Are we all going to die?

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First we get that alarm, now Tesco is closed tomorrow. It's the end, isn't it?

Of course we're all going to die - nobody lives forever.
However, all this fuss about a storm is ridiculous. We live on an island. It gets windy. This has been happening for centuries. But now we infantilise people by telling them to stay at home and giving storms names. It's nonsense.

OP, do you have a tendency to catastrophise?

Last time (Wales) there were trees down everywhere and some areas were without power for almost a week. It was nothing to panic about, but red warnings are not 'bollocks' that should be ignored.

I'm not in the area for the alarm this time but it was a definite scare! I wouldn't want to be driving when it went off!

The only guarantee in life is death. I dont expect it to be tomorrow but who knows!

I think we can conclusively agree that we are all going to die. WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE.

I think the alert is only in Scotland and NI as are the closures which might be why so many people are confused.

We're getting soft and the media are loving whipping everyone up into a frenzy.

Spare a thought for Community Nurses, Home Carers, emergency services, front line council workers, Gas/Electric engineers etc - worry about those who don't have the luxury of staying at home tomorrow.

OP you won’t die (yet) and you’ll save yourself some money, so I reckon tomorrow has the potential to be a good day. ‘No spend’ days are always a good thing.

Yes we are. Some of us may die in Tesco too, you never know.

Until you have lived through a proper fuck off 200 mile tornado or 100 mph storm you won't know how it feels.

Keep being glib people, let me know how it feels tomorrow.

I hope you are ok, and sorry for those who are genuinely scared. It is honestly terrifying

A number of the smaller companies piggyback 3 and they are all down. We are with ID Mobile and we are affected.

Yes we did I'm from belfast.

We all got the big honking scary alarm on our phones in Wales back in December. We failed to all die in the storms. (Although I did have to get DP to come get me from Bristol the next day as all the trains were cancelled)

Don't think Tescos shut though, so maybe not quite as apocolyptic

Why do we have to worry about them if it's all just a 'frenzy'?

It's shut. It is fucking shut!!!!!11

I was in Asda earlier (not panic buying before anyone starts, killing time waiting for DD's dance lesson to finish) and the alert went off on everyone's phone. I said to the woman beside me it was a bit of a pointless exercise since its been all over the news and social media all day, and they had announced the school closures hours before. What's the point of an emergency alert that tells us something we already know? Asda was surprisingly quiet and there was plenty of bread left.

Don’t worry, OP. Before you die, you see the ring.

and Tesco is shut

On a minor side note with winds of 100mph expected my neighbour's bins are already blowing rubbish all over my garden and drive I really want to say to them please put something on top or face them against the fence like mine as the fence shields from the strong gusts. Is it bad im annoyed she will leave me to pick up her bin rubbish as usual

Come on, a bit of common sense please!
It's shut. You'd have to do it in the car park.

I can’t possibly die yet, I have too much stuff on my to do list

no - only those of you in the path of the storm. Nothing here down south.

Ok, calm down. There's no way it's a seven exclamation mark apocalypse (yeah I'm counting those errant 1's at the end.) 7 exclamation marks is reserved for when you can't even get a takeaway!

We had the alarm in Scotland. Almost died when I heard it.......

In the red zone here, community health care so need to try to get to work in the morning if possible, just going to play it by ear

im worried about it because the weather page i follow is always the FIRST to debunk the crap the news media post about weather bombs and snowmageddon.. she preaches calm and sanity and gives very real and sensible updates on the weather models that always prove right.

She is worried about this one, said it has the potential to be record breaking

When the people who usually tell you its nothing to worry about, tell you to worry about it, then best worry.