Things are somewhat better this morning - only an inch or two of snow overnight in Brigg and not much of the white stuff to be seen (circa 9am) on the A18 Wrawby Road (see picture above of The Monument). However, many residential streets are still blocked as far as family cars go, although a 4 x 4 might make it through.
Below is a picture of Hewson House, North Lincolnshire Council's Brigg HQ, featuring equipment (right) and staff (extreme left) from the hard-pressed snow-clearing section. Double-click for a closer look.
We note supplies of the Scunthorpe Telegraph, the Grimsby Telegraph, the Yorkshire Post and all national newspapers have reached Brigg OK today - a sure sign things are passable on the motorway network.
Yesterday, we heard suggestions that folk were visiting some Brigg shops to stock up their larders. Nothing wrong with that, but surely we aren't going to go down the route of panic buying. Let's all just purchase what we normally would and there will be plenty to go round for everybody, including needy people like pensioners who can't get out as easily and as often as the rest of us. Pop round and see if old folk you know need anything from the shops. I'll be out and about to do my bit in a minute.
3 comments:
Perhaps there is some panic buying, Scribs.....but the real reason is that the supply wagons can't get through.
Basics like bread and milk are delivered daily to Tesco, but if rations can't get there the shelves obviously become empty.
My neighbour said Tesco had no milk, or bread in the morning; I went down at 4pm - still no basics.
The irony of the situation was Tesco has its own bakery, but this wasn't manned/operating in the late afternoon.
I would have thought that one of the priorities would have been to increase on-site bread making.
My GREAT CONCERN is for the elderly and infirm about the district. Who's checking on their welfare? Are they receiving help and food supplies?
I would even argue that the present weather conditions is creating an emergency situation for vulnerbale groups.
Tesco has had pretty much normal deliveries of bread and milk (and other things, obviously) for the past two days. The main problem is that the wagons have been delayed from their usual delivery times, so there's no guarantee when it will be in.
There has been some panic buying, but a bigger problem is that people who would normally shop elsewhere have been coming to Tesco for convenience. This means that the usual deliveries are a little too small for the number of people who want to buy.
Hmmmm, possible Sova, but numerically there's been very few cars in Tesco's car park; there's comparatively much fewer punters shopping in Tesco and signs have been displayed apologising for empty shelves and giving the reason as non-deliveries.
When milk arrives, it like an episode of Dad's Army when Jonesie gets a big delivery of offal!
Folks, today, were queueing for bread as a dismembered hand offered single batons thro the racking to the expectant customer.
'Any chance of having it sliced?'
'No!'
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