Storm Babet causes ‘life-threatening conditions’ in Scotland

[@andrewbell7579]

Im in Glasgow and its a totally different world, its calm and no flooding whatsoever.

[@Davenbusters.McQ09]

Same but I hope for the other Scottish people are ok

[@rorysmith2415]

I send my sympathy to the victims of this storm.

[@mjh5437]

How virtuous of you.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

What ?? To all 3 of them....?

[@nanifiqueyt]

May the god almighty help them in this truly disastrous event. Let's all gather in a circle and do our prayers, let's sympathise on KZbin comment section.. let us unite!

[@lillygdavies]

Ic

[@TheRealSDTFM]

I'm from Greenock

[@nanifiqueyt]

Sending prayers to all the socks that got wet that day.

[@MrC.1990]

Hopefully this stops the dinghy people

[@lbunnygordon1133]

So why are people outside wgen they knew this was anat emergency? Also why is this country so unprepared and always has no way to block rivers drains overflowing etc. Surely cant be useless govt s or councils fault

[@jeanettereynolds3151]

It is thier fault all money is reserved to keep immigrants housed fed entertained.homless and ppl of Scotland get no help to evacuate or fed nothing ppl are freezing in thier homes noone cares all everyone cares about is feeding warmth new beds designer clothes money free cigs free train passes IMMIGRANTS AND THIER COMPLAINING

[@hayleydryden8358]

Prayers for all the animals 😢

[@hlbjk]

What differnce will mumbling to yourself do? And why do you call the Scottish animals?

[@hayleydryden8358]

@@hlbjk im in derbyshire and its flooded here.. If i want to pray i will.. Better than sitting there being hateful..

[@Billybunts]

Always more choices on the Chinese menus after these big storms

[@hlbjk]

@@hayleydryden8358 Why don't you whisper about me to your invisible friend and magic me better?

[@Mazza-67]

Are you talking about rangers fans they are animals won’t be missed 😂

[@stevegregson4357]

You’re seeing the result of building houses right on the flood plain of a major river A mo th of rain in a day is not unusual for Scotland!!

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

YES!! Plus river straightening, removal of trees, so many human interventions which make matters worse. A totally different way of thinking is needed for the age of global heating. Flood defences in cities are simply not adequate

[@stanpritchard7436]

With all due respect to these meteorologists they are looking towards the heavens when they should be looking at what is underfoot, the annual dredging of all rivers and canals would cure an awful lot of this flooding, plus the proper impacting of the landfill sites.

[@user-ps4ok6ef5y]

I am a farmer and agree 100% , but we are very limited due to SEPA regulations as to what we are able to do in regards to cleaning out of ditches and small rivers.

[@lukemorgan6166]

Money for disaster prevention ✖️ Money for Israel, Ukraine and never ending asylum seekers ✅

[@thegrandestbazaar4800]

And illegal parties, ignoring the council, and so on

[@jeanettereynolds3151]

Exactly 🇬🇧

[@stevegregson4357]

Look at the flooded houses all are actually built lower than that river it’s not rocket science

[@MikeGreenwood51]

Yes River Street at 21 and 22 meters is lower than the river when that river rises up. But a good location for people with webbed feet or in the wet land fishing industry.

[@isaacacmillan8404]

Our prayers with you Scottish

[@2msvalkyrie529]

It's OK. We got rid of Sturgeon !! Things are improving..

[@izzyhussain8127]

I'm praying for all affected by this! Why is it called babet the Storm, I mean, does anyone know ?

[@jackie6343]

They just pick a name that begins with thealphabet letter .were on n ATM,so the next storm will begin with C 😊

[@jackie6343]

B, sorry

[@iromulus33]

I know the answer

[@monkeyboy2297]

probably named after a dinghy diver

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Wow ! 3 people have died.!! It's a weather Apocalypse.! ( are there really NO limits to UK media hysteria on every current issue .? It's getting embarrassing..)

[@monkeyboy2297]

jesus christ! who designed those bloody houses?

[@xismecwilliams9604]

Life threatening “as 2 capable adults get carted around by 10 guards in water as deep as your knee”. 😑 there’s more danger crossing a road

[@xismecwilliams9604]

@malcky630 like I said more people die crossing the road.. 3 people died from a storm.. I can guarantee you more people have died today crossing a road.

[@SilverEye91]

@@xismecwilliams9604 So? What point are you trying to make?

[@HaysteadSisters]

It’s absolutely ridiculous

[@goodquestion8064]

Talk about excess deaths plz,, the cause of excess deaths are far more important

[@vickyd3429]

Here we have a glimpse of the Coast Guard rescuing UK citizens. 👏 I bet these aren't being relocated to 4-star hotels though.

[@peterhutton2667]

It’s a shame people getting caught out by the severity of the weather. As a storm Red warning speaks for itself. Danger. Despite the warnings people were still un prepared.

[@ivybannerman-wood453]

​@tiffanniikada I was about to write, one cannot just get up and go.

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

What would you have done?

[@peterhutton2667]

@@clareshaughnessy2745 Wasn’t asking you was she? Keep your mush out of it. What does tiffanniikada think? Huh??? 🤔🤔

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

@@peterhutton2667 ooh, is that from Oscar Wilde?

[@peterhutton2667]

@@clareshaughnessy2745 No. From me. Go crawl back under the rock 🪨 you came from.

[@unionjackjackson4352]

Every thunderstorm has life threatening potential, every storm that has strong winds has life threatening potential so what’s the point of this report exactly?

[@TimesFM4532]

That is statistically far more dangerous

[@trytellingthetruth.2068]

The point of of this report is for you to think climate boiling is the cause for all storms and to keep you scared.

[@thisplatformsucks]

"Statistically everyone will die one day, so what exactly is the point of this news report that the twin towers have been struck by planes?"

[@unionjackjackson4352]

@@trytellingthetruth.2068 yes but only idiots fall for it eh pal?

[@douglastodd1947]

@unionjackjackson4352 Global Warming of Course , Govt & Media Outlets think we're all as Dumb as them . they expect us to swallow the lies without question .

[@Mood_Gaming]

Gosh, what is with this apocalyptic weather? It's almost like god doesn't like corrupt countries

[@tubecated_development]

Grow up ffs

[@MikeGreenwood51]

Funny they show the lowest street in the hillside town called appropriatly 'River Street'. Flooding there is not unusual and not an example of exceptional weather. It is not even a street in central town which are all safe (safeish).

[@TonyOldskool]

I’m guessing the next storm will begin with a C, can you call it C@nt

[@jackie6343]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mrdantify4545]

People getting pulled out by raft, water is only up to knee height so dramatic the news can be its unreal...

[@josjos-x5s]

I mean thats exactly how people die in this weather. "Its only knee deep!" Then they proceed to get swept away or fall into a ditch/hole.

[@mrdantify4545]

@@josjos-x5s People dying by the ocean is different, but news covering this type of stuff to do with weather is always over dramatized. People go into panic over a bit of rainfall like they didn't expect it living in an area that is well known for flooding.

[@josjos-x5s]

@@mrdantify4545 This also applies to river flooding. You can still be swept away or fall under in knee high inland floodings.

[@MinTerGyi007]

Take care Scottish

[@biviqz]

IM GOING TO SCOTLAND FOR A TRIP TOMORROW

[@Disc023-ps6le]

A bit of rain and everyone loses their mind 😂😂😂

[@wazza3657]

folk have died mate

[@Disc023-ps6le]

@@wazza3657 fancy a swim mate? Didn't think so♿♿♿

[@sofiawaqasi5947]

@@Disc023-ps6le An aircraft has crashed and had a runway overrun due to this as well.

[@Disc023-ps6le]

@@sofiawaqasi5947 who ever was in charge at the air control tower , and the health and safety officer at that airport should face criminal charges as well then.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Yes...this is what Britain has become.. Very sad. And pathetic.!

[@tropixi5336]

not all of scotland is this bad

[@Vechnoidushy]

Wow, thats good news

[@DemonPig666]

...And real confetti this time. The good stuff. Our last bag. Part of me's going to miss it. But at the end of the day, it was just taking up space.

[@dulls8475]

We have often had weather like this. What we have never had is media hysteria trying to push the climate change narrative.

[@imcallingjapan2178]

Another very bored right wing drone checks in, hello there.

[@danderson8463]

At what point did the presenter or meteorologist push a climate change narrative?

[@joh22293]

"We have often had weather like this" So what do you think they mean when they say "record breaking"?

[@dulls8475]

@@joh22293 You tell me? What records were broken and what has changed?

[@dulls8475]

@@danderson8463 Comes under the term media hysteria.

[@stuartbromley5328]

Welcome to climate change ,this will only get worse ,we need get are lives .I order simple as

[@douglastodd1947]

@stuartbromley5328 This is a common event in Brechin since 1774 with water levels rising ever since , in May 1913 water levels rose 0.8m above River Street, while on 5 th October 1920 it reached 3m above river levels, Media outlets are trying to maintain the narritive Global Warmings to blame , turns out it hasn't.

[@mikethedigitaldoctorjarvis]

@@douglastodd1947 Oh the media love this ! blame it on global warming blah blah blah ! in 1774 exactly,no cars,not even really any pollution by us and yet it still happened,not even an industrial revolution back then ! the weather is going to change with or without us ! to the planet we are just a maybe surface nuisance ! and the planet could get rid of us pretty easily !

[@screamadelicaprimal1730]

Watch the water 🙄

[@peternufc81]

People given warnings to leave there houses but staying put emergency services at Risk.

[@jeanettereynolds3151]

Not through choice where are they being evacuated too? Who's helping?? Noone hotels bed breakfasts FULL WITH IMMIGRANTS.

[@BrodyLuv2]

Tonga Volcano 🌋.... 'How much water did the Tonga volcano put into the atmosphere? 146 metric megatons The underwater caldera shot 146 metric megatons of water into the stratosphere like a geyser, potentially contributing to atmospheric warming over the next 5 years, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Change' End.

[@leannemonaghan6943]

Welp thats me leaving the uk and head to idk Austria

[@Uap-i3o]

This will be the downfall of King Charles flying on his helicopter to London even though he has a study castle. Not good for the unions the great Scottish strom was predicted as a bad omen for king Charles.

[@christaylor9656]

As the atmosphere gets warmer, more and more of these events will happen. People need to get used to this s and make preparations.

[@thelordismyshepherd9980]

It’s happens, always has

[@douglastodd1947]

@christaylor9656 this is a pretty common event in Brechin area starting in 1774 with water levels rising ever since, In May 1913 Brechin saw River levels rise by 0.8m above Road level of River Street, while on 5 th October 1920 the river level reached 3m above Normal Levels. pleas note Media Outlets are attempting to follow the narritive , attempting to blame it on so called Global Warming

[@MrC.1990]

Sheep

[@josjos-x5s]

@@douglastodd1947 Did you know the effects of global warming were already appearing in the 1830s. Also with mass industrialization of the mid 18th century came major landscape changes that in part help worsen things. Its all human intervention at the end of the day.

[@christaylor9656]

@@MrC.1990 climate change is scientifically confirmed. Global air temperatures and ocean temperatures have risen noticeably. Please don't tell me you are an individual burying their head in the sand?

[@wynbrown5985]

So does walking under a bus.

[@martinwild8424]

That old chestnut again 😮

[@belkentens]

Has anyone actually died…

[@adoptedscot]

Yes three people so far and another one still missing in local river.

[@evernew23]

I mean it clearly says so in this video

[@hannahjames6]

💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

[@sunnyfarquhar1398]

Just wind and rain calm down

[@eastprestoncollectables8186]

Great comment Tell that to the families of those who died

[@josephhenry4725]

Yea I woke up this morning to a new tree in my front garden and car ...it was my neighbours.Really fortunate though 4 ft from my front window and across my hedge and on the public pavement thankfully no one hurt...calm down ...if it happened 2 hours later at 8am ..a different story perhaps ..mmmm

[@nothing0062]

So does the SNP.

[@CappicheGames]

That's your instant go to? You're consuming too much American media

[@malcolmlayton2050]

You mean Scotland is Now Palestine under Hamas Yousaf ?

[@drunkscotsman7038]

@@malcolmlayton2050 You mean Adolf Humsa? Yes however the acronym is still correct, even if the party doesnt commit to it

[@drunkscotsman7038]

Speaking of, I can't wait for him to send the police on me for that comment

[@roguegargoyle914]

Definitely time for Yousless the unelected and his power crazy cronies to be put back on the dole.

[@wayneherman664]

Maybe this is annual winter weather 🤨

[@bradjeffreys9213]

Just heard Gaza have just passed a Scottish refugee bill

[@internetfairy1]

The vicissitudes of life! Luckily there's 8 billion of us....

[@thisplatformsucks]

Luckily for whom, exactly? Those affected won't feel lucky, and those unaffected won't be aware enough to care. The sentiment ultimately just insults those who might read it without positively impacting the majority of people who likely won't.

[@dekelpolak4190]

Do our thoughts influence nature? Indeed, our thoughts influence nature. We live in a single global-integral system of nature, we influence it with our thoughts, and we receive feedback accordingly. Similar to laws that operate on mechanical, electronic, electromagnetic and other material and biological scales, when we press, push or constrain something, we receive a response. Likewise, when we think positively or negatively about others, we accordingly receive a response. The global-integral reality in which we live is a closed system, and we receive responses from it according to our attitudes to it.

[@jape27]

what is bro smoking???

[@dsharpk31]

What in the name of cognitive malfunction are you talking about?

[@digitaldogs233]

Those Shrooms really hit the spot aye. Happy tripping fella 😂

[@alan6056]

Man made ,military industrial complex technology,.

[@mjh5437]

As if heavy wind and rain was an unusual thing in Scotland,good grief...Snowflake Generation 😁😆🤣😅

[@MagikarpMan]

You say whilst comfy at home far from any form of hardship at all. Your the real snowflake

[@user-johnolchowy]

Must be all this global warming you're talking about.

[@tubecated_development]

“Experts say Babet is an “extraordinary” storm which has been fuelled by several factors, including the impact of a typhoon on jet stream and rising temperatures. “Storm Babet is an extraordinary piece of weather caused by the interaction of a number of linked conditions across the world,” Dr Hannah Cloke, professor of hydrology at the University of Reading, said. “The jet stream, which plays such an important role in the weather in Europe, has been squeezed into a weird position, partly as a result of a powerful typhoon that hit Japan last week.” “An active storm has moved up over the Bay of Biscay, and is now due to slow over the east of Britain, dumping an enormous amount of rain over eastern parts of Scotland,” she added. While it is too soon to know what role climate crisis played, scientists from University of Reading say existing research shows how increased global temperatures are making rainfall more intense. “Climate change has caused seas and air to be unusually warm,” Dr Cloke says. “Warmer seas have more dynamic energy which can create more damaging storms, and warmer air can hold more water, leading to higher rates of rainfall.” “Previous research has also shown that large-scale circulations such as the jet stream may be shifting in speed and direction due to an array of global warming impacts, such as melting ice and warmer oceans.”

[@Project_Sektor]

This is barbaric this storm is like nazis 😅

[@lw1zfog]

🤦🏽‍♂️🥴🤡

[@nouranoura5068]

Condolences to all who lost their lives in the storm and condolences to innocents women ,children ,vulnerable adults in the open prison in Gaza, murdered in the horrific genocide done by Israel .

[@MikeGreenwood51]

Hamas was already a geocidal terrorist organisation. GAZA is open to the west side. How about Ismail Haniyeh the supposed goverment leader gets a few boats of water and food to the people or pulls some out of his underground food stores? As Hamas murdered hundreds of peolpe in some grotesque ways including women and children in his planned premeditated genocide. then why expect Israel to continue feeding and watering GAZA citizens when that is what the goverment ought to be doing. It received millions apparantly in aid but spent the money on arms for terrorism and not for helping GAZAians.

[@Turtle_gt-vr]

Terrible coverage

[@whatislifebro]

Stop chem trailing then🤯🤯

[@roz5307]

It's the biggest elephant in the room yet the masses are joyfully blinkered 🤦

[@whatislifebro]

@@roz5307 All they got to do is #lookup at the sky. We are being doused with heavy metals in too let alone the weather.

[@roz5307]

@@whatislifebro oh, I've tried to get people to look up. They're not the slightest bit interested or concerned. We live in a numbed and dumbed society that has absolutely no idea of what is really going on. If the black mirror doesn't tell them it's true, then it's not. Zombie apocalypse isn't coming. It's already here.

[@UndisputedChamp834]

Just "storm" would suffice

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Not hysterical enough ? ?

[@kezDNB]

L

[@Kingofmasterz]

This was man made.

[@whatislifebro]

It’s called weather, grow up kiddies..😂

[@evernew23]

If love you to have that attitude if it was your mother who died in it

[@whatislifebro]

@@evernew23 people die it’s a thing