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1 minute ago, Paul Sherman said:
You should try the other thread
Nearly felt like ending it all at least 10 times today in there
1 minute ago, Paul Sherman said:You should try the other thread
Nearly felt like ending it all at least 10 times today in there
That's why I've jumped ship , rather have happy peeps.
although it's now snowing heavily nr Danbury Essex.
sorry for double quote
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I don't belong in this thread , I'm near Danbury in Essex , but this thread livelier than the other one , so I'll share your excitement.
i can't imagine we shall see much, just enjoying the cold from in front of the log burner.
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Little balls falling now but it's really warm outside? Weird.
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Nr Danbury , fatter flakes and falling heavier now.
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It's snowing in woodham Walter nr Danbury quite hard atm, but only a slight covering .
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21 hours ago, Paul Sherman said:
Sorry can't get rid of the quote box.
have fun sledging everyone, but there is always a tragedy occurring when we get snow, cos it's a relative rarity.
so if you've got older kids, who are gonna go out on their own, warn them to check for fences and obstacles which may or may not be hidden by snow.All to often overlooked in the excitement of a speed run down a hill.
stay safe and have fun!
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I don't think the thread should split, but bearing in mind confusion on mobiles re locations, perhaps we all just get used to tagging on the end of posts, our location.
nr Danbury Essex
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Guess they mean bus route and train passengers .
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1 minute ago, Dorset_mist said:
It’s a fair question, we invest for corporate investors and pension funds, cold weather impacts the financial markets, so we pay for the best advanced data. Our meteorological analyst looked at the data and advised 1. Buy energy stocks now 2. Placed company business travellers on red alert (me being one), and invoked the disaster recovery plan, which is non essential travel (ie don’t both coming to the office and forget flights), this is in place all of next week. Personally I think we will make an absolute killing on the energy stocks ?
Thanks for the clarity
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30 minutes ago, Dorset_mist said:
Good afternoon SE snow hunters! My company pay for access to Met Office data (stocks and shares and all that jazz). We have all been placed on RED disaster recovery status alert, avoiding all none essential travel. The Beast is coming...
What exactly does that mean, or is it specific to your company ? E.g. Are you an AA man ?
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5 minutes ago, shane303 said:Exciting for some but travel chaos for many and not great for the elderly with rising heating costs
Do a good deed, if you can afford it and you think an elderly person is struggling , or even if they're not..... pop a tenner in an envelope and a note with an anonymous good wishes, keep warm note.
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Preparation depends on where you live and age.
my Dad whose 83, and remembers both biggies '47 and 63 has been dismissive of the cold, but he's forgetting he couldn't now dig his car out of snow, or walk safely to shops.Statisically if an elderly person takes a bad fall and injures themselves , they will never recover to the level of mobility they were before.
so if you have an elderly relative or neighbor, please ask if they need anything, offer to pick up shopping or better yet, invite them in for a warm dinner and less worry about keeping there own home warm for a bit.
Roll on the cold!
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And a lot of snow for many, is what I would infer from that.
The major forecasters can't use serious language re snow till it gets into more reliable time frames, for joe blogs. Otherwise panic.
if the big guns on here, are bouncing like super balls on speed? I'm happy.
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Place your repeat prescriptions in, and pick them up before the weekend .
people remember the food, not always the pills.
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23 minutes ago, snowking said:
Just the smallest hint of the unspeakable "TS" word off the back of that 12z ECM run
Though nothing especially impressive totals wise it should all of course be taken with a huge dollop of salt at this range
Yes! Huge Salt dollops on steps and driveway !
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@tight isobar that's an interesting point, I'm on a phone and locations don't show on posters.
i know yourself Mr Murr and Dan Smith are from the SE contingent, and of course Mr shortwave Sussex who , as long as snow it to our shores is a true cheerleader.
who else regularly posts in Mod/Mad thread who's from our region?
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You won't be the only one, with parent worries.
most of the young and youngish drivers, have never experienced it.
Best advice, if she has to drive, is take a warm coat, hat gloves etc and warm socks ,sweeties and a drink with her, a phone charger and keep a full tank so if she's stuck in traffic she can keep engine running for warmth.
oh and a shovel, but you've probably told her that.
in fact even us oldies need reminding of those sensible precautions.
it doesn't take a prang to leave you stranded, wasn't it lorrys a few years back that crippled a M road , cos they couldn't climb from a standing start ?
wish her luck x
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4 minutes ago, JennyJane1 said:
dont know if you could get a small tablet and then there are chargers which run on batteries, i have one, dont know how practical it would be for a week, but its something.
Unfortunately not, he's 22 and very LD as well, he doesn't understand why it wouldn't work.
tablets get thrown ,RIP many an iPad!
usually with power outages we go for a drive to get away till it comes back on . But we shall manage .
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87 gave 2 ft of level snow at heybridge Essex , and the sea froze.
Schools shut for a week, I always remember the BBC had a mini series called "Anzacs "on telly box , shown in the afternoons.
Dad was off work ( teacher) so we all watched it as there was nothing else to do.
surprisingly, I don't remember the power going off, but that would be my only concern if we got a significant Cold event now, severely autistic son would struggle without the computer .
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While March 2013 was not snowy in my neck of the woods, it was savagely cold.
i remember many times walking and having to come home early as the cold wind made my asthma kick off .
the lack of white stuff didn't make it less interesting for me as a coldie.
what was amazing, was when the weather turned into normal spring temps, and the blossom and green almost happened overnight.
it really was special to witness .
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Whatever happens in The forthcoming weeks.
feed the birds guys and gals.
if winter prolongs, they really will need a bit of extra support, and into spring when they are frantically nesting, laying and feeding offspring.
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2 minutes ago, c00ps said:
Was just reading about the 10 worst winters in UK history and they showed this picture from 1940...notice something quite remarkable?
Short trousers? No gloves? And snow?
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12 minutes ago, bluearmy said:
@bluearmy is that a portion of PV sitting above the UK?
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The models may not be showing us what we want to see ,it's the chase that gets most of us on here.
I still believe that some surprises are on offer this winter.
I cannot back that up with evidence, but then this isn't the thread for that.
Kent, Home counties and south London general weather discussion 25/02/2018 onwards
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I'm in Essex between maldon and Danbury, the wind is very strong from the east.
could that 'create' further snow for my area off the sea today?