(29 Jan 2022, 1:40 pm)Adrian wrote Spot on. The Met Office amber warnings advise that "Road, rail, air and ferry services are likely to be affected, leading to longer journey times and some cancellations", so I don't know why people are so surprised. You can't exactly miss that there's a storm.

Maybe Omega54 should be the Gold commander for any amber and red weather warnings going forward. He seems to have all the solutions.

I have the met office app I got a notifcation about whether it scotland around 22:00 - nothing about Newcastle. And if I checked the weather app on my phone it didn't mention the weather.