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

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Usually do the supermarket shop on Friday but been today incase conditions are bad tomorrow?
SNOW.

Anyone else changed plans in preparation?

I’m in an amber snow warning area. I took my elderly parents shopping today instead of tomorrow as seems sensible, and college will be sending out updates later as to whether they will be open tomorrow. But other than that, nothing.

I don’t live at an at risk area but I did my shopping today while it’s quieter , no extras just a day earlier .

The great storm of 87. Perhaps it would have been better if we did have warnings. I knew 2 people who died and I was stuck at my grandmas with my dog as a child because there was no way we could have walked home. If there had been a warning I wouldn't have risked going to her house in the first place.

Some people say scaremongering and panic, others might say being prepared and so not caught out.

Nothing wrong with having extra supplies, just in case.

I’ve gritted my drive and paths, but I’d have done that anyway as my nickname is Bambie on ice.

I went to do my usual shop last night and there was no bread and a lot more people than normal, all discussing the “weather bomb” I mean seriously wtf?? It’s weather, we’ve had it for years, no millennia. Every bloody year the press hype it up, the masses panic and we have chaos for 3 days.

If we couldn’t get out for a week we’d survive. We have fridges, tins and freezers.

To make matters worse we’ll be lucky to get an inch but we’ll still have the chaos. 😫

Hmmm, yeah - kinda.

Got all our meds (today) from Boots that were ready, (would have waited til Saturday normally but got them today, to be on the safe side) and got some extra milk and bread and yogurts and eggs and chocolate (chocolate is very important!)

We live rurally so tend to stockpile anyway... Not panic buy - stockpile, and so we didn't need to buy much more really... But yeah, we are ready and prepared if we are trapped in the house for around 4 days. Hope that's all it is, as I have plans next week from Tuesday! And one of them is in a place 23 miles away!

Bugger, I mean everyone was told to stay home!

I’m another one who did their shopping a day early. It’s not forecast to snow that much here but you can’t get off my road when it does (unless it’s just a light dusting). I can walk to the supermarket but I don’t fancy carrying everything home.

DD has her RS mock tomorrow and would be delighted if it got postponed.

We went from 20 Cm of snow forecast yesterday to rain today. Food shops were busy yesterday though

This thread is peak MN. People who live under a rock and have no idea there’s a storm, people being accused of panic buying by shopping a day early when there’s a red danger to life warning, people incapable of understanding that the weather in their part of the country might be different from elsewhere and why would anyone be worried when it’s just a breeze, the idea that the Met Office have issued a red warning so supermarkets can sell some more bread and milk….

Hope everyone in a red area stays safe. We had a red warning for wind a few years ago and it caused a huge amount of damage and left communities cut over for well over a week without power and heat. It devastated forests and parks, people died.

The good thing about better forecasting and "all these warnings" is that it allows people to be more prepared, especially contingency planners. A warning with a couple of days notice means engineers can be in the right place to be able to restore power more quickly, or crews can be rostered on to remove fallen trees from the roads so people can get to work safely after the storm has passed, or vital shiftworkers can be put up in nearby hotels. The general public need to know, obviously, but a lot of posters here seem oblivious to all the other work that needs to go on to protect people and property.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cgez72ln8wwt?post=asset%3Aa0e138ca-4dce-4523-8eca-82e97fe49b6e#post There is a bit in the article saying that your weather apps may not be telling correct weather so many people think it's just rain I think it's gonna be very bad it's now a red warning

We did have a yellow warning for snow but that's changed to rain and it's not going to be windy here either. I was hoping for some more snow because we only had a tiny bit and it melted after it started raining on Tuesday night.

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.

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.

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.

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)

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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