Red Weather warning Central Belt Fri 24/1

[danny la rouge]

Stay home, stay safe.




Rare red warning in Scotland ahead of Storm Éowyn Rare red warning in Scotland ahead of Storm Éowyn

“The Met Office has said high winds could reach 100mph in exposed western coasts and that there could be a risk to life due to flying debris, power cuts and damage to buildings.

The red warning will run from 10:00 to 17:00 on Friday and covers a large chunk of the central belt including Glasgow and Edinburgh, some islands and parts of south west Scotland.

East Lothian and East Ayrshire have already announced that all schools will be closed, with other councils expected to follow suit.”


Make your boss aware. Tell them Traffic Scotland warns of risk to life.

 

[weepiper]

My son's school has already emailed saying they expect an update from the council's risk assessment team by 3pm, which basically means they're going to shut the schools and cancel the buses.

 

[weepiper]

Glasgow has just announced all schools shut too.

 

[Elpenor]

My Edinburgh based mate is going to be working (he works for a care operator but on a office role) to support the staff on site at one of their locations

He’s meant to be going to some sort of rugby match in the borders at Galashiels on Saturday. Not sure if that will be going ahead, suppose it depends on both the impact and when recovery post storm can begin

 

[danny la rouge]

All Scotrail train services cancelled.

 

[weepiper]

Edinburgh schools all shut too now. Council running 'essential services only'. I was just having a chat with one of the other shop owners near my work and they and at least half of the other shops on the street are closing. Hopefully my boss will be guilted into action soon too (I'm not at work tomorrow so it doesn't affect me personally but really noone should be feeling they have to travel in this)

 

[weepiper]

My middle son's college near East Kilbride is closing and telling people not to travel for safety reasons.

 

[danny la rouge]

Both daughters’ work places have told them to work from home.

 

[danny la rouge]

My old workplace has closed all its campuses.

 

[weepiper]

My friend who is a postie tells me Royal Mail have cancelled deliveries tomorrow, not sure if this is only Edinburgh or Scotland wide. Anyway it's a first.

 

[weepiper]

Daughter's buses are now cancelled so her employer has to let her have the day off!

 

[danny la rouge]

Nearly ejected my heart through my mouth when this warning arrived with a horrible sound.

 

[weepiper]

We all just got that at work too.

 

[weepiper]

Colleague just spoke to a customer on the phone who is a consultant at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. He said all the emergency services are, and I quote, 'shitting themselves' about this storm. He is not normally an emergency department doctor but is going into work before 6am in the hope of avoiding the worst of it and then essentially camping out there because they are expecting a lot of trauma patients.

 

[danny la rouge]

I keep my phone on silent, and I’m quite deaf, and I still literally did a jump scare!

 

[Rebecca Riot]

Nearly ejected my heart through my mouth when this warning arrived with a horrible sound.

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We had the same warning for storm Darragh here in Wales. I nearly jumped out of my skin when I heard it that day.

 

[iona]

It is possible to turn the emergency alerts off on your phone now, if you want to.

 

[RevolutionSound]

 

[2hats]

It is possible to turn the emergency alerts off on your phone now, if you want to.

Some classes of alert. Post #18,837.

 

[weepiper]

Boss getting the emergency alert has made him realise we are not exaggerating and now we're going to be closed tomorrow

 

[danny la rouge]

Boss getting the emergency alert has made him realise we are not exaggerating and now we're going to be closed tomorrow

Thank fuck for that!

 

[Sue]

My nephew's really happy there's no school tomorrow but hasn't yet realised his football's also been cancelled and that he'll be staying in all day.

 

[weepiper]

All Edinburgh buses off between 10-5.

 

[danny la rouge]

Subway is sensibly closed too.

Of course some logic bros on social media are outraged because “it’s not windy under ground”. Because the staff and customers live in the tunnels or something.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

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Subway is sensibly closed too.

Of course some logic bros on social media are outraged because “it’s not windy under ground”. Because the staff and customers live in the tunnels or something.

Hope other sandwich shops will remain open.

 

[danny la rouge]

Hope other sandwich shops will remain open.

I hate that Subway. It smells of chemical death.

 

[gosub]

I hate that Subway. It smells of chemical death.

One of the breads apparently

 

[yield]

earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions looks bad

 

[danny la rouge]

The wind is apparently so strong that the BBC is reporting that Largs is now east of Glasgow!

#BuyAMapBBCLondon

 

[danny la rouge]

Just had a text from Admiral (with whom we have home insurance), unprompted, saying they’re very busy and leave them in peace for a bit.

So I’m guessing stuff has happened to people. Hope everyone is OK.