Weather

[exile]

And yet the weather forecasters tell us that they cannot attribute anything specifically to global warming/climate change. The number of storms is not exceptional. The stacking of storms one behind another is normal for winter.

So please can anyone explain,
as a youngster I don't remember ever having the school closed for bad weather.
we had power cuts but they rarely lasted more then 2 hours and certainly not 11 days.
the trains ran; the buses ran
no one shut bridges
if it rained hard we got wet
if the wind was strong we got cold
life went on as normal.

What has changed?

Loss of local services. How far away was your school from home? How far is it nowadays? Ditto things like power stations and gas works.

Trains - electric pantographs vs steam

Liability - fear of little darlings slipping on an icy playground and being sued.

etc

It was a 1 mile walk to school. The previous year it was about half a mile further Just started at secondary school) - unlike today where you have to be driven 400m.


In fairness to Blaze I do remember that there were some train problems on the day after Boxing Day with the electric third rail being iced up leading to a reduced and slower service. This led to questions about whether the entire rail system should shut down on Boxing Day - which included all ancillary and maintenance staff. Literally no one in BR worked on Boxing Day up to then.

[MAD87]

I remember '62. There was snow or slush hangin' around in London until May.

[Char]

The sun has had his hat on all day so far, it's cold probably because there are no clouds to keep the warmth in. We're off out to give the little 'un some fresh air and exercise in the sunshine, 'tis much nicer than exercising in the rain. Mind you I do enjoy jumping in the puddles with her.

[Sparkle]

Still windy this morning and raining but overnight the wind got up and this morning the bird feeders had been blown off the trees!

[Pathca]

Third storm in a week,we are now on Franklyn. It’s very windy,having been bad all night and there’s been some flooding too

[exile]

Somewhat breezy here with things that were not tied down deciding to fly around the garden. I am a bit surprised that the departements all around are on yellow alert for strong winds but we remain on green as an island in the yellow.

[Bayleaf]

Got a bit windy in the night (really must cut out the baked beans! )

Lovely and sunny first thing this morning - but as I watch the weather by the hour pretty much, knew that was going to be short lived.

The wind is now kicking up, and the dark grey clouds are rolling in .....

[Char]

Hail hail and more hail.

[Blaze]

It's been blowing a hooley here for the last couple of days, non-stop. Last night it continued with very strong gusts at about 4h30 this morning (we woke up when the window slammed shut) and it's still going this afternoon But it's not cold - it was 8°C at 8am when I went to work this morning.

[Bayleaf]

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