METEOROLOGISTS causing unnecessary panic by warning of snow in Britain when they mean Scotland and possibly Cumbria have been told to cut it out.
Last night’s yellow warning from the Met Office about snow and ice covered only Scotland’s already frozen north, and even tonight’s warning only covers insignificant locations like Leeds.
Joanna Kramer of Letchworth said: “All I’m saying is these weather people need to have a sense of proportion.
“So there could be snow high on the Pennines. Aberdeen might get a bit icy. Are we really considering that ‘Britain’?
“I’m not suggesting they only be allowed to get all dire with their warnings if it’s London. I have friends in Bristol, my ex went to university in York, I’m cosmopolitan. But I feel that snow in Inverness can’t really be considered ‘news’.
“Let’s agree that a blanket of the white stuff up there is pretty common even in summer, only worth reporting if it interrupts the Edinburgh Festival, and you’re clear to get excited when it gets past Loughborough. Fair?”
BBC Weather presenter Carol Kirkwood said: “Please. You don’t understand how f**king boring it is being a weather presenter in this country of grey rain, day after day. We seize any chance for thrills we can.”
