chrisp65 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Got a bit breezy at times, up here on the hill on the coast. Not as bad as it could have been, but there was no mistaking it got lively. I was down Cardiff Bay at one point and it felt clearly a bit stupid to be outdoors, so we literally sat it out for an hour in a coffee shop that stayed open for 30 minutes beyond when it was due to close, because they didn’t feel they could kick people out. There was a dip in the wind and the rain and we all agreed it was time to leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 22 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22 I remember when we just had windy days. I'm sure people get more stressed since they started giving them names. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 22 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22 (edited) 9 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I remember when we just had windy days. I'm sure people get more stressed since they started giving them names. Yeah. And no hot summer is as 1976. AMIRITE Mike? Edited January 22 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 22 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22 My neighbour seems to be using the weather as a means of slowly getting rid of their fence. Each time there's a storm they lose a fence panel and don't seem to be bothered about replacing them. Thankfully the fence is on the side that doesn't connect to my garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 22 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22 16 minutes ago, sidcow said: Yeah. And no hot summer is as 1976. AMIRITE Mike? Dunno, I'm way too young to remember 1976. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: I remember when we just had windy days. I'm sure people get more stressed since they started giving them names. Yeah but our once great, proud nation is just full of whingy, chai latte guzzling snowflakes now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 22 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22 I merely question the point of naming every bloody weather front. I assume this originated in the US, where they get some MAJOR storms, and this trend of anthropomorphising them (as if they are some sort of malevolent spirits) does at least give a handy shorthand - 'Katrina', rather than 'that big storm of <year>', and so on. But, here, really? All we need is a weather forecast that tells us "Looks like very high winds for the next couple of days, so batten down the hatches", not all this "Beast from the East", "OMG, Storm Rumplestiltskin is coming!" nonsense. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Cold weather in winter is now reported as some sort of freakish weather phenomenon we should be terrified of. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 8 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I assume this originated in the US, BBC weather has quite an interesting explanation The naming of storms has been going on for centuries - as far back, in fact, as the 1500s. Saints were a popular choice back then; a hurricane hit Puerto Rico on 4 October 1526 as the Catholic feast day of St Francis of Assisi was being celebrated - so the storm was named San Francisco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 22 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22 2 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: BBC weather has quite an interesting explanation "People are latching on to the names. They've been particularly effective at gaining attention on social media, including groups who were previously 'harder to reach'." Pah. It's a bit windy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted January 22 Popular Post Share Posted January 22 In an elaborate slow burn of a joke I persuaded my missus they were naming fire engines as it was easier to remember that ‘Freddy’ was sent to the fire than “ladder Unit b257’. I mentioned this a couple of times. Sure enough, eventually one day a fire Engine with lights and sirens blazing passed the other way on a road. ‘Bloody hell, I thought it was some weird wind up, but that one was called Dennis’. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 22 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22 I'll never forget 'Warm Week Doreen', and 'Drizzly Day Humphrey'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 22 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22 "Storm Isha wrecks Gloucestershire garden shed". (Actual headline on BBC News app, just now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted January 22 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22 genuine comment from a sky news article: "can we just have a british storm please, storm colin or margaret maybe? even the damn weather is hitting diversity quotas these days" bloody lefty woke weather eh.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 22 Moderator Share Posted January 22 12 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: A Manchester to Dublin flight got diverted to Paris. There's a whole twitter thing about that Ryanair flight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted January 22 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22 31 minutes ago, tomav84 said: genuine comment from a sky news article: "can we just have a british storm please, storm colin or margaret maybe? even the damn weather is hitting diversity quotas these days" bloody lefty woke weather eh.... Ffs. I mean who has time to give a f*** about the naming of storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 19 minutes ago, HKP90 said: Ffs. I mean who has time to give a f*** about the naming of storms. The Met Office probably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted January 22 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22 8 minutes ago, Genie said: The Met Office probably Well yeah. Jeff, a delivery driver from Romford, not so much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 35 minutes ago, HKP90 said: Ffs. I mean who has time to give a f*** about the naming of storms. This guy has already named the storm that will begin with "R" for **** sake! 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: I merely question the point of naming every bloody weather front. I assume this originated in the US, where they get some MAJOR storms, and this trend of anthropomorphising them (as if they are some sort of malevolent spirits) does at least give a handy shorthand - 'Katrina', rather than 'that big storm of <year>', and so on. But, here, really? All we need is a weather forecast that tells us "Looks like very high winds for the next couple of days, so batten down the hatches", not all this "Beast from the East", "OMG, Storm Rumplestiltskin is coming!" nonsense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted January 22 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22 7 minutes ago, bobzy said: This guy has already named the storm that will begin with "R" for **** sake! Theoretically they anthropomorphise storms so that people will take more notice and take safety precautions. That's why it doesn't work in the UK. Half of Kent end up belligerently standing on their doorsteps holding banners which say 'foreign wind, f*** off', and 'Piss off back to the Azores, you windy Portuguese B****rd'. You don't get this with British wind. Know where you stand with British wind. British wind has manners. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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