Hogmanay-Feierlichkeiten in Edinburgh abgesagt

Cancelled over ‘extreme weather’. Saved you a click.

A yellow weather warning + pyrotechnics aren’t a good combination. But I expect there will some up in arms over the idea that the crew prefer to know where their rockets and shells and will end up, rather than being blown into the crowds. The same types to put ‘extreme weather’ in quote marks as if there’s not an increasing incidence of weather events causing chaos and risk to life, property etc.

Leaving an event with your face intact is totally overrated and anyone who says otherwise needs to harden up, right?

Overcautious IMO. I’m in Edinburgh right now for other reasons and the weather forecast has dramatically improved even since last night. The high winds today weren’t even as bad as last night, either.

The weekend was supposed to be a complete “heavy snow” everyone stay in place scenario, it’s now been downgraded to sleet and positive temperatures.

I’d be annoyed if I was yet again stuck on the ECML trying to reach Edinburgh (as is today’s rail woes), only to find out _now_ that I’ve not even completed my wasted journey.

What a load of tosh. It will be windy, wet and cold in Scotland in December. Who knew?

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If the weathers bad what else are they supposed to do?

The Scottish are famously useless at dealing with the cold and rain, so this makes total sense.