Red Weather Warning for Friday

[KeithTheHibby]

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https://news.stv.tv/scotland/storm-e...ine-sean-batty

When and where it's expected to be bad.

And major supermarkets have closed so panic buying wasn't such a bad idea.

Supermarkets will be open this evening. Ridiculous behaviour from the public.

[Wembley67]

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Im just in after walking my dog, he got blown over mid poop, he has rage face now 🤭

Tbf it is getting a bit worse, I must have got lucky.

My wee dog would refuse to out now, big one will try and eat the wind....yeah he is a bit special

[Pretty Boy]

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https://news.stv.tv/scotland/storm-e...ine-sean-batty

When and where it's expected to be bad.

And major supermarkets have closed so panic buying wasn't such a bad idea.

I mean it really was. Weather will be mild, dry and breezy by this time tomorrow and shops will still have plenty food (or rather they would have if idiots hadn't cleared the shelves in panic). It's like people don't realise that panic buying creates scarcity in such circumstances rather than there actually being shortages.

Aye if you need a pint of milk or whatever fine but folk were literally filling multiple trolleys in Asda last night. Pathetic.

[Wembley67]

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I mean it really was. Weather will be mild, dry and breezy tomorrow and shops will still have plenty food (or rather they would have if idiots hadn't cleared the shelves in panic). It's like people don't realise that panic buying creates scarcity in such circumstances rather than their actually being shortages.

Folk will never learn PB...I blame the internet for this behaviour for sure!

[Hibs4185]

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Supermarkets will be open this evening. Ridiculous behaviour from the public.

Agreed. They’ll be shut for a few hours not days. Same with petrol, filling your car up yet the advice is not to travel.

[Ozyhibby]

It’s no wonder our economy is struggling when we find it so easy to just close everything down.


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[Smartie]

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It’s no wonder our economy is struggling when we find it so easy to just close everything down.


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It doesn't really happen all that often though, does it?

[Hibs4185]

Getting pretty gusty down here. Heading out to the gym in 15 mins. Could be interesting

[jamie_1875]

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It’s no wonder our economy is struggling when we find it so easy to just close everything down.


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If a tree landed on a train and derailed it killing people then wouldn't people say why did you run trains during a red weather warning?

[overdrive]

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I mean it really was. Weather will be mild, dry and breezy by this time tomorrow and shops will still have plenty food (or rather they would have if idiots hadn't cleared the shelves in panic). It's like people don't realise that panic buying creates scarcity in such circumstances rather than there actually being shortages.

Aye if you need a pint of milk or whatever fine but folk were literally filling multiple trolleys in Asda last night. Pathetic.

I went to Lidl at Straiton last night (not panic buying - was going anyway) and saw people panic shoplifting - really obvious too. Some boy shoving stuff up his hoodie and in his socks.

Went to Sainsburys afterwards as Lidl didn't have any neeps. Sainsbury's didn't either but there was a couple standing next to me when I was at the empty space for neeps and they were moaning at how greedy people must be to have cleared the shop of neeps. Normally, I'd agree but there was no hint of irony in their voices given each of them were carrying stacks of the trays of pre-mashed potatoes so high that they had their chin keeping them in place.

Lidl was ridiculous. Queues so big that you couldn't get into anything on the shelves.

[Lendo]

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Was in Morrisons in Dalkeith earlier and hardly any milk left.

Lidl in Daley was like a scene from a post apocalyptic movie. Queue was about 40 minutes. I just popped in for Parmesan to make risotto.

[Lendo]

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If a tree landed on a train and derailed it killing people then wouldn't people say why did you run trains during a red weather warning?

They would just call the train woke and say that it wouldn’t have happened back in the 1930s despite they themselves being born in the 1960s.

[danhibees1875]

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It’s no wonder our economy is struggling when we find it so easy to just close everything down.


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I seen someone on Reddit claim that even those who WFH should have the day off.

[overdrive]

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I seen someone on Reddit claim that even those who WFH should have the day off.

My work have said there's no expectation that staff work from home but can choose to do so. I have something that needs doing I'm choosing to work. Judging by people's statuses on Teams most are working.

I think parents have been told by schools that they need to home school today (my wife's friend has been told that by her kids' school at least) so that might have something to do with it.

[CropleyWasGod]

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It’s no wonder our economy is struggling when we find it so easy to just close everything down.


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Alternatively, we can celebrate the fact that we live in a society where people's safety is put at the centre of decisions.

[Bishop Hibee]

Got sent a picture of a tree down right across the road at Abbeymount at the junction with Montrose Terrace.

[Just Alf]

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I seen someone on Reddit claim that even those who WFH should have the day off.

I'm on annual leave, I should get that added back on to my allowance! :rofl:

[lapsedhibee]

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Got sent a picture of a tree down right across the road at Abbeymount at the junction with Montrose Terrace.

Only interesting thing I've seen was a pigeon trying to fly into the wind. It was such a hoot I wondered for a second whether it might have been an owl.

[Scouse Hibee]

DIY day for me. Doing all those indoor jobs the missus has been nagging me to do for months 😀

[Moulin Yarns]

https://news.stv.tv/west-central/fro...rm-eowyn-winds

Overreacting by the Met office?

[wookie70]

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Alternatively, we can celebrate the fact that we live in a society where people's safety is put at the centre of decisions.

Absolutely, we have had a few disagreements over the years with our management regarding severe weather. Thankfully they now have a very common sense policy which agrees with Government advice. If it is a red warding and you shouldn't travel then don't and that then leads to the office closing. It is very rare so it makes perfect sense and the vast majority work from home and will continue to do so today. My lad is a bus driver and they were asked to travel into depots despite there being no buses going out. Absolutely moronic in my opinion having them travel in to sit and do nothing. No issue once the weather passes getting them to come in for the remainder of shifts but they put out the mixed message that it is too dangerous to travel on a bus not safe enough for workers to travel to depots against govt advice

[Wembley67]

100% fanned by the media this.

I'm sitting in the house waiting on my roof/fence to blow away....if it wasn't for all the attention then I wouldn't have paid much notice.

I do get warnings of this severity have to be highlighted although it seems an absolute deluge of hysterical reporting wherever I turn.

[Moulin Yarns]

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100% fanned by the media this.

I'm sitting in the house waiting on my roof/fence to blow away....if it wasn't for all the attention then I wouldn't have paid much notice.

I do get warnings of this severity have to be highlighted although it seems an absolute deluge of hysterical reporting wherever I turn.

Have you seen the marks and Spencer in Ayrshire with the front ripped off???

[Kato]

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100% fanned by the media this.

Thats a big fan.

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[Scorrie]

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DIY day for me. Doing all those indoor jobs the missus has been nagging me to do for months 😀

My missus keeps asking me to sort the tv aerial out on the roof for some reason…

[Stairway 2 7]

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100% fanned by the media this.

I'm sitting in the house waiting on my roof/fence to blow away....if it wasn't for all the attention then I wouldn't have paid much notice.

I do get warnings of this severity have to be highlighted although it seems an absolute deluge of hysterical reporting wherever I turn.

750k homes without power in Ireland, 250k in Northern Ireland and 20k in central Scotland. The strongest gusts ever recorded in parts of Ireland. Trees down and tiles in various parts of Edinburgh. If it was business as usual people would have died today. 100% the correct call to put a red warning and stay at home message.

[Mon Dieu4]

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100% fanned by the media this.

I'm sitting in the house waiting on my roof/fence to blow away....if it wasn't for all the attention then I wouldn't have paid much notice.

I do get warnings of this severity have to be highlighted although it seems an absolute deluge of hysterical reporting wherever I turn.

Dunno where you stay but in Leith my fence is currently propped up with wooden pallets and blocks of wood to stop it flying into the house while the sound outside is like a plane taking off

According to a wind tracking website there have been gusts of 84mph in my postcode

To put it in context a Hurricane needs to be at least 74mph

[Pretty Boy]

It does feel a bit of a damp squib but I'm sitting in my house catching up on Only Connect and The Traitors with a big bowl of crisps next to me.

The angle of the trees I can see outside suggest it would probably feel a bit different if I'd had to go out in it.

[McD]

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Dunno where you stay but in Leith my fence is currently propped up with wooden pallets and blocks of wood to stop it flying into the house while the sound outside is like a plane taking off

According to a wind tracking website there have been gusts of 84mph in my postcode

To put it in context a Hurricane needs to be at least 74mph

My neithbour’s fence is lying on my decking, and I’ve had to tie the bairn’s trampoline down to stop it being blown over a 6 foot fence, but aye, it’s all media hype…

[Mon Dieu4]

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My neithbour’s fence is lying on my decking, and I’ve had to tie the bairn’s trampoline down to stop it being blown over a 6 foot fence, but aye, it’s all media hype…

I'm one for a challenge, in 2018ish when we had mental snow for a few days and everything ground to a hault I walked to work, it was like an artic expedition but fairly fun and funny, no danger would I be out in this

I also live right on a park and as you say the trees are at weird angles, so much so that I've been doing mental calculations in my head about if they would actually hit my house or not if they fell the right way