Why do they have to be there

And they never seem to wear anything on their head!

You just know that if there is terrible weather, some poor sod is going to be in the thick of it, hanging onto a lamppost so they can tell you there are gusts of 165mph..

Just said the very same thing to DH tonight.?

Yes been thinking that too!

Yip, thinking that tonight, news report of school being closed due to bad weather,reporter outside school gates,camera focusing on padlock on said gates !!!!

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Just what DH and I said tonight. Laura Kuenssberg looking frozen in London, no hat, the West Country reporter standing outside in Taunton getting a pile of snow on her head by the end of the report. Obviously she had had her hood up before starting as her hair was dry at the start!

But at least our weather forecaster was inside for once in his woolly pully.

And if there is a gale, high tide and waves crashing over the sea wall there is some poor reporter, saying how dangerous it is and how foolish some people are going on the seafront.

Mad dogs of Englishmen, and all that. (insert type of weather as applicable)

Ridiculous isn't it one poor chap yesterday had bright re5d cheeks and I yelled at him - Where is your hat? He must have heard because he had one on next time - such is my power!

We are always saying how bonkers it is - and expensive when in it involves going abroad to say something that could just as easily be said from the studio.

One thing I learnt years ago when doing a basic mountain safety course was that in even ordinary British winters you should be worried about getting really cold and this winter is way colder than normal.
Without proper winter clothing you are in danger of frostbite and hypothermia, which is getting so cold the blood decides to leave the brain to keep the major organs functioning, at which point you may collapse.

These silly reporters really should wear their hats a large amount of your total body heat is in your brain.
I have seen mountain park rangers suggesting to people they are not safely equipped for what they are attempting, telling people about this problem so the mountain rescue don't have to go out to rescue people who have ignored the advice.

Here in Mid Wales we have rather a lot of mountains, every year the road going over the highest range linking Mid and South is blocked with snow , every year on the Welsh news we see a reporter , who must have a camera man and a driver with them standing on the highest part of the road telling us the road is snowed up, dangerous for traffic etc, they have travelled nearly fifty miles to do this.

Last two days the BBC have shown a female reporter in Scotland and she has worn a nice warm furry hat.

They know what to do up there!!

I have been saying to my husband exactly the same thing about reporters not wearing hats when they are out in terrible weather. Makes me feel cold just watching them. Brrrrrrr !!

Our local reporters have all been out and about, freezing their bits off next to snowdrifts and emoting about rough sleepers and how hard it is for them. Not once have they thought to publicise the emergency numbers given out by our local councils, who have committed to providing shelter and a hot meal for anyone who needs it.

One reporter suggested the local shelter to a man out on the streets who was cold and shivering (I think the reporter had just given him a hot coffee) but the man said that no, he could not stand being inside, he preferred to be outside and take his chances.

My DD and I were in the car and saw a man in a doorway recently who looked really ill, had crutches and was blue with cold although he had a woolly hat on and an anorak. He told DD he'd been turned away from a local shelter as it was full and was trying to get to the next town by train. We were nervous about having him in the car but we gave him some money for his train fare and went on our journey. Along the way I rang a local homeless shelter and was told they couldn't help as they only dealt with young adults!!! They suggested I call the police. I found another number and the person was far more helpful though I had to answer a heck of a lot of questions about the person that I didn't know the answer to. With his crutches he wouldn't have been able to get far fast so hopefully someone went to his aid. I hadn't realised it was so difficult to get help.

That's just the sort of person that could have been helped round here if the emergency numbers had been published on our local news, goldengirl. Apparently the line is manned 24/7 and there's a team of volunteers going out to anyone whose details are phoned in, to take them to the emergency shelters. Of course there will always be some who won't want to take the offer up, as Jamila says. It doesn't bear thinking about, does it?

Quite a few say they find the shelters dangerous, for getting beaten up or robbed of what little they have. And that's just the men, the women have more to look out for

I agree - I wondered if there was someone I could write to at the BBC about the lack of hats, the men in particular.

I would stand out in the cold for a few minutes if I earned a 6 figure salary as Laura does. But I have to say they are vane. They should be dressed appropriately ?

Sorry. Vain.

I give them marks out of ten. Full marks if they wear a hat AND gloves.

It may not be altogether their choice. There will be programme producers probably saying that if they look really cold and shivery, and have snow falling on their heads, it will look more dramatic.