To tell everyone to calm the fuck down?

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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” 😂😂😂

I think the department that has taken an early decision is really sensible both for employees and business. people can plan to take work home with them, finish urgent jobs and let clients know that they won't be around on Friday. No one will have to battle or make a dangerous journey in only to find the boss has decided to close. Really helps parents as well if they know childcare won't be a problem if school is closed.

We are on red alert here in Scotland, and rightly so. It's a bit eerie as there are so few people and cars about. Everyone is tucked up indoors.

This snow has fallen since 8am this morning..

I am not a million miles away from you and whilst no snow it's forecast to be heavy from tomorrow. I am pretty pleased as it means I am off the hook for world book day

It's pathetic.

Couple of inches of snow and a cold snap and it's chaos everywhere.
Just do your job and get the bloody trains running. How does every other country manage?

I'm in Scotland, shops are closing, public transport has been cancelled, schools are closed. Lots of panic buying, checking in on elderly neighbours. I couldn't get to work this morning because someone tried to drive along my street and got stuck right next to my car so there car has blocked me in and my street so no one can get in or out until this car is moved when the weather improves.

I've never seen snow like this in Scotland. I'm in the red zone.

*It's pathetic.

Couple of inches of snow and a cold snap and it's chaos everywhere.
Just do your job and get the bloody trains running. How does every other country manage?*

Not pathetic at all.

We are at serious risk here.

Where is here?

I'm in the South East and we a have a couple of inches of snow.
That's it.

Hope everyone stays safe

my partner is a lecturer and he drove to work to be told the university had closed due to weather ,so that was ten miles there and ten miles home when they could have phoned him and told him they werent opening

Yabu im right in the middle of the red warning area and there has been an enormous amount of snow today and its to continue throughout the night. meinmytinfoilhat ive never seen snow like it either its insane

All the schools in my city are closed tomorrow. THERE IS NO SNOW.

If you think people are over reacting there you should try living where I do (Christchurch, New Zealand). Honestly they only have to get an inch of snow here and everyone goes home from work "in case they can't get home"! (Most of them live within 20 mins drive from work). They can't drive in snow or icy conditions to save their lives. Myself and husband both from Europe and find it very amusing....

Red zone here too. The amount of snow is crazy.
It feels strange outside- no one out, no cars.
So worried about the weight of snow on my conservatory roof.

Chardonnay im North Essex Our worst day so far was today. The local bus was running i heard it go past my flat. But not after 4.30pm so they finished early.

I’ll be honest OP, I find people like you to be the most annoying thing about weather in the UK. You’ve looked out of your kitchen window and decided that because what you see doesn’t precisely match the forecast, then it’s all wrong and everyone’s over-reacting. There is a world outside of your tiny bubble, you know.

I'm perfectly calm thanks!! I was also perfectly calm (albeit frozen) when I left my house at 0530 this morning to walk to the station. I was even calmer when I got home again at 0730 as the trains were cancelled.

I went back to bed and watched TV until 10am and then worked from home (for a bit).

I really hate people telling strangers (about whom you have no idea as to what their situation might be) to calm the fuck down.

Most of the trains are use weren't running yesterday and today.
There is almost no snow here.

I’m not saying everyone should calm down. Just the people in the town I’m in. Definite cause for concern in other parts of the country.

How do other countries manage? They spend a lot of taxes. Winter tyres are a legal requirement, as is a hell of a lot more grit (and its storage) than our local authorities will pay for. Shops are legally required to make their outside areas safe

Although we live on a small island the weather variations are phenomenal. Sitting here in a snow free south, having had a glorious sunny walk along the beach earlier on a lovely Spring day, everyone going about their business as normal and not so much as a single snowflake it's hard to imagine what it's like for Rednailsandnaeknickers and Auldspinster in Red warning areas where things are really bad.

We do have snow forecast for tomorrow daytime, but even then the warning is only yellow and yet people here are panicking to a ridiculous degree. My son is planning to stay at a friend's house tonight closer to his work, because of the 'blizzard' that's been forecast because he 'knows' he won't be able to get into work, because he 'heard it on the radio' and 'everyone is talking about it.' When I've checked the various updates - the snow isn't even forecast to start before noon tomorrow - he's likely to have more difficulty getting home than he is getting into work.

I don't think the OP was criticising those who are in areas where the snow is heavy and causing real problems, but more the over-reaction from areas like mine - where so far, there's nothing to report and even the forecasts aren't particularly bad.

Goady but I do like seeing who doesn't see their job as "essential travel".
Farmers obviously are out in all the shit looking after their livestock, doctors (generally) make it in as do retail, petrol station and McDonalds staff.
Other professions...less essential?

Where I am we have no snow on the ground but the county has already decided schools are closed for the rest of the week.

Because the real snow is forecast to start tonight and not stop until Friday. I do understand this completely. And I agree that people would moan about a lack of a plan if they left it til tomorrow morning to decide.

So as a childless person who lives too close to work to have an excuse not to go in tomorrow, I’m already fairly grumpy about it. Mainly because it’s the busiest time of year in my job and we’re already understaffed. With all the people who can’t come in because of the snow (whether due to childcare or transport) it’s going to be hellish for those of us who have no choice but to struggle in. I’m not risking life and limb or anything, but I have a 20 minute walk in the freezing snow and then delayed or cancelled trains to look forward to. So I won’t be liking any fb statuses of my colleagues having fun in the snow tomorrow. But I won’t be making snarky comments on them either because I’m not a dick.

@Chardonnay what happens when your train derails because of the adverse weather and lack of signalling?

Would you still thank them for doing their 'job'? You are being very selfish and so highly unreasonable it's ridiculous.

stillme1 i wonder if we share the same council... mine is utterly utterly useless

It's the cost-benefit analysis of building the infrastructure. This is a one in 10 year event for the UK. If this is "normal" for most of your winter, every year, year in, year out, it makes sense to spend the money on snow ploughs and gritters and heated points on the railways and under-runway heating in your airports. If it happens for 4 or 5 days once a decade, it isn't worth spending the money - you hunker down and wait for it to pass.

And it will probably get very snowy in the south west tomorrow from about mid-afternoon. There's an Atlantic storm coming into Portugal which is going to send southerly winds with lots of moisture up over the UK . Moist air from the sea meets extremely cold air over the land = lots of snow and possibly freezing rain. Looks like lots of it will hit the south-east coast of Ireland too, so the Dublin worries might not be so far off the mark.