Preparing for the weather

Nowadays, there are lots of different sources of information for the weather forecast.

Generally I think the forecasts on BBC Television channels are pretty good.

During the current inclement weather I have come to base a lot of my actions on the Severe Weather Warning pages of the Met Office website.

They consist of four colours:

• Green - Behave as normal
• Yellow - Behave as normal, make sure I am wearing a coat
• Orange - Whatever happens, it's quite likely I will notice the weather
• Red - Eeek. Could be a problem. Don't go to the supermarket, because the locusts will have beaten me to it

I must stress that these are my own interpretations. You may need to adapt to a slightly different scenario. I can walk to my local train station and Chiltern Railways seem to be unable to contemplate me not getting to work, so I go.

Except for today, because I had a day of pre-booked leave, just because we are approaching the end of the holiday year. Use it or lose it!