but it
might have done, and yes, I worried about it for a while. I still
wouldn't have preferred not to have the snow, though.

"JPG" wrote in message
...
On 29 Jan 2004 10:56:34 GMT, David Buttery

wrote:

"Dougie" wrote here on 28 Jan
2004:



Not that it's anything like as severe, but as it happens I was caught
out medically yesterday as well. I was wearing my thick fleece for a
change (and a good decision that was!), but had forgotten to transfer
my Tegretol tablets (I'm epileptic) into them, so given that it took
five hours to get home, was very overdue for that evening's dose.

I'm diabetic and I always keep a Mars bar or something in the car - I
needed it
last night. I also had a strong desire to create some yellow snow whilst
stuck
in the gridlock - I just about managed it home !

JPG

As am I and aswell as that, I always keep a 3 month advance supply of
insulin in the fridge so that I will not run out on an average snowy day in
January - or even a 1963/79 type winter, or when delivery/production issues
may cause temporary supply problems.

Perhaps the Parents/Guardians of the girl above should take this into
account rather than blaming everyone for enjoying a particular type of
weather which last a day or two and was extremely well forecast in advance.

Cold weather/snow causes me no problems directly, hot weather is a different
matter. Last summer was NOT pleasant for me.

--
Pete

Please take my dog out twice to e-mail

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On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 00:10:49 +0000 (UTC), "Andrew Bond"
wrote:

What were we (as forecasters) supposed to do? change the weather? Did this
12 y/o adhere to the warnings in place since last Monday?

You're sick.

"Jack Harrison" wrote in message
...

Snow might look pretty, but it's a killer and we must never forget that in
all the excitement.

So are all types of weather.

The next time you are enjoying a hot & sunny day, remember that
somebody somewhere will be getting skin cancer.

The next time you admire a cumulonimbus cloud from afar
remember that somebody could well be skidding off a wet road
to crash and die.

The next time you are impressed at a high rainfall total remember
that somebody could have been drowned in a flood.

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk

"Pete B" wrote in message
news:4018f855$0$918$9b0f33e3@clyde...

Perhaps the Parents/Guardians of the girl above should take this into
account rather than blaming everyone for enjoying a particular type of
weather which last a day or two and was extremely well forecast in advance.


Thank goodness he had a gas-guzzling 4X4 on standby, the likes of
which probably contributed to the athsma attack in the first place.

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk

"Col" wrote in message
...

"Pete B" wrote in message
news:4018f855$0$918$9b0f33e3@clyde...

Perhaps the Parents/Guardians of the girl above should take this into
account rather than blaming everyone for enjoying a particular type of
weather which last a day or two and was extremely well forecast in
advance.


Thank goodness he had a gas-guzzling 4X4 on standby, the likes of
which probably contributed to the athsma attack in the first place.

ARF !!!!!