Friday, March 03, 2006

Several times today people have mentioned that the snow that's been falling over the last few days up north is going to hit the East Midlands. There seems to be much talk of "oh no, I'm not going out in the car this weekend, what if we get stuck in the snow" and "what? Go out for the day and risk getting stranded?".

Judging by these conversations we're all about to be buried alive in metre upon metre of freshly fallen snow and probably be forced to eat our own legs just to stay alive. Family members, stuck in basements, will have to draw lots to choose which of them will be the first to be eaten. You get the idea.

The only trouble is that no one who knows anything about all things weather-related is predicting any snow. The BBC? No, the Met Office? No, the Weather Channel? No. So where are these people getting this secret snow-related tip-offs from?

Is there some secret underground weather forecasting network (underground as in clandestine not as in beneath the surface of the earth; after all I imagine the weather below ground level is pretty stable) giving people the wink about top-secret weather reports? It's a mystery. How can so many people be sure it's gonna snow when people who are trained in that kinda thing are so sure it's not?

Knowing my luck I'll get stranded in my car during the weekend and end up having to eat my own legs to survive.

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