Response to storm Arwen vs Eunice

[ArwenVsEunice]

Curious to hear other peoples POV. Does anyone feel let down by the government’s response to storm Eunice versus storm Arwen, both with rare red warning storms?

For Eunice the Government have held an emergency cobra meeting, thousands of schools have been closed and there’s huge national media coverage. I think this absolutely is the right thing to do.

When Arwen was brewing there was no cobra meeting, just general advice to be careful from the Met Office. it was in the media but only to a very small extent www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-59419772. We live in the areas affected by Arwen and it was pretty terrifying when it hit. It took out trees and roofs local to where we live, at PIL it blew down their garden wall and fencing and left a 6ft hole. It knocked out power to nearly 250,000 homes. It took at least 5 days to get the army in to help those still cut off. I’ve not seen anything like it in my lifetime.

The optimistic part of me likes to think the government learnt from Arwen and have now pulled their socks up to deal with Eunice the way they should have done but the cynical part of me just feels like they weren’t bothered about Arwen as it was up in Scotland and the North East

AIBU to feel this way?

YANBU - it’s yet another example of the government not caring unless its a problem that affects the south/London

YABU - the government didn’t recognise the severity of Arwen and have learnt from their mistakes with Eunice

Well it’s storm Franklin now.

Had gusts of 78 mph here and torrential rain so I hope Franklin doesn't pay a visit! Be nice to ne able to repair arwen damage but it's been weather after weather here .

[quote Willyoujustbequiet]@CharacterForming

Are you being deliberately obtuse?

The trees in the north came down not because it was strong but because the winds were blowing the wrong way ?!

The winds where I am in the red zone were 100 miles an hour and highest was 110 recorded. We are still repairing and many parks are still closed. Friends had to stay in hotels as no electricity for weeks.

Do not tell me the wind wasn't strong.[/quote]
That is what the Guardian says:

Storm Arwen had a disproportionately large impact on trees because it came from the north, rather than the south-west, which is the prevailing wind direction. Trees are adapted to withstand winds piling in off the Atlantic by anchoring their roots in a specific way and putting on wood in particular places. Woodlands also naturally have smaller trees on the south-west so they are more aerodynamic in strong winds, but this means they are ill-prepared when the wind switches direction and they are battered square on.

No one as been mocking Southerners

Really, not even the homophobic comments about "southern nancys"?

[quote Mumofsend]@Grilledauberginesrill the whole thread has essentially been mocking the south because it can't possibly be that bad. Mocking southerners is absolutely fine though, obviously.

If our electric comes on even a few hours quicker than it did for the minority left without by Arwen, that will purely be favouritism. I suspect we won't be out as long as we are in a very population dense area so most likely has more options for repair.[/quote]
The whole thread? Even the post calling northerners uneducated scroungers?

@Ifailed

No one as been mocking Southerners

Really, not even the homophobic comments about "southern nancys"?

One single person said that, in a 15 page thread. They said in the post that it was tongue in cheek, and it was obvious from context that they were mocking BOTH stereotypes of northerners and southerners.

I wonder whether the Northerners moaning about the coverage are going to be moaning at the news coverage of Franklin and the extensive TV coverage of how this has and will continue to impact Northern Ireland and the North?

@ChoiceMummy

I wonder whether the Northerners moaning about the coverage are going to be moaning at the news coverage of Franklin and the extensive TV coverage of how this has and will continue to impact Northern Ireland and the North?

Is there GDP good enough for you to consider them worthy of help?

What extensive coverage ? No red warning for Franklin, way down the bbc webpage, not headline news in many papers. If anything Franklin confirms the point.

Franklin isn't as bad as arwen or eunice

And is hitting us on the South Coast too

@Mumofsend

Franklin isn't as bad as arwen or eunice

I can assure you in parts of Yorkshire Franklin is much much worse than the other two.

Indeed @Plumbear2. The wind has been horrendous overnight and still is now, plus we've had a lot of major flooding yesterday and into today.

@ChoiceMummy

I wonder whether the Northerners moaning about the coverage are going to be moaning at the news coverage of Franklin and the extensive TV coverage of how this has and will continue to impact Northern Ireland and the North?

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