Snow on the Wolds The weather can change pretty dramatically at this time of year!
I don’t know about you but I get sick of the way some news items and weather forecasts are dramatically presented. There seems to be a policy of exaggerating events and filling them with unnecessary drama, especially weather forecasts. Over the last couple of days we have been warned about impending cold temperatures, icy roads, snowfalls and windy conditions. They use coloured hazard warning triangles to show the severity of events. Come on, we know it’s Winter and we know we can expect inclement weather, we don’t need a song a dance presentation. It is sufficient to tell us to expect lots of snow and ice or whatever isn’t it? In fact we haven’t had any snow where I live but other parts of the country have been less fortunate. Which is better to say, ‘Tomorrow there will be heavy falls of snow causing problems and disruptions during the rush hour as people try to get to work’ or ‘Expect some heavy downpours of snow tomorrow which may cause disruptions to travellers’? I often wonder how other countries cope and if they make an issue of it? In places like Canada road users have a legal obligation to fit ‘winter’ tyres at the onset of Winter so they are ready and prepared for it and their snowfalls are measured in feet! We get a few inches and it causes havoc!
Sutton Road in winter Don’t expect to see snow here too often.
I find many people making too much of a fuss about certain things in their lives, things that most people just accept as life. There is a time to make a fuss I suppose but not for things we should expect to happen but maybe for the unusual.
This country has been quite unprepared in previous years for sudden changes in the weather, such as heavy snow by not having enough rock salt to spread on the roads or enough vehicles or personnel to do it. There is really no excuse for that, at this time of year we know conditions can change dramatically, especially in this country!
Shirley Anne
Related articles
- Breaking News: Snow weather warning for North East on Monday (journallive.co.uk)
- UK News: England braced for heavy snowfall (walesonline.co.uk)
- Snowfalls predicted across Britain (bbc.co.uk)
