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Snow Hype in the Media - Dave48 - 13-01-17
Was watching local tv news prog for the midlands last night-anyone would think we were about to experience Siberian whiteout conditions. Looked outside this am to a light sprinkling of the white stuff-ok its probably going to be icy on the minor roads today but why do they have to act like foretellers of the Apocalypse?!
Suppose all the schools will be closed & it will be gridlock on the roads!
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - red98 - 13-01-17
With you there dave...yep same every year :rolleyes ...we had i very light shower late yesterday afternoon , had a call from my son whos at college approx 10 miles away saying he cant get home as the buses have been cancelled.....i finished work jumped in the cage and picked him up.....absolutly no problem .....got there to find the so called caretaker had locked up and the dozen or so students were stood outside waiting for their lifts home.....bastid couldnt even be bothered to stay open for a few extra minutes so they could wait in the warm ....will be emailing the college later :grumble :grumble
this needs to be In " what gets my goat " :rolleyes
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - darrsi - 13-01-17
Yeah, i looked outside earlier, i'm located in Harrow, NW London, and it's clear, no snow at all.
Although they were spot on for a change yesterday when they said it would snow at 5pm.
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - darrsi - 13-01-17
Did just read this though......
[size=2.5em][color=rgb(204, 0, 0)]MORE snow is forecast for London's rush hour this morning with roads across Britain made death traps by MINUS NINE freeze and North Sea resorts warned killer floods will hit within hours[/color][/size]
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - red98 - 13-01-17
Not far from you darrsi in high wycombe...snow on the grass this morning but the roads are completly clear.....yep, bang on with their forcast timing ...
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - Dudeofrude - 13-01-17
Same up here on the east coast (Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) we've been threatened with Snow, flooding, apocalypse etc but when I left my house at 6am, not even a frozen windscreen!! At this rate unless the wind picks up considerably I will be using the bike to get work
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - Dudeofrude - 13-01-17
(13-01-17, 08:20 AM)Dudeofrude link Wrote: Same up here on the east coast (Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) we've been threatened with Snow, flooding, apocalypse etc but when I left my house at 6am, not even a frozen windscreen!! At this rate unless the wind picks up considerably I will be using the bike to get work
Me and my big mouth.....
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - crickleymal - 13-01-17
And then you get people who can't drive in the sprinkling of snow. Some eejit doing 30 mph on a perfectly clear lane of the dual carriage way. OK the other lane was snowy but come on! Then a bit later I had someone right up my arse on a snowy side street, until I went round the roundabout sideways. :lol
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - ogri48 - 13-01-17
It's terrible down here in the Forest of Dean. Almost quarter of an inch thick! Luckily us southerners are made of sterner stuff, I will somehow get in to work.....
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - BBROWN1664 - 13-01-17
Cant cope here. Completely buried in the snow near Gatwick
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Re: Snow Hype in the Media - lew600fazer - 13-01-17
(13-01-17, 09:48 AM)ogri48 link Wrote: It's terrible down here in the Forest of Dean. Almost quarter of an inch thick! Luckily us southerners are made of sterner stuff, I will somehow get in to work.....
:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - Dudeofrude - 13-01-17
(13-01-17, 09:23 AM)crickleymal link Wrote: And then you get people who can't drive in the sprinkling of snow. Some eejit doing 30 mph on a perfectly clear lane of the dual carriage way. OK the other lane was snowy but come on! Then a bit later I had someone right up my arse on a snowy side street, until I went round the roundabout sideways. :lol
Lasted all of about 45mins here and now most of it is slush.
Got the same problem though, idiots afraid of a wet road doing 20mph everywhere ???
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - Kenbob - 13-01-17
The cancellations are probably more to do with the claim culture in this country.
That's my feeling anyway.
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - dazza - 13-01-17
Well, apparently Exupnut's back door had it 6" deep........................And I'm not talking about the snow :eek
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - fazersharp - 13-01-17
I have though that for years about the reporting hype, reporters are sent out to stand next to a road and say that there are major traffic problems when over their shoulder its moving perfecty well AND how the foc did you get there also.
Another one they do is stand out in the snow for 10 or 15 mins and let the snow build up on their hair and clothes before doing the piece to camera - the amount of snow on them simply does not correspond to what is falling. If that was rain they would use an umbrella when they report.
Another one is to stand in the deepest part of the snow they can find by the side of the road - near a fence where it has blown up to - again look over there shoulder and see a perfectly clear road.
Its all fake News
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - celticdog - 13-01-17
Yeah that yellow stuff's right tasty!
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - maddog04 - 15-01-17
these weather reports do me 'ed in. The Mrs flapping about icey roads and telling me to take the cage coz its windy and its going to ice up. On top of that, the whole East coast evacuated due to an impending storm that's going to bring a tsunami and kill thousands.......none of it foccing happened.
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - red98 - 15-01-17
:lol Yeh..jaywick was the town that they were trying to evacuate,as you say it didnt happen, listened to an expert on the radio who explained the threat was from an unusually high tide possibly "surging", high winds and heavy rain.......he went on to explainthat the forcast was correct , its just that they did'nt happen at the same time :lol
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - fazersharp - 15-01-17
The reporters then even spun it to say that "The town escaped the worst" when it never happened in the first place. Fake News
Re: Snow Hype in the Media - BBROWN1664 - 15-01-17
Jaywick residents wanted the place to flood. It would have improved the place :pokefun