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This even more just in - the weather thread
pwhodges:
Trains into London from the West are severely disrupted (and have been for a while by flooding). But it seems that the big problem now is some major signalling equipment at Maidenhead being under water - and the water is not simply flooding from the river but groundwater, as the water table is now above ground level at that point. As a result it is unclear how long this will take to fall.
GarandMarine:
It is apparently utterly shit outside, but I still might have to try to get in to work.
Barmymoo:
I finished work at 8.30 last night and went down to the train station to discover that the 8.20 and 8.30 trains had both been delayed because the wind had brought down the overhead cables further up the line, so those trains hadn't come through yet. The 8.50 is the one I usually get (I have no idea why there's no 8.40) so waiting wasn't a huge issue for me.
Apparently it was for a small group of people waiting though. They kept repeatedly pressing the button to call the customer service helpline on the free intercom and berating the staff of the Indian call centre because the trains were late. Apparently it was "just a bit of wind" and "unacceptable" that the trains would be delayed for "no reason". They also kept saying "this is meant to be a helpline and you're not helping", when the staff were doing their best - telling them that the next train due was the 8.50 (it came through at 9.07: not bad considering!) and explaining that they couldn't authorise the group of angry rude people to get a taxi and reclaim the cost because they were just the call centre staff, not actually employees of the train company.
I didn't like being out in the cold waiting for my train, but I was significantly more angry at the three people who were treating the call centre staff like dirt. Ugh. I'm considering emailing the customer service people to apologise and say it wasn't representative of all of us on the platform, but I doubt the relevant people would ever see the email.
bainidhe_dub:
I have no reference for how much snow is outside right now, but the snow on the car bumpers and seat of the motorcycle has merged with the snow on the ground. And it's supposed to keep snowing for another 12 to 16 hours.
Update: the dog (big GSD) tried to walk around the yard but it was up to his chest so he kept giving up. This is what my deck looks like. I can't go out there and measure because there's about 6 inches piled against the sliding door.
GarandMarine:
--- Quote from: GarandMarine on 13 Feb 2014, 03:49 ---It is apparently utterly shit outside, but I still might have to try to get in to work.
--- End quote ---
Work has surrendered. Yay! I went out and cleaned off my car any way to make doing that suck less tomorrow. Holy shit. Mid calf to knee in my parking lot, good thing they didn't want me in, cause I doubt I could get the car out.
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