To ask if you've made any plans ahead of the Storm tonight?

Only a wind warning here (SW) but it starting to pick up already.

Any snow forecast now downgraded to boring rain which will not stop me from having to go to work tomorrow so I’m very put out

i went out yesterday and got essentials such as bread eggs, milk and toilet roll. Made a massive stew in my slow cooker and am going to make a chicken curry tomorrow so that is plenty of food , Very cold here but no sign of the storm as yet

It does make me laugh when people can’t see an issue outside their only little village or city without considering those posters who might actually be impacted by the storm and their dismissals of, well I’m alright so the rest of you must be simply dramatic type replies. As long as you’re ok thats ok then 👌

We are expecting heavy rain and I have a dyke outside my house which can be prone to flooding so potentially sand bags but otherwise ready, hope everyone, homes, businesses etc are ok

We're expecting wind and rain, so situation normal. We may get snow in the early hours of Saturday.

You probably don’t need to make any plans then. Or respond to the thread!

I have shopping delivered on a Friday but last time there was a bit of snow, Sainsbury's cancelled it and will probably do the dame tomorrow. So I went out and did the shopping this afternoon and cancelled my Sainsbury's order. I'm retired so don't have work to worry about. If it's very wet tomorrow or snowy I'll have a lie-in and a PJ day.

There’s not going to be a storm where I am

I bought snowshoes for the grandkids. Everything crossed for snow not bloody rain now.

It's blowing a hoolie here (SE Cornwall) and raining quite hard, but the wind is expected to drop by midnight. There will be falling trees, and there was a lot of water on the roads earlier. Just hoping the tree across the road doesn't fall in our direction.

Luckily the 1987 storm happened overnight, when most people were safely tucked up in bed. If it had struck in the day while people were out and about, it would have been a much worse story.

Many changes were made as a result to ensure we could better predict another storm like that, so even then it was recognised we needed to be better prepared.

@Netcurtainnelly Yep - i’ve changed plans. Was supposed to be travelling back from East Midlands to London this evening (leaving about 8.30/9 pm) - am just about to arrive in London about 5-6 hours ahead of schedule. My dad’s done his big shop 24 hours early also.

I agree schools did close for snow in the 70s and 80s. I remember having lots of snow days as a child

Met office have issued a red wind warning for West Cornwall area, with danger to life.

Yep - i’ve changed plans. Was supposed to be travelling from East Midlands to London this evening (leaving about 8.30/9 pm) - am just about to arrive in London about 5-6 hours ahead of schedule.

Nowt wrong with forward planning. We used to live on high ground. Snow, wind, power cuts not unusual. We had a log burner, generator, candles, torches and oil lamps.

My freezer is full of so much cr@p, it will be a good excuse to finally eat all the weird stuff that’s been in there for ages.

We live in on the edge of a small town though so I’d be surprised if I couldn’t get something in the shops and it’s mostly raining at the moment.

No. Even in an amber warning the real snow will be on higher ground which we aren’t.

Its likely to be a few inches for most people - or just sleet.

In the red weather zone, have charged power banks and dug out the candles just in case, cursing not having a flask but will manage if there are power cuts. Apparently we are getting a government emergency warning at 5pm. I think I'd rather be facing snow.

My area of Scotland had a red warning last year. Most of the village had no power for 3 days, some didn't get power back for 5 days.

For those in that area it makes sense to be prepared, so you can hunker down safely inside. Make sure you have everything charges, power banks ready, new batteries in torches etc.

Blankets at the ready - and keep in touch with elderly or immobile neighbours. We were extremely cold last year with no power.

We were forecast snow in the yellow area but it looks more like rain now

Maybe you're used to heavy snow?
Where I am it rarely snows so it really helps to be prepared when it does.
(Also, I was a child in the 70s/80s and schools definitely did close)

It’s not scaremongering or panicking to listen to the news, shop a day early or ask if anyone is making any adjustments, that’s just being an adult. I’m just expecting a little snow here, but all three school have messaged today with warnings of closures and how to find information on them. I’ve a food shop coming tomorrow which I hope will still arrive, but I grabbed milk and some snacks whilst I was in town just in case.

Yep. These people are always the first to complain and expect someone else to solve it for them!

Most of the time it’s not even panic buying, it’s that supermarkets run a really lean stocking model and even mildly changed behaviour (such as people in numbers buying one extra loaf of bread) can disrupt their supply, especially when delivery lorries are unable to get to the stores to restock. Our local store was very sparse but that’s because they couldn’t get deliveries and everyone in the village was shopping there because no one could get out, not because anyone was panic buying anything.

Im aware of that, what I meant was most posters are saying where they're from and reporting back what the weather is like, and one poster had the cheek to say they're on the South coast, and right on cue we have the "we're not all down South" poster.