Poxy Weather

[V8Druid]

Back in 1982, when snow meant snow—proper, chest-high, lose-the-dog-and-the-Austin-Allegro snow—we didn’t panic. We didn’t refresh weather apps every 30 seconds waiting for a colour-coded warning to tell us how to feel. We simply looked out the window, muttered “bit nippy,” and got on with it.

Schools were open. Teachers arrived wrapped like Arctic explorers, children turned up soaked, frozen, and delighted. Trains? Yes, they stopped—but nobody expected an apology, compensation, or a counselling session. Cars still drove, largely because giving up wasn’t an option. Milkmen became local heroes, trudging through drifts like sherpas with pints instead of oxygen. Bread vanished from shops within minutes, not because of panic buying, but because half the street fancied toast after digging themselves out.

Fast-forward to today: one centimetre of snow and the nation collapses like a fainting goat. Schools shut “as a precaution,” councils issue 47 statements, and adults are advised not to leave the house without emotional support. Gritters are tracked like NASA missions. Someone on Facebook declares it “unprecedented,” despite photographic evidence from 1982 showing cars entirely swallowed by snowbanks.

Where did our gumption go? When did free will get replaced by a laminated risk assessment? We didn’t need a nanny state back then—just a shovel, a flask, and the quiet understanding that if you survived the walk to the shop, you’d earned your bread. Literally.

absolutely bang on Bob
was living in Raglan back then and we had snow to the top of the doors and windows ... took me two days to dig the drive out by hand to get my SWB ser. iii out to the road to get to work in Aber. ... biggest issue was WTF to do with what you dug - only so much you could 'lob over the top' ....... there wasn't a lot moving for a week or more

'77 had been a bad one before that ... was in College in Redland, Bristol and living in Bishopston, 'bout 2+ miles away ... car was buried in 3 ft of snow in a side street for 3 or 4 weeks .. no one could get theirs out either, but we walked in and most ppl turned up daily for 'business as usual'

 

[sfrs4]

I think one of the biggest differences from back in the day to today is that people travel a lot further for work, my kids school was " keeping an eye on the weather, as to whether the school would need to close" me being a grumpy 50 year old and knowing the weather in this area ( we don't get snow in north Notts unless the rest of the country has had a good couple of ft ) I asked why the hell?
Turns out over half the teaching staff live 30-40 miles away in areas like Chesterfield, Sheffield and Nottingham, all of which get hit far worse than my sleepy little town, ok fair enough, it might be hard for them to get in... BUT most employment contracts stipulate it is your own responsibility to get yourself to work and on time, at which point those teaching staff should be finding a hotel, they might have it bad at home, but here where parents can still go to work, it's clear and fine, but now we have to use precious holiday days to stop home and look after our kids because Karen can't be arsed to get up and hour earlier and get herself to work, or stop the night in a local hotel to make sure she's at work next day.

 

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[V8Druid]

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[Smiffy]

I think one of the biggest differences from back in the day to today is that people travel a lot further for work, my kids school was " keeping an eye on the weather, as to whether the school would need to close" me being a grumpy 50 year old and knowing the weather in this area ( we don't get snow in north Notts unless the rest of the country has had a good couple of ft ) I asked why the hell?
Turns out over half the teaching staff live 30-40 miles away in areas like Chesterfield, Sheffield and Nottingham, all of which get hit far worse than my sleepy little town, ok fair enough, it might be hard for them to get in... BUT most employment contracts stipulate it is your own responsibility to get yourself to work and on time, at which point those teaching staff should be finding a hotel, they might have it bad at home, but here where parents can still go to work, it's clear and fine, but now we have to use precious holiday days to stop home and look after our kids because Karen can't be arsed to get up and hour earlier and get herself to work, or stop the night in a local hotel to make sure she's at work next day.

I think before you suggest that you need to think why the teachers are traveling far. I very much doubt it's for sh*ts and giggles and usually because they live where the affordable housing is. Teachers go well above and beyond for what they are paid. They definitely shouldn't be risking an accident in bad weather or getting a hotel

 

[Left hooker]

No wind that was Cornwall wasn’t it

Utter deviation down here 130 mph winds power out for most of Cornwall some still are now since Thursday
Trees uprooted everywhere roots pulled up a large section of water main for the southern part of Cornwall that they are still with our water and having to get bottle water from distribution points , roads uplifted as tree roots pulled up the tarmac
Everyone in utilities are going around the clock currently to restore all the services wiped out by the storm

 

[Left hooker]

Been no national press coverage no emergency help from uk government yet kent no water all over the news across the country

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Been no national press coverage no emergency help from uk government yet kent no water all over the news across the country

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Didn’t even realise you have electric and running water in Cornwall?!….

 

[Lancs Lad]

Been no national press coverage no emergency help from uk government yet kent no water all over the news across the country

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Always same up here when it's bad.
And yet a tree falls over in London and it's headlines...

 

[Storrsy]

I think before you suggest that you need to think why the teachers are traveling far. I very much doubt it's for sh*ts and giggles and usually because they live where the affordable housing is. Teachers go well above and beyond for what they are paid. They definitely shouldn't be risking an accident in bad weather or getting a hotel

Yeah I mean sometimes you have to say is it ever worth it. Most people's car are not equipped for snow and ice and nor the drivers as don't get enough to become experienced. My other half has crashed her car (write off) going to work on Xmas day at the hospital. Now if it's too bad we just say stuff it it's not worth the agro if the conditions are bad, if you don't slide someone can just as easily slide into you on the ungritted roads.

 

[6feetdown]

Didn’t even realise you have electric and running water in Cornwall?!….

They don't

 

[Canal Navvy]

I'd heard on the radio that Redruth had been hit hard and looked online and found nothing remarkable
It is odd how unreported it has been

 

[6feetdown]

I'd heard on the radio that Redruth had been hit hard and looked online and found nothing remarkable
It is odd how unreported it has been

Yeah heard nothing until reading above, like said if it were London or outer area they'd be all over it in the media

 

[V8Druid]

Yeah I mean sometimes you have to say is it ever worth it. Most people's car are not equipped for snow and ice and nor the drivers as don't get enough to become experienced. My other half has crashed her car (write off) going to work on Xmas day at the hospital. Now if it's too bad we just say stuff it it's not worth the agro if the conditions are bad, if you don't slide someone can just as easily slide into you on the ungritted roads.

yep -- had an example the other day .... I was in reverse and going backwards, out the way, 'fore she'd stopped - totally clueless

 

[V8Druid]

Been no national press coverage no emergency help from uk government yet kent no water all over the news across the country

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not seen a bloody word about this ANYWHERE - 'til now, here ...... MSM = bunch of Ws

 

[pettsy]

How have we managed to survive for so many years without naming storms!?

 

[Gecko]

How have we managed to survive for so many years without naming storms!?

Where I've been living in Asia, there are 14 (+/-1) storms per year.
The first storm of the season is numbered "1", the second "2" (etc.), so everyone knows which storm you are referring to.
Why complicate it?

Infamous in Oz is Cyclone Tracy (1974) that flattened an entire city (Darwin - capital of the Northern Territory).
My Dad's comment was that it looked the same when the japanese had finished bombing it (he'd been there at the time).

1974

 

[Left hooker]

not seen a bloody word about this ANYWHERE - 'til now, here ...... MSM = bunch of Ws

We even had the phone alert system go off on our phones before it hit so they knew but chosen to ignore

 

[Left hooker]

Forgot to add a man died when tree crushed his caravan he was living in

 

[6feetdown]

We even had the phone alert system go off on our phones before it hit so they knew but chosen to ignore

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