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Over dramatic weather forecasting.

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henetha Tue 14-Mar-23 09:46:10

Yes, they do tend to over dramatize the forecast these days.
There are so many times when it's nowhere near as bad as they say. I think it might be due to the Michael Fish effect.

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MawtheMerrier Tue 14-Mar-23 09:45:34
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I suppose they are terrified of another Michael Fish “clanger” on the basis of “better safe than sorry”🤔

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Kim19 Tue 14-Mar-23 09:43:17

Totally agree Sago. Last Friday I ran through mental anguish and alternatives for a preplanned outing of importance. Decided to go ahead and attend. Not a problem.. No sign of serious weather anywhere in my rural and urban journey of 25 miles but the forecast warnings were seriously scary.

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Sago Tue 14-Mar-23 09:34:25

Last Thursday despite all the horrendous warnings we drove North to our holiday let, apart from some sleet on the A1 it was a good journey.

Our son and DIL were coming on Friday from London to join us, they were very concerned but had a trouble free journey.
We had a great weekend and any snow that fell was soon melted away in the sunshine.

We were all close to cancelling our plans.

The media are now preparing us for another “ weather bomb”

I appreciate some areas got it harder than others but I’m sure many people change their plans unnecessarily.

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