York snow: rolling weather coverage (From York Press)

inthesticks wrote:
The weather forecast on the right of the news page says 96% chance of snow, so 4% of people don`t have snow in the region. Wonder where they live?

yorkborn66 wrote:
8.40am
Dozens of schools have been closed today across the region. Full list on the way.

If dozens of schools have been closed because of the weather. It would have been helpful for parents to know before they set off to school with their kids.
Parents will by now know one way or the other now.

inthesticks wrote:
The weather forecast on the right of the news page says 96% chance of snow, so 4% of people don`t have snow in the region. Wonder where they live?

Buzz Light-year wrote:

inthesticks wrote:
The weather forecast on the right of the news page says 96% chance of snow, so 4% of people don`t have snow in the region. Wonder where they live?

Back to school for you!

far2bizzy wrote:

inthesticks wrote: The weather forecast on the right of the news page says 96% chance of snow, so 4% of people don`t have snow in the region. Wonder where they live?

Yes that’s always puzzled me – if they say there is a 100% chance of snow in the next hour does that mean it’ll snow everywhere for the next hour, it will snow somewhere for the next hour, or it will snow everywhere for some time in the next hour.

Buzz Light-year wrote:

inthesticks wrote:
The weather forecast on the right of the news page says 96% chance of snow, so 4% of people don`t have snow in the region. Wonder where they live?

Back to school for you!

AngryandFrustrated wrote:

far2bizzy wrote:

inthesticks wrote: The weather forecast on the right of the news page says 96% chance of snow, so 4% of people don`t have snow in the region. Wonder where they live?

Yes that’s always puzzled me – if they say there is a 100% chance of snow in the next hour does that mean it’ll snow everywhere for the next hour, it will snow somewhere for the next hour, or it will snow everywhere for some time in the next hour.

I think you will find a bit of a clue in the word in the top left hand corner of the weather alert that says "York." Not York and surrounding area, not York and North Yorkshire etc. York.

So "inthesticks" if you wanted to know what is happeneing in the "region" as opposed to "York" then click on the weather link and enter a different location to "York."

In the meantime, as I traversed York this morning, I can confirm that at one side of town it was snowing heavily and at the other, it wasn't snowing at all. Maybe the few streets I travelled down where it wasn't snowing fall into the 4%!

inthesticks wrote:

yorkborn66 wrote:
8.40am
Dozens of schools have been closed today across the region. Full list on the way.

If dozens of schools have been closed because of the weather. It would have been helpful for parents to know before they set off to school with their kids.
Parents will by now know one way or the other now.

I agree but you can use BBCiplayer, get Radio York, they were reeling off the list at 7:30 this morning, maybe earlier.

YorkPatrol wrote:
You only need to mention the word snow for the teachers to bale out and go AWOL

Sawday2 wrote:

YorkPatrol wrote:
You only need to mention the word snow for the teachers to bale out and go AWOL

Go stick you head in something brown and sticky you plonker.

It's NOT the teachers, most of whom will make strenuous efforts to get in, but Heads who have the ultimate decision as to whether schools should close to pupils.

NoNewsIsGoodNews wrote:

Sawday2 wrote:

YorkPatrol wrote:
You only need to mention the word snow for the teachers to bale out and go AWOL

Go stick you head in something brown and sticky you plonker.

It's NOT the teachers, most of whom will make strenuous efforts to get in, but Heads who have the ultimate decision as to whether schools should close to pupils.

The decision is usually based on whether or not teachers can get in to school or not.

inthesticks wrote:

NoNewsIsGoodNews wrote:

Sawday2 wrote:

YorkPatrol wrote:
You only need to mention the word snow for the teachers to bale out and go AWOL

Go stick you head in something brown and sticky you plonker.

It's NOT the teachers, most of whom will make strenuous efforts to get in, but Heads who have the ultimate decision as to whether schools should close to pupils.

The decision is usually based on whether or not teachers can get in to school or not.

It`s a good job hospital staff manage to get in then, using the same roads and de-icer and snow scrapers.

ColdAsChristmas wrote:
inthesticks, may I apologise on behalf of Buzz LY. He has a habit of being picky and critical without adding to the debate. Just a Gremlin!

The fact is, we are not supposed to be getting this freezing weather / climate. Pedaling Paul even told us that the Arctic is melting at an alarming rate, recently.
In 2000, Dr David Viner said that snow will soon be a thing of the past!
Now who are the deniers?
BTW, it's not man made CO2 any more but Black soot the enemy. Looks like PP's bus will have to go?
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DEKKA wrote:
Chance of snow. A weather forecast is actually a number of forecasts with slightly different initial conditions. A 96% chance of snow means that out of 25 forecasts 24 predict snow.

roskoboskovic wrote:
d agorne sickens me with his attitude.cycle paths don t just get the same priority as roads they get priority over most roads.my street and surrounding ones off fulford rd don t get gritted never mind cleared yet the cycle path over low moor was cleared before 7.00 am on saturday morning.

Sawday2 wrote:

YorkPatrol wrote: You only need to mention the word snow for the teachers to bale out and go AWOL

Go stick you head in something brown and sticky you plonker. It's NOT the teachers, most of whom will make strenuous efforts to get in, but Heads who have the ultimate decision as to whether schools should close to pupils.

far2bizzy wrote:

DEKKA wrote:
Chance of snow. A weather forecast is actually a number of forecasts with slightly different initial conditions. A 96% chance of snow means that out of 25 forecasts 24 predict snow.

Sorry if I seem to be going on a bit but this really does puzzle me.

So if all 25 forecasts predict that there will be snow tomorrow for, say, 1 hour that would be 100% chance of snow? And if they also predict that for the rest of the time it will be dry and sunny that would also be 100% chance of it being dry and sunny? Which I suppose is theoretically correct but doesn’t seem very helpful.

A 100% chance of rain may mean that all the forecasts predict rain for 5 minutes at 3 a.m. – what use is that?

YorkPatrol wrote:

Sawday2 wrote:

YorkPatrol wrote: You only need to mention the word snow for the teachers to bale out and go AWOL

Go stick you head in something brown and sticky you plonker. It's NOT the teachers, most of whom will make strenuous efforts to get in, but Heads who have the ultimate decision as to whether schools should close to pupils.

If you teachers are so noble, when the head informs you that the school is to close (for no good reason) – why don’t you suggest that despite the closure, you will still attend and clear the snow from the school grounds??

No?, didn’t think so.. Have another brew on your paid (by the tax payer) day off

pedalling paul wrote:
Since when have I had a bus.....?

And what's all that about having a brew paid for by the taxpayer? Doesn't that apply to ALL government/council workers? You could just as well say ..."paid for by British Gas, KPMG, Virgin Media..." or whoever your employer happens to be.

roskoboskovic wrote:
d agorne sickens me with his attitude.cycle paths don t just get the same priority as roads they get priority over most roads.my street and surrounding ones off fulford rd don t get gritted never mind cleared yet the cycle path over low moor was cleared before 7.00 am on saturday morning.

Guy Fawkes wrote:

And what's all that about having a brew paid for by the taxpayer? Doesn't that apply to ALL government/council workers? You could just as well say ..."paid for by British Gas, KPMG, Virgin Media..." or whoever your employer happens to be.

As someone who has worked for both public and private sector employers, it is my experience that the former (with the exception of emergency services) are far more likely to shut up shop at the first sign of weather-related trouble. At my current workplace, a university, we've spent most of the day fielding calls and emails from students (most of whom live within easy walking distance of the campus) threatening to make formal complaints against us for holding lectures and seminars as normal and recording as absent those who don't attend. Having spent the previous 18 years of their lives being schooled in institutions that close down at the first sight of a snowflake, entering the real world is proving somewhat of a shock.

meme wrote:
so much for global warming
The Government have confirmed there has been little upward change and they got it wrong
glaciers melting at unprecedented rates was completly made up
The artic is melting fastert than thought but there is still a great deal of it and this is almost certainly cyclical
Our weather is much as it has always been.... ie unpredictable.
Im all for being green and saving resources but its time the doom mongers who said we would all be baking to death and our climate would change irrevocably made a public apology and stopped trying to scare everyone to death in their push to be recognised as experts

desmond tiblets wrote:
Not a bad job teachers have they are never at work if you take into account there sixty days holiday they have.

Sawday2 wrote:

desmond tiblets wrote:
Not a bad job teachers have they are never at work if you take into account there sixty days holiday they have.

You quite obviously do not know any teachers, nor anything about their work. It's the pupils that get the long holidays NOT the teachers. You are just showing your complete ignorance.

Sawday2 wrote:

desmond tiblets wrote:
Not a bad job teachers have they are never at work if you take into account there sixty days holiday they have.

You quite obviously do not know any teachers, nor anything about their work. It's the pupils that get the long holidays NOT the teachers. You are just showing your complete ignorance.

Sawday2 wrote:

YorkPatrol wrote:

Sawday2 wrote:

YorkPatrol wrote: You only need to mention the word snow for the teachers to bale out and go AWOL

Go stick you head in something brown and sticky you plonker. It's NOT the teachers, most of whom will make strenuous efforts to get in, but Heads who have the ultimate decision as to whether schools should close to pupils.

If you teachers are so noble, when the head informs you that the school is to close (for no good reason) – why don’t you suggest that despite the closure, you will still attend and clear the snow from the school grounds?? No?, didn’t think so.. Have another brew on your paid (by the tax payer) day off

err... "You Teachers"? I'm not a teacher. Sorry to spoil your rant. And what's all that about having a brew paid for by the taxpayer? Doesn't that apply to ALL government/council workers? You could just as well say ..."paid for by British Gas, KPMG, Virgin Media..." or whoever your employer happens to be. Gawd there are some right plonkers here.

YorkPatrol wrote:

Sawday2 wrote:

YorkPatrol wrote:

Sawday2 wrote:

YorkPatrol wrote: You only need to mention the word snow for the teachers to bale out and go AWOL

Go stick you head in something brown and sticky you plonker. It's NOT the teachers, most of whom will make strenuous efforts to get in, but Heads who have the ultimate decision as to whether schools should close to pupils.

If you teachers are so noble, when the head informs you that the school is to close (for no good reason) – why don’t you suggest that despite the closure, you will still attend and clear the snow from the school grounds?? No?, didn’t think so.. Have another brew on your paid (by the tax payer) day off

err... "You Teachers"? I'm not a teacher. Sorry to spoil your rant. And what's all that about having a brew paid for by the taxpayer? Doesn't that apply to ALL government/council workers? You could just as well say ..."paid for by British Gas, KPMG, Virgin Media..." or whoever your employer happens to be. Gawd there are some right plonkers here.

Yes...... you! What is it with you and teachers?? You may not be one but you are certainly in some way connected as you seem to know a lot about their working habits - Unless you are just surmising? I know a teacher and he openly claims it’s the best job out there – spends most of the working day in the staff room supping tea (morning break, long lunch, afternoon break) – early finishes and great long holidays, not to mentioned teacher training days and the snow days off – he prays for snow

yorkiemum wrote:
Again I ask the question How many schools in York are shut? I remember when I worked in the city center the shops closing early because of bad weather.

Site of woe wrote:
No schools in York or Selby were closed, but yet the moaning still occurs. What a wonderful world.

octoberon wrote:
In weather like this, it always helps if people drive with care. So, I'd like to inform the driver of what is believed to be a VW Polo who, at about 3 pm today, deliberately swerved in towards the kerb in Foss Islands Road so that he or she could shower us and other passers-by with a roughly 5 foot high plume of filthy slush, that the police are interested in the case and will be examining nearby traffic camera footage.

The Dasher wrote:

octoberon wrote:
In weather like this, it always helps if people drive with care. So, I'd like to inform the driver of what is believed to be a VW Polo who, at about 3 pm today, deliberately swerved in towards the kerb in Foss Islands Road so that he or she could shower us and other passers-by with a roughly 5 foot high plume of filthy slush, that the police are interested in the case and will be examining nearby traffic camera footage.

Bet it was a teacher, lazy sods all drive VW Polo's and at about 3pm would be heading home after another long day (well 6 hours) spent in those warm classrooms and staff rooms...