[Sussex] Storm Ciaran on its way or here?

[Machiavelli]

Are you suggesting that all those years I asked the question 'how do you know we aren't in an interglacial', it was based on no empirical evidence whatsoever, and that it contradicted the very degree course I took? That a non-geographer can know more than a geographer?

If you had known me in my wilderness years, from 1979-1982, you would conclude that this is quite possible. Probable even.

To be fair, I have no recollection at all of studying the holocene and or the anthropocene, which I hadn't even heard of.
So I'm going to plead ignorance.

You can excuse yourself: the anthropocene hadn't been coined when you were a lad; and that's a lively debate as to when it began and, relatedly, whether it's the most apposite term to use for the mire
As to the holocene, that's disgraceful

 

[Brok]

Starting to pick up a bit in Cheshire now, but I doubt it will be anything like Sussex has been getting.
We'll see.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/av/21416743

apparently she talks about the the weather. On the lunchtime news the camera was further away, her dress was almost see through

 

[BLOCK F]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/av/21416743

apparently she talks about the the weather. On the lunchtime news the camera was further away, her dress was almost see through

As an old mate of mine used to say, ‘Hmm, not entirely unattractive.’

 

[Eric the meek]

You can excuse yourself: the anthropocene hadn't been coined when you were a lad; and that's a lively debate as to when it began and, relatedly, whether it's the most apposite term to use for the mire
As to the holocene, that's disgraceful

Haha - thank you for your understanding.

Yes, the anthropocene was/is a new term to me, but I've just googled it, and it makes sense to be coined. Human activity is obviously going to affect the landscape and less obviously, the atmosphere, but as to the extent of that effect, or if it can be isolated from naturally occurring processes and quantified, spatially and temporally, I have no idea. I expect there have been some attempts to do so.

I had certainly heard of the Holocene, but without googling it, I couldn't remember its start (and er, end) dates. I seem to have forgotten more than I was taught.
It was a long time ago...

 

[dazzer6666]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/av/21416743

apparently she talks about the the weather. On the lunchtime news the camera was further away, her dress was almost see through

Nice, but she’s no Yanet García………

 

[bluenitsuj]

So when is it due

 

[Eric the meek]

So when is it due

Early Saturday morning. Son of Ciaran is barreling in. Not as big as Ciaran, but it's the little guys you need to watch out for.

 

[jakarta]

Starting to pick up a bit in Cheshire now, but I doubt it will be anything like Sussex has been getting.
We'll see.

The North West never seem to get it, Remember living in Northwich on the night of the Great Storm and I slept through it while it blew the bin over.
Couldn't believe the fuss the Soft Southern Shites were making when I turned on Breakfast TV...

 

[schmunk]

The North West never seem to get it, Remember living in Northwich on the night of the Great Storm and I slept through it while it blew the bin over.
Couldn't believe the fuss the Soft Southern Shites were making when I turned on Breakfast TV...

These things tend to come up from the mid-Atlantic, whereby you are shielded by Wales and Ireland, dissipating much of the energy.

 

[rippleman]

It wasn't the BBC or any other media outlet that started giving them names, it was the Met Office and BBC simply reported using the given names. The weather presenters used to be Met office employees. Met as in meteorological, not metropolitan.

'The Met Office decided to start giving storms names back in 2014, in the same way they do in America. The first windstorm to be named was Abigail on 10 November 2015. The Met Office hoped that naming big storms will make people more aware of them and how dangerous they can be'.

Thank you - but it still doesn't explain why! Calling a storm "betty" eg is more likely to make people titter rather than think "jeez, that's gonna be dangerous". So if a storm has a name I know it is a "big storm" but that still doesn't tell me what I need to know.

Oh well. The world has bigger problems.

 

[Brok]

The North West never seem to get it, Remember living in Northwich on the night of the Great Storm and I slept through it while it blew the bin over.
Couldn't believe the fuss the Soft Southern Shites were making when I turned on Breakfast TV...

I know. I was in Worthing at the time, and the curtains got sucked out through the windows. Didn't think much about it, and slept all night, to wake up to devastation.
Anyway, in Cheshire, we get a lot of rain, bit of wind, but never a storm as such.

Edit to add, completely off topic.... at the moment I have Mr and Mrs swan, and no less than 5 cygnets outside my front door. Looks like that f***ing horrible bird flu may have gone away for a bit...

 

[Cheshire Cat]

It's a bit damp and blowy here at the moment.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Still no power, went off 7 this morning.

 

[maltaseagull]

Just watching the BBC evening news and Jersey got hit really hard. Much like Peacehaven in ´87

 

[Cheshire Cat]

How was Big Jet TV today?

I didn't get a chance to watch.

 

[Guinness Boy]

How was Big Jet TV today?

I didn't get a chance to watch.

Damp squib when I looked.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Thank you - but it still doesn't explain why! Calling a storm "betty" eg is more likely to make people titter rather than think "jeez, that's gonna be dangerous". So if a storm has a name I know it is a "big storm" but that still doesn't tell me what I need to know.

Oh well. The world has bigger problems.

Perhaps the Met Office should have a look at their suggested names spreadsheet and replace these with 'Storm Scary B'stard', 'Storm Absolute C**t', 'Storm Die If You Set Foot Outside', 'Storm F*** Me That's Huge' and, once downgraded, 'Storm Prepare to Pick Up Your Outdoor Furniture' and 'Storm It's Probably OK to Take the Dog Out Now If He Hasn't Shat On the Carpet'.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Perhaps the Met Office should have a look at their suggested names spreadsheet and replace these with 'Storm Scary B'stard', 'Storm Absolute C**t', 'Storm Die If You Set Foot Outside', 'Storm F*** Me That's Huge' and, once downgraded, 'Storm Prepare to Pick Up Your Outdoor Furniture' and 'Storm It's Probably OK to Take the Dog Out Now If He Hasn't Shat On the Carpet'.

Also "Storm I've just been overtaken by a giant flying trampoline that some idiot didn't fasten down properly"

 

[BN41Albion]

Perhaps the Met Office should have a look at their suggested names spreadsheet and replace these with 'Storm Scary B'stard', 'Storm Absolute C**t', 'Storm Die If You Set Foot Outside', 'Storm F*** Me That's Huge' and, once downgraded, 'Storm Prepare to Pick Up Your Outdoor Furniture' and 'Storm It's Probably OK to Take the Dog Out Now If He Hasn't Shat On the Carpet'.

Edit - misread post!