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  1. Carl
    With you! Makes sense
  2. Carl
    I'm going 40.1 on Sunday somewhere down south
  3. Carl
    Have they?
  4. Carl
    Thanks. Just seen this. Makes sense.
  5. Carl
    Yeah I get that it's to do with impact on their risk matrix. Just find it a bit odd, as if there's an overlap which could cause problems at some point in the future.
  6. Carl
    How is that the job of the met office to warn rather than the environment agency?
  7. Carl
    Squall line?
  8. Carl
    Never heard of it before so it was a new one on me!
  9. Carl
    Cool. Glad that didn't hit here. That said, car is having some work done so I've got a car from the dealer.. that'd have been lucky for me . Always fancied a US storm chase. Have an audio recording, not the best quality but you get the gist. This was a while after it started and as it was moving away. My Recording #1.mp4
  10. Carl
    Looks that way. Shame there isn't more to come.
  11. Carl
    I'll have to read up on that. Never heard anything like it.
  12. Carl
    Couldn't keep up with it Road conditions were a little dicey but not too bad. Best I saw was a few flashes on the way. Maybe next time.. which probably won't be for a long time I suspect!
  13. Carl
    It's just left here. I'm off to follow it.
  14. Carl
    As it's moving away there is the strangest sound I've ever known from a storm. Rubles are so constant it sounds like wind blowing nearby. There's a slight breeze but it's just incessant rumbles all merging into one. Been going on for five or ten mins now with no sign of abating although it is reducing in volume as it moves away.
  15. Carl
    Almost constant thunder and pouring in DL5. Seen a few decent flashes too.
  16. Carl
    Just updated my profile. I'm just outside Darlington which does appear to be in the firing line today although the met office still predict rain here and no storms. Thanks for the welcome. Been a long time since I've been around
  17. Carl
    See some posts in here showing the BBC forecast for their areas. As we know, the BBC obtain their forecasting from Meteogroup now. Over the summer I've noticed that the met office has been more realistic about storms in my area. Most predicted by the BBC never happened. What's the general view around here about the two? BBC are strongly indicating storms tomorrow, Met Office say no.
  18. Carl
    Yeah, I see where you're coming from. For me, a memorable winter will be that of a few years back when we seemed to have snow and ice on the ground for best part of three months, when there was a pile of ice in my street until mid April, when icicles grew 8 feet long from my house. Bit of wind and splash of rain just ain't all that "sexy"!
  19. Carl
    200 years isn't much of a frame of reference though is it? Statistically speaking, ignoring the elephant in the room, you're going to get winters every now and again which massively skew towards one type of event or another. We've had a few bad storms here but not one of them would I say in isolation stood out as being something untoward. If I didn't watch the news or read things online, I'd not have given them a second thought.
  20. Carl
    Bizarre. Really? Just seems we've had a fair few autumn storms which have carried on for a while. I don't think it is particularly unusual.
  21. Carl
    No. The Met Office is there to forecast the meteorological conditions, not flood risk and other matters - that is for the Environment Agency. What you're going to end up with, in your scenario is a tiny bit of rain attracting red warnings and people getting irritated and ignoring them. Ultimately, people are responsible for reading the warnings they feel they ought to. You can't over-account for ignorance and stupidity.
  22. Carl
    Those next to us are 350ft high... ..In some conditions the wind appears to blow water upwards like a reverse waterfall! http://losingit.me.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_7412.jpg
  23. Carl
    I once heard that clifftops were always treacherous...
  24. Carl
    To be fair, the vast majority of the east (being any county with a eastern coastline) have no warnings. Quite right, providing it doesn't have a knock-on effect on my transport home or mean i have to leave to collect kids from closing school etc.
  25. Carl
    Pretty sure that the Met Office are so risk averse they only issue red warnings immediately (minutes/few hours) before events transpire or during. This is of no use whatsoever. Imagine calling your boss and saying you aren't coming in due to an amber warning - contrast that with a red. Not much use to you when you've arrived in the office.
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