Winter Weather 2023/2024

[Padders 2,892]

4 minutes ago, Irene Swaine said:

You wouldn't like it on an open top bus then.

Been on one Irene,  Paignton-Totnes

Nearly blew my wig of.

[Irene Swaine 1,073]

7 minutes ago, Padders said:

Been on one Irene,  Paignton-Totnes

Nearly blew my wig of.

I'd have caught it for you!

[RickM 10]

Just had a mini power cut in Deepcar, initially assumed it was the winds from "Storm Debi" but we seem to get so many damn mini power cuts I'm not so sure. I swear theres a major fault somewhere around Deepcar / Stocksbridge thats being ignored, I've only been here a year and have had more powercuts here than the last 6 years elsewhere in Sheffield. Its practically once a fortnight now...

[Anna B 1,417]

55 minutes ago, RickM said:

Just had a mini power cut in Deepcar, initially assumed it was the winds from "Storm Debi" but we seem to get so many damn mini power cuts I'm not so sure. I swear theres a major fault somewhere around Deepcar / Stocksbridge thats being ignored, I've only been here a year and have had more powercuts here than the last 6 years elsewhere in Sheffield. Its practically once a fortnight now...

From what I've read, we're at the point where powercuts are going to become a way of life if we're not careful, like some despotic little third world country...

[RollingJ 2,071]

4 minutes ago, Anna B said:

From what I've read, we're at the point where powercuts are going to become a way of life if we're not careful, like some despotic little third world country...

Source?

[HeHasRisen 3,417]

2 hours ago, RollingJ said:

Source?

She is likely referring to the scaremongering from last winter. 

Number of actual rolling blackouts last winter = zero

[RollingJ 2,071]

1 minute ago, HeHasRisen said:

She is likely referring to the scaremongering from last winter. 

Number of actual rolling blackouts last winter = zero

 

1 minute ago, HeHasRisen said:

She is likely referring to the scaremongering from last winter. 

Number of actual rolling blackouts last winter = zero

Possibly - she does live in the past, after all.

[Irene Swaine 1,073]

Storms are just a part of nature. Remember the one in 1987 when Michael Fish got the forecast wrong and everyone blamed him? Batten down the hatches, pour yourself a large whiskey and all will be fine.

[ECCOnoob 1,053]

1 hour ago, Irene Swaine said:

Storms are just a part of nature. Remember the one in 1987 when Michael Fish got the forecast wrong and everyone blamed him? Batten down the hatches, pour yourself a large whiskey and all will be fine.

You don't. 

[rogets 141]

So how are the public going to be protected this year?

 

Will we be caught out again like we always are?

 

Council are useless

[RollingJ 2,071]

Just now, rogets said:

So how are the public going to be protected this year?

 

Will we be caught out again like we always are?

 

Council are useless

Protected against what?

 

Caught out by what?

[rogets 141]

36 minutes ago, RollingJ said:

Protected against what?

 

Caught out by what?

We were caught by the cold, the council never gave any advice on what to do