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Schools shuts, 90-100mph wind, bridges to close: Power cuts: (December 2011)

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KP
KelpieP0921
As Per, the Horrendous conditions, I am hearing back home in the Borders is just as bad as Glasgow and Edinburgh... Reporting Scotland, NO COVERAGE. Radio Scotland's special weather programme this afternoon, NO Coverage.

Absolute & Sheer disgrace!!!! Mad Rolling Eyes

Let's say how much Lookaround shows at 6 (which I'll see on ITV Player later)
SP
Steve in Pudsey
bbc.co.uk/159 reporting that BBC Scotland have sent all non-critical staff home early

Quote:

EMERGENCY INFORMATION
This is information for people who work at the BBC.
Service Status:
This information was last updated at 1pm on Thursday 8th December 2011.
The Met Office has issued its highest warning, a red alert, of gale force winds in Scotland. An orange alert is in place for Northern Ireland while yellow alerts are in place for North Wales and the North of England.
Please ensure that if you or a member of your team is covering the weather conditions or working in an area affected by the severe weather that the necessary precautions are taken.
SCOTLAND
All non-essential broadcast and transmission critical staff in Scotland should begin their journeys home before 2pm, when it is predicted the weather will deteriorate further.
Before leaving, it is essential that you check with your line manager that you are able to leave and are not required for the rest of the day, and that by leaving it does not impact on output in the coming days.
If you have access to webmail, and it is suitable, please continue your work from home.
MEDIACITYUK, SALFORD
Media City Peel security has closed the road leading from the Multi Storey Car Park. Staff should use the roadway by studios stage door.
BBC News is running regular updates on a live page online and please check your regional or National news for the latest information.
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A former member
Gordon, on STV did inform Six o'clock news of this wonderful Scottish saying, but never mentioned it by its named

thegeek posted:
Anyone referred to it on-air as 'Hurricane Bawbag' yet?
JW
JamesWorldNews
623058 posted:
BBC NEWS: live report from North Queensferry opp Forth Bridges


Lorna Gordon fed into Lucy Hockings' program me on BBC World a few moments ago. She presented a segment from the Forth Road Bridge and introduced a couple of items from there.
GE
thegeek Founding member
excellent use of the word 'drookit' on Reporting Scotland there.
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A former member
it now has its own, twitter, FB and WIKI page Laughing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Bawbag
MI
Michael
WW Update posted:
Isn't the use of the term "hurricane" terribly misleading in this case? After all, true hurricanes are tropical systems. An extratropical system like this one may have hurricane-strength winds, but referring to it as a "hurricane" has the potential not just to confuse people, but possibly to frighten them as well, since (true) hurricanes tend to be considerably more destructive (due to their organization) than extratropical winter storms, no matter how many problems the latter may cause.



The Shaf Wrote:
" I see there is some discussion about "Hurricanes" and "hurricane force winds". Hurricanes only happen in the subtropics and close to the tropics. It's a term that describes a cluster of spinning thunderstorms about an "eye". The winds which blow inside a hurricane are of "hurricane force". Hurricane winds blow at least 74mph with gusts of 90mph or more. Today, we in fact, had hurricane force winds in the UK, but not generated by a spinning cluster of thunderstorms (Hurricane). The winds today were brought by a mid-lattitude storm which is common in our climate. So, you can have "hurricane winds" but not necessarily produced by a tropical Hurricane. "
WW
WW Update
Michael posted:
WW Update posted:
Isn't the use of the term "hurricane" terribly misleading in this case? After all, true hurricanes are tropical systems. An extratropical system like this one may have hurricane-strength winds, but referring to it as a "hurricane" has the potential not just to confuse people, but possibly to frighten them as well, since (true) hurricanes tend to be considerably more destructive (due to their organization) than extratropical winter storms, no matter how many problems the latter may cause.



The Shaf Wrote:
" I see there is some discussion about "Hurricanes" and "hurricane force winds". Hurricanes only happen in the subtropics and close to the tropics. It's a term that describes a cluster of spinning thunderstorms about an "eye". The winds which blow inside a hurricane are of "hurricane force". Hurricane winds blow at least 74mph with gusts of 90mph or more. Today, we in fact, had hurricane force winds in the UK, but not generated by a spinning cluster of thunderstorms (Hurricane). The winds today were brought by a mid-lattitude storm which is common in our climate. So, you can have "hurricane winds" but not necessarily produced by a tropical Hurricane. "


Precisely.
Smile
GS
Gavin Scott Founding member
Nobody cares about the accuracy of the term. "Hurricane Bawbag" is purely an injection of humour into the whole escapade - not in any way designed to be taken seriously.

I'm more than a little disappointed to see people (including the Schaff) falling over themselves to correct the terminology. If it *was* a hurricane, it would have been named by the Met Office, and not some Glasgweigan twitter users.

We all knew that up here - we were just trying to make light of a day of bad weather, but this has been largely lost on so many people, it seems.
Last edited by Gavin Scott on 8 December 2011 9:11pm - 2 times in total
OS
OSDTL
Travel update with graphics on BBC News at Five:

26 days later

GE
thegeek Founding member
Ant posted:
thegeek posted:
Anyone referred to it on-air as 'Hurricane Bawbag' yet?


I've heard it said extensively on the radio, but I suppose many might be a bit reluctant.





And it's windy again today. Plenty of live reports and footage of the Clyde being high shot from right next to Pacific Quay. Well, I suppose if it's that bad outside, I wouldn't want to go that far either.
RM
Roger Mellie
WW Update posted:


Isn't the use of the term "hurricane" terribly misleading in this case? After all, true hurricanes are tropical systems. An extratropical system like this one may have hurricane-strength winds, but referring to it as a "hurricane" has the potential not just to confuse people, but possibly to frighten them as well, since (true) hurricanes tend to be considerably more destructive (due to their organization) than extratropical winter storms, no matter how many problems the latter may cause.


True enough. You can get hurricane-force winds here, in terms of the Beaufort scale; but not actual hurricanes, since you need a tropical airmass as you say. Plus hurricanes typically deposit about 14 inches of rain, I don't think even Scotland gets that in one go Laughing

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