Posted on 10/31/2021 11:59:36 PM PDT by blueplum
Winds up to 80mph are causing travel chaos and flooding across parts of the UK with further rain to come Hundreds of passengers are stuck at London Euston with all trains cancelled after tree fell on overhead wires Passengers, many trying to reach Glasgow for Cop26, said it was 'ironic' journeys were disrupted by storms Met Office unable to rule out whether any tornadoes have taken place following reports of wind damage
Rail engineers are battling through the night to repair overhead lines brought down by storms that led to chaos on the network, dozens of trains being cancelled and hundreds of delegates unable to reach the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
Network Rail last night admitted the 'extreme weather' had 'got the better of us' as they told stranded passengers at London Euston, the worst-hit station, to give up, go home and hope the situation improves overnight. ..
Climate change scientist Simon Lewis, from University College London, who was on the 11am service from London to Edinburgh for COP26, said he had been stuck since 11:45am as a result of the weather disruption.
He wrote on Twitter: 'My train to Glasgow #COP26, via Edinburgh to avoid the crowds, now stationary due to gale force winds and severe rainfall causing a tree to fall on the line…'
The scientist later added: 'This train ride is certainly Halloween themed, it's a true horror show. Four hours late and no buffet since about 2pm.' ...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
When God mocks.
Just a reminder from God about Mother Nature’s job description.
Who has the Nelson Muntz .gif?
Amen! Thank you God!
It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature!
It seems ‘Mommy’s’ not happy with these folks!
While climate change was blamed for the train issues, flights operated as usual between London and Edinburgh, despite that same climate change.
Funny that.
COP 26 crisis!!!!!! funny
Global warming becomes self aware at 2:14 am Eastern Time, on October 29th.
Shouldn’t global warming cause a drought?
31 Oct: UK Sun: WILD WASHOUT UK weather – Four-day ‘Arctic blast’ to bring icy temperatures, gales and even SNOW in washout threat to Bonfire Night
by Alex Winter, Chiara Fiorillo, Zoe Hu
And an 800-mile wide “Arctic plume” is set to hit the UK, bringing icy temperatures, the Daily Star (LINK) reports...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16590189/uk-weather-tornados-wind-rain-batter-washout/
31 Oct: Daily Star UK: UK weather: ‘Arctic plume’ to bring snow this week with Bonfire Night to be a washout
UK weather forecasters say the 800-mile wide Arctic plume will make the first days of November cold and wet for parts of England and Scotland in particular. Temperatures could drop by 10C
by Alistair Grant
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/uk-weather-arctic-plume-bring-25343260
30 Oct: UK Express: UK weather forecast: ‘Big change’ as sub-zero Arctic air to send mercury plunging in hours
THE UK is bracing itself for bitterly cold weather after the latest charts warned freezing Arctic air will smash the country in hours and send temperatures plunging towards zero.
By PAUL WITHERS
But the latest weather forecast from Netweather has warned temperatures are set to plunge suddenly on Thursday as strong northwesterly winds quickly bring freezing air down from the Arctic. Although it will be much drier, this bitterly cold front will see the mercury plummeting towards freezing and even into negative territory in parts of Scotland...
Met Office meteorologist Alex Deakin warned a rapid change in the wind direction is set to send temperatures plunging on Thursday.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/1508839/uk-weather-forecast-cold-temperatures-Arctic-october-met-office-maps-charts-latest
Just take the Flying Scotsman out of Kings Cross Station to Edinburgh, then transfer over to the Glasgow train.
He’s playing good COP bad COP
This is an example of why they renamed it to climate change. Global Warming was to confining, and thus was mocked as these types of events occurred. 🙂
Hah, hah, hah, hah! GB train travel, usually reliable, can be difficult during the southwestern storms of the season.
400 private jets going there. These must be the peons and stooges who don’t rate.
“Stranded” in London doesn’t sound like such a terrible fate.
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