Monday 12 June 2023
Amber Warning
A few hours ago the Met Office weather map had an amber thunderstorm alert lurking over our bit of Derbyshire. Crikey -
Gradually the sun disappeared behind fairly huge banks of cloud -
The sky darkened rather ominously -
Flashes of lightning were followed by rumbles of thunder some distance away -
Light rain made the patio a little damp -
But we came through it in spite of the amber warning - or should that be Amber Warning?
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A warning to particular areas about the likelihood of flooding is useful. A warning about thunderstorms'? Not really useful unless you are planning to play golf. A 4 minute warning about nuclear attack - enough time to boil an egg.
The more insidious aspect is teaching people 'learned helplessness'. We never used to have all these warnings and yet we managed, and now there is an industry to deliver mostly useless warnings. Big Brother sees all and knows all and helps you keep safe.
There was a downpour on a village fifteen miles away. Nowt here.
What was the last named "Storm"* warning that you were alerted to.
* A stiff breeze. Tree branches might move.
Storm by Beaufort scale. Wind speeds 48 to 55 knots. 89 to 102 kph.
But he afraid. Very afraid.
I would have thought that a retired scientist would know the link between amber and electrostatic charge.
DJ - there is an interesting aspect to it in that something new will probably have to be added to the yellow/amber/red system. We've become familiar with it so that yellow becomes normal, amber slightly less normal and only red is of interest.
dearieme - thunderstorm forecasts rarely turn out to be correct round here. The colours on maps approach makes it worse - far too definite.
Doonhamer - a "storm" used to leave twigs and branches strewn across country roads but now it is more likely to be a few leaves.
Sam - maybe it was amber with bugs in it.
"A four minute warning about nuclear attack - enough time to boil an egg." Or, in my case, have sex - twice!
Penseivat
"A warning to particular areas about the likelihood of flooding is useful"
If the lacke of road maintenance round here is anything to go by, a good number of those warnings wouldn't be needed IF the drains were cleared regularly. All the ones I pass when walking round the block are between 70 and 95% obstructed by compacted leaf and tree debris. They've been like it since autumn last year...
Penseivat - you'd need to allow enough time to ask "did the earth move for you?" - twice.
Dave - ours seem to work in heavy rain, but the trees are hacked back regularly so there aren't many leaves.
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