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To tell everyone to calm the fuck down?

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MumboJumboo · 28/02/2018 19:39

This is all the snow where I live and everyone’s got their knickers in a twist! Talks of possible school closures and one of the departments in my husbands work have been told to take Friday off because of the “adverse weather” 😂😂😂

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BrrImBloodyFreezing · 02/03/2018 07:33

I've woken to a sheet of ice on the outside of my north-facing bedroom window. The snow has turned to freezing rain overnight (as forecast). I'm in my fifties and have lived all over the UK from the east of Scotland to the south west of England and I've not experienced this sort of freezing rain outside of a trip to North America. Admittedly we're not quite into full on ice storm territory (where the power lines end up iced and collapsing) but I've certainly no intention of going outside.

BrrImBloodyFreezing · 02/03/2018 07:39

(Should clarify -outside because it's freezing rain i.e. supercooled water which freezes on impact, not the sort of frost feathers on the inside I remember from my childhood).

Lizzie48 · 02/03/2018 07:40

I agree, @StripySocksAndDocs I've been thinking that too. It really has felt like 'The Day After Tomorrow'. Especially as apparently there's been snow on the beach on La Cote D'Azure. (We have a 19 year old au pair who lives in Menton.)

Lizzie48 · 02/03/2018 07:45

I agree with you all about the OP. You should be prepared to come on here and admit it when you're wrong. Grin

OhYouBadBadKitten · 02/03/2018 08:18

I expect Mumbo is regretting this thread.

BrrImBloodyFreezing · 02/03/2018 08:39

Was OP in Somerset or Wiltshire? Here's hoping she's not stuck on the A303.

Corblimeyguv · 02/03/2018 08:42

Not RTFT, but the point I would make to you OP is that if you’re from the north of Scotland then you’ll be familiar with the A9, and how quickly conditions can close in.

Weather predictions are precisely that- predictions. If the authorities in your area had done nothing and people had died then there would be senior officials having to answer for that decision in Court. And sometimes people overprepare and panic a bit. I would much prefer that to complacency, wouldn’t you?

I trudged into a meeting on Wednesday in awful conditions, and nearly turned back as I was worried about getting home. Someone else actually had turned back. Cue a snide remark from someone there about people overreacting. I pointed out that the colleague lived halfway up a mountain and probably needed to get home to get family ASAP. I was absolutely right, if she had left it any longer then she could have been in real trouble.

I don’t think it’s helpful to laugh at people for taking weather warnings seriously.

speakout · 02/03/2018 08:44

So happy that I have managed to dig my car out after 3 days.

Now getting it out of the driveway may be a different matter!!

LinesInTheSnow · 02/03/2018 10:25

The OP said she was Hants/Wilts, so not that far from where the army have been deployed to the A31. That area is due more snow and freezing rain later, I think, so they're trying to get those families safe asap.

But I doubt Flouncey Willis will be back.

AlpacaLypse · 02/03/2018 10:38

OP was from somewhere not far from me. Our town is cut off by drifting snow on the chalk downs and ice on the steep hills down into our valley. Someone posted on FB this morning footage of people snowboarding down the main north south road, zig zagging past the abandoned stuck lorries.

gabsdot · 02/03/2018 10:45

I live in Dublin and we have been advised not to go anywhere since Wednesday We most of the country had a curfew form 4pm yesterday until noon today. Everything is closed.
But we had had no serious accidents or fatalities apart from a dog who died after being left outside.
Maybe it's over kill but lives have probably been saved. It's better to be safe than sorry.

SootyandMathew · 02/03/2018 10:56

Hope everyone is ok in Ireland, especially Syripy. Still not convinced the whole country had to close down, but TG no life's lost and that's the most important thing.

Hope things are improving in Britain too and everyone is safe and warm.

whatalifethisis · 02/03/2018 11:01

OP are you buried under an avalanche?

abilockhart · 02/03/2018 11:34

MumboJumboo has certainly disappeared.

Maybe she is one of the motorists trapped on roads in the area?

abilockhart · 02/03/2018 11:45

I trudged into a meeting on Wednesday in awful conditions, and nearly turned back as I was worried about getting home. Someone else actually had turned back. Cue a snide remark from someone there about people overreacting. I pointed out that the colleague lived halfway up a mountain and probably needed to get home to get family ASAP. I was absolutely right, if she had left it any longer then she could have been in real trouble.

Same here. I also trudged into work in to work yesterday in my snow boots for a meeting that could just as easily been held over Skype. In fact, it would be more productive for everyone if it was done online.

I've now heard one was stuck for several hours on the way home. It was completely unnecessary that some travelled quite a distance by car to make the meeting. Madness.

StripySocksAndDocs · 02/03/2018 11:57

The keep in a shelter curfew has ended in Ireland.

Shops are opening again (such as Lidl, they are opening certain stores depending on road condition. My local main roads are fairly impassable with snowdrifts. Might have a walk around the estate in a bit to stave off cabin fever!!

Not sure what you can do about those insisting on traveling by car. There are some that will always thing their journey is 'essential' even when it isnt.

PNGirl · 02/03/2018 12:44

Laughing re incredulity at "panic buying". Our Asda ran out of milk yesterday. Where do you think their next delivery is coming from, green and white-branded helicopter drops?

People on my husband's line to work here in the SW were trapped on a train with no power overnight. I'm sure they were overreacting under their foil blankets.

Oysterbabe · 02/03/2018 12:49

I picked up an extra big bottle of milk when I went to the the shops on Wednesday. Now we still have plenty of milk for my toddler and the shops don't have any as no deliveries.
Why was that a ridiculous thing to do again?

SnowBusinessLikeSlowBusiness · 02/03/2018 12:51

I bought extra milk yesterday, and a few more things than normal. Because the shops closed right after I did, are closed today, and we probably won't be able to get there tomorrow even if they are open.
So how is that "panic buying" exactly?

PortiaCastis · 02/03/2018 12:56

Folk should look at the news and see the lorries stuck in drifts or on the motorways overnight and consider the fact that food is on those lorries and also can retail staff get to work. Yep these things should be noted before attacking panic buying and obviously I hope everyone is safe. Got no water here but maybe I should calm the fuck down

PNGirl · 02/03/2018 12:58

Juat for clarity I was responding to a prior post asking why people would panic buy. Forgot.to quote.

mikeyssister · 02/03/2018 15:22

Stripy I take it all back. My local shop couldn't get a delivery of skinny milk and I've none left. This is an absolute disaster.

NO-ONE IS TAKING IT SERIOUSLY ENOUGH

On the other hand I do have chocolate.

Estrelizia · 02/03/2018 15:53

I'm in Devon and we have a thick layer of ice on top of six inches of snow today after yesterdays blizzard ,its absolutely lethal to walk on . I work in a supermarket and was supposed to work yesterday evening but didn't go in as I live up a really steep hill and felt very nervous about driving on the ungritted roads (although I live in the middle of town) ,the nearest bus is a mile away and it would take too long to walk to work as it is about 2 miles away . I am conscious of the fact that some staff who live further away will have got there so I will probably be in the bad books when I next go in but everyone has to make their own decision on this and I was not prepared to risk my health and car to do 3 hours shelf filling at NMW. I do remember 62/63 and don't remember the sorts of weather related problems that happen nowadays but back then people tended to work nearer home and not commute and most people did not have cars so bussed or walked if needed .

aspoonfulofyourownmedicine · 02/03/2018 16:49

I'm regretted not buying the snow shovel that my dad told me to buy 'just in case'. Haha. Everytime we went in the same shop he told me to buy one and keep it in the shed, me, well why would I want more clutter crammed in the shed................

Now I need a damn snow shovel as my car needs dug out. Bollocks. Hmm

Today is a bit better, DH managed to get to work as our metro system is working a bit better (hats off to their staff working 12 hour shifts shovelling the snow from the tracks in these temps). I've been in all day as I don't have to be anywhere, we've got enough food and supplies for the rest of the weekend so a snow day again with DS. I don't mind being in the house for hours on end, as I always find something to occupy me for a while.

Anyway - high five to all those who go out of their way to help. The Greggs driver who handed out all the stock on his van to motorists stranded on the A1 to the care workers who are still going out on foot and the nurses sleeping over in hospitals away from their families. The generosity, kindness and general helpfulness of everyone is outstanding. Well done!

Tawdrylocalbrouhaha · 02/03/2018 16:50

Spoonful text your dad and tell him he was right - it'll make his day!

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