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Bad weather up North

John,

I know you like things to do while your're at home , so this may interest you ..

The RNLI have a 'virtual pager' that you can download , you then customise it to which stations you want to monitor , and then the pager alerts you , in real time , when the lifeboats you are watching are called out. Your pager goes off at exactly the same time as theirs !!

You can download it here .

http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/news/news_detail?articleid=258311

The Thames lifeboats are the busiest in tersm of calls , they tend to just be for people in the water as opposed to the big sinking ship type calls...

January is a busy time for the Thames lifeboats, the Christmas credit card bills come in and down to the river people go.

Mildly amusing ( in a macabre way ) , last week , the lifeboat at Teddington was called out to attend an attempted suicide in Kingston. In the end the chap was pulled out by an off duty policeman before the boat got there .

However, the lady who reported it when questioned , said :-

' I saw this man floating down the river ( which was in flood ) just with his head above the water ... I called out ' Are you alright ?' , to which the man replied ' Yes , Thank you ' .... :crazy:

How's that for politeness ? ;)
 
Howard said:
' I saw this man floating down the river ( which was in flood ) just with his head above the water ... I called out ' Are you alright ?' , to which the man replied ' Yes , Thank you ' .... :crazy:

How's that for politeness ? ;)
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Hi Howard,
Thanks very much for the link, I will download it. I have a radio capable of monitoring channel 0 which gets very interesting.

l can just imagine that old lady offering this person a nice cup of tea in her bone china tea service ;) Brilliant and thanks again

Regards
John
 
glojo said:
Looks like you guys and gals are in for more bad weather?

I hear there are a few roads being closed because of snow?

A66 etc

Please take care on the journey home

Regards
John
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Well I'm actually thankful today that I am laid up recouperating now:( . Was getting bored & frustrated, but changed my mind now that I'm nice & warm! + people keep bringing me broth!! :)
 
How is the snow ooop North and is it closing anymore roads?

Regards
John
 
well i was listening to the radio earlier and they made it sound like we were going to be trapped in for weeks... we had 5 minutes of heavy snow and now its all dissapeared...
 
Clear night down here, can see Orion infact!
 
Wife is out in the observatory, but it is still sad to hear about motorists in oither parts of England being stranded out on the highways and bye-ways. fingers crossed that everyone is accounted for.

Regards
John
 
Whats all this about bad weather?
Down here on the Hampshire Riviera it`s been cool,but bright sunshine,quite comfortable in the lee of the wind.
Am i living on another planet?(Mrs E thinks so.)
 
Yes it is getting a tad chilly up here, had to put on a shirt today :D:devil:

Pammy will still be driving around with her top off :crazy:(car top folks, don't get carried away ;))
 
County Durham here.....on the edge of the fells..... and...not a smell of the aforementioned snow!!
 
According to my nieghbour, this view taken this morning from my window, is the first time in 4 years its been on the floor here. Certainly the first time in the year I have been here.


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During the night we actually had a trace of frost on the shed roof, but in the morning, all gone, no signs of any at all at all.

Having watched the complete series of Ice Road Truckers it begs the question of why our roads come to a grinding halt at the first sniff of any adverse weather and before anyone mentions snow chains. These trucks only used chains in the most extreme and adverse condition where they had very heavy loads and failed to get a run at any of the really steep hills.

Regards
John
 
glojo said:
During the night we actually had a trace of frost on the shed roof, but in the morning, all gone, no signs of any at all at all.

Having watched the complete series of Ice Road Truckers it begs the question of why our roads come to a grinding halt at the first sniff of any adverse weather and before anyone mentions snow chains. These trucks only used chains in the most extreme and adverse condition where they had very heavy loads and failed to get a run at any of the really steep hills.

Regards
John
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Hi i live 5 miles from were all the cars were stranded,its not the amout of snow,its the white out conditions the wind causes.can block the road up there in a few mins.someone should have closed the snow gates sooner,they new these conditions were on the way.someone dropped a clanger
 
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