h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Looks like a good storm is on the way. http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/news/national-news/122904-met-office-issues-strongest-possible-weather-warning-as-storm-of-the-decade-heads-in.html

"Jonathan Powell of Positive Weather Solutions told ClickGreen he had never seen such a "violent and vicious storm" and warned people to take great care.

“This is an extremely rare storm with winds reaching speeds well above severe gale force,” he added. “This has the equivalent strength of Hurricane Katia that hit the US earlier this year."

Coo. I've asked the cats to stay inside. Anybody else taking special precautions?

Where are you swl? Geographically speaking I mean? It's gusty here today, I hate wind. I hope wherever you are its a lot further north than here.

Stirling. We get a terrible wind out of the Trossachs at the best of times.

It's the weather presenters I feel sorry for, whenever the weather gets bad they seem to feel the need to send the presenter out into the middle of it so we can see them all suffering.

Whenever I think of The Trossachs, I'm tempted to say 'No, I always walk like this. (Way-hey!)'




Actually, I'm lying. Normally I think of the David Marshall Lodge just outside Aberfoyle.

No specific warnings on the Beeb:

Thurs

'Starting wet and very windy with heavy rain, and some sleet over Stirlingshire initially. Clearing to blustery showers by noon, these wintry and frequent later. Gales then storm force winds'

Pah. Sleet's to good for them.

Wind shown as 37mph, but. Chain those cats down.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16068145

"Transport Scotland has said there is a risk of major travel disruption in light of a Met Office red warning of wind in parts of the country.

The weather alert covers Central, Tayside, Fife, Strathclyde, south west Scotland, Lothian and the Borders.

There could be gusts of up to 90mph in exposed places in the areas affected.

The Met Office has issued its highest level of warning over severe winds expected to affect much of central and southern Scotland from 10:00 on Thursday until 06:00 on Friday.

It said police had advised that conditions for travel would be "extremely poor" and there was the likelihood of "significant delays".

A red warning advises people to take action to prepare for the severe weather and they are only issued "a few times a year".

You're right. No specific warning on the Beeb at all.

"A Mrs Trellis from North Wales has just rung the BBC to say she's heard there's a hurricane on the way. Well, the BBC can assure you there's no such thing..."

It's all to do with sunspots y'now**


Sigh - that'll be my greenhouse getting destroyed again then...







**Anyone remember that conversation a couple of years back?

Gosh! Ta, swl. Good job I didn't just look at their weather page.

(Wasn't doubting you - just pointing out the oddity)

the "red warning" was all over 5 live this evening

Funnily enough, it was windy earlier but there's scarcely a breath right now.

That'll be the infamous clam B4 the storm.

~jwf~

Wonder if anybody's gonna ask what a batten is.

Y'got your board and batten, your cotton batten,
your batten average...

~jwf~

If there's ice around they shout 'Batten! Berg!'

Some green peeps will no doubt put it down to globular warning, but I'm not convinced. I am doing my bit for greenhouse gases reduction by turning my parafin heater off during the day in my greenhouses.

Y'know in a sojourn I had in Italy once I told them (upon a red sky in the evening) that we had the

Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning thang


and was blithely informed that they had the same thing.



and there was me thinking that it was just the rhyme... surely the translation is not rhyming....


Must be actually true

"all schools in the west of the central belt should be closed on Thursday, with schools in the east closed from lunchtime."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16079849

In the Channel Islands they say

"Red sky at night, Guernsey delight - Jersey's on fire."

swl. You are a more reliable news source than my local authority, who haven't got a 'kin word on their schools site.

Day off work!