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mattmaz writes:
Don't get me wrong John, I'm not moaning about a lack of snow - we
have had enough snow here as it is & didn't need any more of the
stuff.

Don't worry. It wasn't you that I had in mind. It was just a convenient
place to let off a little steam.

My point is that the heavy snow we did have yesterday morning,
there was no warning for, yet when they put a warning out later the
same day, nothing happens. It is this inconsistency with the warning
system over the years which is tending to make people ignore such
warnings, which could be a problem if there ever was a real severe
weather event in the future.
I was staying in Boscastle during the flood in 2004, and I don't
remember seeing a warning before that either come to think of it. Yes,
a freak event, but surely something could have be picked up to set
alarm bells ringing, if even an hour or so before the "event". Maybe a
re-think of the way the warning system works would be better, I'm not
sure how but I think it needs addressing.

I'm sure you're right. In particular there seems to be a lack of a
process for removing warnings in a timely fashion once it becomes clear
that what was forecast is no longer going to happen. They always seem to
hang around until they become "time expired".
--
John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)