Preparedness for when

jk0

kittie wrote: »

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I am cross posting everywhere as this is highly dangerous. Please read the link
http://www.weatheraction.com/display....asp?a=629&c=5


for everyones sake please pass the link around. Met o will not be able to forecast until 12 hours before event. Read under the picture as v important

That link doesn't work for me.

Perplexed_Pineapple

Did you mean this?
http://www.weatheraction.com/displayarticle.asp?a=629&c=5

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oh crikey. Yes, thanks

armyknife

Perplexed_Pineapple wrote: »

Did you mean this?
http://www.weatheraction.com/displayarticle.asp?a=629&c=5

I have a hard time listening to someone who outright insults fellow scientists within the first few paragraphs, rather unprofessional:

The UK Govt should cease relying on the Met Office charlatans for any long-range or more than a week ahead forecast advice

maryb

Frugalsod wrote: »

Most benefits go to the very rich via housing benefits and pensioners.

I get very uneasy when pensions are referred to as benefits. Means testing round the corner.

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armyknife wrote: »

I have a hard time listening to someone who outright insults fellow scientists within the first few paragraphs, rather unprofessional:

he gets very annoyed that so called scientists advise the government that we are in the throes of climate warming when in FACT the weather patterns are caused by solar/lunar aspects

The article was there at cost to him but no cost to readers. You have the choice of not reading

As a `fellow scientist` a physicist actually, I spend my money on buying his forecasts as they are so incredibly accurate and I try to pass a little onto others so that people can prepare, as much as they can, even if it is just by getting food in and staying at home

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Many thanks as always KITTIE for your generosity in sharing the information with us as much as you are able to. I for one would always prefer to be aware of potentially disruptive and dangerous possible events and make provision as much as possible to keep us and our home safe. If those events then don't materialise we're still in a much better position for the next one that does!!! You are a good friend indeed in actually raising awareness for ALL of this online community, and folks who are sceptical can choose to ignore what they feel is irrelevant. Me? I'm a believer!!! Lyn xxx.

GreyQueen

Thank you, kittie. By sharing what you're able to share, you perform a useful service for those of us who lack the means to subscribe.

I'm not a scientist but I am intelligent and I like to read much and think about a lot about things. Ultimately, what is actually happening with the weather may not even be evident in my lifetime, or for several lifetimes' hence. We can read what we like and draw what conclusions we like and make adjustments or not to our plans and lifestyles.

As to one person being right and the rest of scientific opinion being utterly wrong, whilst insisting that they are right and that the maverick is a fool or a charlatan..........well, there are many precedents for that in the world of science.

Yesterday was a whole 10 degrees celcius colder than Thursday, first thing in my region. I had some free time in the afternoon so nipped up to the allotment to add 3 more double-rows of broad beans to the 4 double-rows which I planted last autumn.

The autumn-sown beans are presently anything from 12-18" tall and starting to come into flower. They continured to grow steadily through the winter as it was so mild (southern England). I hope that the early bumblebees will be around to do their usual pollination duties. I do keep calendula (aka the english or pot marigold) in flower 12 months of the year so that my lottie will be a haven for insects.

The calendula is still flowering, although looking rather weather-battered and with far fewer flowers at this time of year. They're little troopers and self-seed freely. These particular seeds were gathered from Nan's back garden and are both orange and yellow ones, with some plants having extra layers of petals. Insects inc bees of both varieties go crazy for them.

Spring is definately on the move here, although there is still plenty of time for extreme weather. Catkins have been around for weeks, the weeping willows have had their twgs flushed yellow for about 3 weeks now, a sign that the sap is rising, male blackbirds are having territorial fights, the wild plums are coming into blossom, as are a few other fruit trees.

Today I shall walk rather than cycle to my allotment and gather bunches of twigs which blew down in the gales. I use them for the peas. Peas are tendril climbers and are much happier climbing natural twigs than smooth ones from the garden centre. It holds them off the soil better as they have far more anchor points. Since peas seem to be especially-beloved of the gastropods, you want them up off the soil as much as possible.

I'm wondering about the gastropods in 2014. 2012 was ghastly, like one of the plagues of Egypt. I killed slugs and snails by the hundreds on most visits. 2013 was much drier and there were far fewer. I saw less than a dozen slugs (and killed them on sight). Be curious to see what happens this year, weather wise and slug wise.

Cheapskate

Kittie, what GQ said ^^. We aren't in a red area according to that map, but I will tie down the bins, check the fence and warn mum and the neighbours, you're such a brick sharing these things with us all.

My snowdrops are out, but not much else spring-like occurring here, but the birds have been singing their hearts out all week, such a welcome sound after months of gloom. Putting in an order to real seeds this weekend, hoping that I can save seeds from what's grown for the future. Also got a load of free seeds with a couple of gardening mags, at least £25 worth, so going to sow some indoors with the littlies over half term, it'll kill a morning!

Take care preppers

A xo

ALIBOBSY

short_bird wrote: »

http://www.jorvik-viking-festival.co.uk/2014/02/vikings-arrive-in-york-ahead-of-ragnarok-the-norse-apocalypse/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k

I saw this a couple of days ago and I thought the story could almost be an allegorical tale for the end of oil, with the old world ending and a new different world emerging with the survivors lol. Especially the bits about the natural disasters and water covering the earth eek!

Ali x