Weather warnings and common sense

[Asthehills]

1 hour ago, TheTeapot said:

It was of course 15 degrees just two weeks ago, a balmy warm November.

And now, it’s just December.

Best get the weather warnings out for the idiots 🙄

[Roger Mexico]

10 hours ago, cissolt said:

Are the elderly using everbridge though? Another white elephant gov project, an foi showed it has 36 users at one point 

Not quite, but an FoI from June 2021 (ref : 1825365) produced some interesting figures:

1) The total amount of people who have signed up to use Everbridge is 5460. The Department is unable to provide a year by year total as requested;

2) The Department is unable to compile this data;

3) In total, 2 test messages have been sent over the last 3 financial years. NOTE – the system has only been running since May 2020;

4) In respect of this part of the request, the Department seeks clarification to narrow down the information requested;

5) The initial costs totalled to £ 36,092.97. This included £ 2,406.89 for One-time Implementation and Setup Fees, £ 3,600.00 for Professional Services and £30,086.08 for Year One Fee. An internal project manager was used and the costs of this were not captured. The actual annual costs for the service equals to £ 30,086.08.

6) The Department does not categorise messages as such, but internal guidance states that Everbridge is to be used when there is a risk to life or property or when an urgent public safety message needs to be conveyed. This included information relating to Covid-19. The Department also sends notifications relating to AMBER and RED weather warnings.

(I've not put up the questions as you work them out from the answers - where they have been answered).

[NoTailT]

Seeing lots of pictures on Facebook across, particularly London, caked in beautiful snow.

Where the fuck is ours? 😡

[Gladys]

12 minutes ago, NoTailT said:

Seeing lots of pictures on Facebook across, particularly London, caked in beautiful snow.

Where the fuck is ours? 😡

On the same plane that today's newspapers were.  Third world country. (Apart from the disease, mortality, hunger,  exploitation, limited education, of course.)

[The Voice of Reason]

10 hours ago, Harry Lamb said:

The worst thing about snow and ice is that it flushes out all the sad wankers who post that nobody knows how to drive in the conditions, walk on icy pavements etc, just to demonstrate their supposed superiority in driving, being a human being and so on ...

Brilliant!

[The Phantom]

I had to help out an old fella today sprawled out on an icy pavement. 

But anyway, I remember when we just called it winter.

[Omobono]

never mind there will be a load of more nutters driving too fast and out with the conditions  in the morning ,  someone has to keep the body shops going , but  I have never seen so many lunatic drivers  on the roads recently  ,   too much speed braking hard no wonder they loose it on the slippery surface ,

[Stu Peters]

8 hours ago, 0bserver said:

Environmentally friendly joke. Saves me doing some Active Travel™️ in this weather.

I think I was referring to Helix recycling YOUR line actually, but he seems to be particularly argumentative tonight...

[HeliX]

2 minutes ago, Stu Peters said:

I think I was referring to Helix recycling YOUR line actually, but he seems to be particularly argumentative tonight...

No I'm not!

 

[Banker]

Anyone think the mountain will be open this week? Got some appointments in Ramsey & the coastal route is a real slow pain 

[HiVibes]

Another perfectly fine day to walk or cycle to work, or pop to the chemist to get your pills.

[Amadeus]

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=53.86;-4.88;6&l=rain-3h&t=20221212/09

Some of the roads were well icy yesterday, even main ones later in the morning but DOI seemed to work their way around the island and by lunch time it seemed better. I don't quite understand why the mountain is closed, though. There's not a lot of snow and the line I heard was "it's simply too cold". Salt works down to -20 or thereabouts? Surely it wasn't that cold? 
 

 

 

[Asthehills]

5 minutes ago, Amadeus said:

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=53.86;-4.88;6&l=rain-3h&t=20221212/09

Some of the roads were well icy yesterday, even main ones later in the morning but DOI seemed to work their way around the island and by lunch time it seemed better. I don't quite understand why the mountain is closed, though. There's not a lot of snow and the line I heard was "it's simply too cold". Salt works down to -20 or thereabouts? Surely it wasn't that cold? 

 

The salt the DOI have works to -4.  Below that it’s useless.

[Amadeus]

9 minutes ago, Asthehills said:

The salt the DOI have works to -4.  Below that it’s useless.

Source? 

[Asthehills]

10 minutes ago, Amadeus said:

Source? 

It’s rock salt.  Widely said to melt ice to -6 BUT that is dependent on all the things listed in the article below.  I believe that at the rate it is scattered by our gritters it is beloved to be effective to -4.

https://www.cargill.com/at-what-temperature-does-rock-salt-stop-working