British Winter: Storm Heroes (Extreme Weather Documentary) | Real Stories
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- When a winter storm hits, most people hunker down until it’s over. But all over the UK, there are men and women whose jobs force them to go out in the worst gales, the strongest blizzards, the iciest roads and the deadliest seas.
These storm warriors are going to tell their own story, providing us with a first person account of what it means to do battle with the elements. As we delve into their stories, we’re also going to see UGC vignettes from the ordinary Brits who live and work in areas hits by extreme weather conditions.
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I have so much admiration for mountain rescue. Those men & women selflessly volunteer knowing that they are putting their lives on the line to help strangers.
Those hikers were really stupid if there was no rescue team they would had died. People are really working hard to survive in this storm. Really Hats Off to this people. Especially the people who are helping the others.
Let's go for a late winter hike on Scotland's windiest mountain range. We've got our smartphones to contact Mountain Rescue, _so we don't need to get a weather forecast._ Let's Go!!, what could possibly go wrong!!
hahahahhahaha LETS GOOOOO MAN!!!
Exactly! My boyfriends a fisherman in the north sea and they don't go to work trawling for prawns if it's windy, they don't go out at 5am if it's windy to haul their crab pots either. They're professional. These people who act dumb thinking they know it all climbing mountains in winter. Well I think they deserve it for being so cocky!! It's not hard to check the tide, to check the local condition for mountain ranges which do exsist... be an interesting watch.
This guys rescue probably cost about 40,000 euro . He is alive because these brave professionals risked their lives to save him. All he can think about is getting back up there to do it all again .? Get a propper job you tool !!! R
If they “knew” what they were doing, the should have looked at the weather forecast and thought nah fam, we’ll leave it.
Exactly. And they took their boots off!
i get peeved with people who carelessly put themselves at risk and then other people have to rescue them
Do you think the wind will push you home. The question is: Where is the hotel to comfort a soul?
Here's a question for you less than reliable cell service in extreme weather conditions
Completely agree.
The first rule is "Know your limits"
The second rule, for me, is "Prior Planning and Preparation Prevents P*** Poor Performance".
I like to hike in the welsh hills, commonly alone. It ALL comes down to good risk assesment and good risk management.
Same here. They're called idiots. Unfortunately, they are rampant.
Roll 🙄
True, unrecognised hero’s
Thank you and may you all be safe x 🙏
Bless the rescuers.
If people think they have to go out there in such weather conditions, don't expect anyone to rescue you.
Lmao the guy at 17:19 just taking out the trash during the storm gives zero fucks. 😂😂😂
People who get themselves into these situations risk the lives of others.
You rescue guys definitely don't get paid enough!! Stay safe..
You’re right, we don’t. We are the poor men of the North Sea ☹️
The captain of the boat did awesome job explaining the science of balls needed to have to fight those waves. Kudos. God bless them
I’m not the captain but thanks anyway 😊
@@Bigwavemaster1 Only just seen this Documentary, not surprised to see your Ship on it.⚓
For people who don't know about it, ''Bigwavemaster'' has a YT channel which is really interesting if you like heavy weather footage and life at Sea stuff...Which many do looking at the large number of views!
@@Oakleaf700 Thank you very much 😊
Great video 👍🏻 I was born in scotland so I didn’t need the subtitles 😄🇨🇦 love this channel.
Sacred Shaman I was born in California, and I didn’t need subtitles either 👍😁.
Just as well you didn’t need the subtitles. It’s like auto-correct on crystal meth
Kudos and great bravery to all those first responders and rescue teams 👏🙌👍you guys deserve a big pay raise I hope your company has the best equipment and will provide with the best tools to rescue the stranded people..bonus pay would be great 👍😀
Salutes to these heroes!
With the winter scenes Where I live in Canada, that is a three times a week occurrence, with three times as much snow. Now, the rough seas , that would scare me to death.
That's a big over exaggeration. I know Canada is famous for its snow but it doesn't have 5ft + three times a week. If you actually live on a mountain then that's different but I lived in Canada for almost 16 years, in Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal and never have I once seen anything like that. Although I remember there was a big snowstorm in Toronto in 2010 that brought about 50 inches. I was in the UK in March 2013 when a snowstorm hit Northern England and almost 50 inches fell there too. 48 inches was the highest total. The snowfall later in the video is more common and its the black ice that really causes the havoc, not the snow.
David Allen - where on Earth did you get 5 ft? They didn't have even close to that!
@@XYZUNKNOWN Winterpeg gets snow when it warms up enough to snow but Toronto only gets winter every few years for a couple of days and Montreal's is pretty mild most of the time. BC and NL get +5ft often. I see 2-3 feet in this video which happens 3 times a week in eastern Ontario.
Also, Toronto is sort of its own thing that's not very much like the rest of Canada, especially the weather. Toronto has to call in the Army when they get a mild snow fall.
Ikr / a finn
God bless those that risk their lives to help others. 🤗
The previous Winter of 2013/14 was the stormiest and one of the wettest on record. But the winter of 14/15 was less mild and very northwesterly and very changeable with no particular weather type dominating.
I like the "angel music" around 23:00; it's totally appropriate to the successful embarkation of the barge--amen!
Brave people, one and all.
What happened years ago, when ferries could not sail, there was a bad telephone line to the isles and out landing places? They had stores of dry food and the odd animal to see them over. They also had the home grown vegetables to tide them over as well as a barrel of salt herring. The people who want to tramp the high peaks in mid-winter, know what dangers there are, and ought to pay insurance so the Rescue services can be paid, for risking their lives to save them!
Anyone who live in the Dales or Moors are hard. Anyone who volunteer for an alpine rescue team are made of granite
I have experienced how bad the weather can be in quite a few places around the world, from the heights of the Cairngorms to the desert of Saudi Arabia, but always in a safe manner or place, I would love to live in a region that actually had severe weather, but only in a home able to withstand the worst Mother Nature can throw at you, the power of nature is an awesome thing and has to be respected, unfortunately some people don’t seem to think of the dangers and do whatever they want, putting others in danger when they have to go to save the irresponsible and selfish. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
They complained about the car abandoned in the middle of that road but didn't give a thought as to where the driver might have got to. It looked like the area was in the middle of nowhere and in those conditions you could die from exposure very quickly - That kind of thing has happened many times here in Illinois during winter storms only to find a body a few days later.
Lol at the guy golfing in the storm
That’s me at 14 minuets 🤪
Ah snow. When I moved to the US Midwest and experienced my first heavy snow it was amazing. By the time the winter ended I never wanted to see snow again for the rest of my life. Unfortunately I was to experience it nearly every year for the next 20 years. Give me locusts, give me plagues, give me Tornado's but no more snow...
I know what you are say'n,, live in the midwest and the snow is a pain,, but it's the cold that seems to go rite into your bones that I can't stand any longer. I have a dream about living in the UK,, I think I will visit next summer of fall if the covid thing is better over there and the government opens the country up. I have a friend living in Wales and I feel for her or anyone that has the kind of lock down the rules call for there? Happy it's not like that here but things may change because of politics ,, not because of any real problems.
@@plhebel1 Definitely come and visit, weather like this is rare, especially the snow, the winter can be miserable but the summer has plenty of good weather.
@@plhebel1 Lockdown was a bloody joke! The prime minister and his cabinet broke lockdown rules.. It was awful that people could't see their dying relatives , just barbaric.
Weeks without seeing even your family, it was horrible, but people did meet up in the open air, ''Illegally'', but it has destroyed retail businesses like coffeeshops and department stores.
I actually don't mind the locust, I quite enjoy their buzzing song. It reminds me of white noise when sleeping at night.
I can see why my relatives left Scotland 🏴 for Sunny Queensland Australia,but if the cold doesn't get you the heat will one extreme to another.
I can only imagine... you want to go home, but forget about it, 'cause it ain't gonna bloody happen 🤭❤
That grand sound at 12:00...
Lol was that damn pilot steering with his leg?
If I were to live under those weather conditions I would be suffocating my lungs 🫁no where to go for fun ..just nothing but cold 🥶environment..I enjoy my heat even though the temperatures can be up to 110 f I can over come that instead...I feel bad for people who have to survive this horrible weather 😢😞😔😕😪😐like they say you shall overcome be safe out there God bless 🙌🙏💯❣
At 22:05 The pilot says “the swells are running 7 meters.” That’s 22 feet!!
I thought Nevis range was the highest and windiest mountain range in the UK? Nevis higher than Macdui. Also most of our winds come from the West (hitting Nevis first) rather than Macdui in the east.
Really not a south/north divide thing. It’s a perspective and comparison thing. People in Canada and Alaska literally thinking, and they made a documentary about this! I’m on the south coast, wasn’t sunbathing on a beach I can assure you, I’m a land owner owner that relies on the land and had the worse winter I’ve ever experienced, not as bad as Scotland or the North East, definitely not as bad as the extremes that others in other parts of the world suffer.
I hear you. I'm from Canada and as you stated, I'm somewhat perplexed about this documentary.
Right? Phhhpt they call that a snowstorm? Gotta admit though, never been in winds high enough to knock a truck over!
Yeah 110mph winds is nothing is it? Idiots
@@paul6925 The winds in UK can be phenomenal. I saw a stone church steeple blow off, and trucks and other high sided vehicles blow over.
Centuries old trees blow over.
@@anne-mariezack Try living here when the winds are high. It's the winds that make it so treacherous. We are a series of small islands surrounded by ocean, not a large land mass.
Canada is geared up for snow, we don't get it that often, so cars and vehicles are not generally geared up for it.
I worked with a Canadian girl who said she'd never experienced snow as cold and damp as was a London winter...she said the wet snow and damp got to her bones, rather than a ''Dry crisp'' snow.
So when that kid ate it as he tried to slide across the ice… was that hole from his damn forehead ?! Hopefully his knee but the laughing in the back was 100% sibling lol
Welcome to Alaska.
Oh wait.
10 passenger SnowCat or a couple snowmachines towing a sled would make your lives easy as heck. No reason an open mountain rescue team like that shouldn’t have at least one Arctic Cat. You can get used one with reverse and hand warmers and leg warmers for $3,500. Long paddle track and heated seat for $5,500. A brand new machine $11,000.
A used SnoCat prolly $18,000. It’ll seat up to 10, go up ski slopes at serious inclines. And the cabins are heated- even down to 100 below.
Sadly, most rescue teams in the UK are not funded and rely on charities & volunteers so dont have the money for such things, although I am sure they would love to have them
I feel sorry for them
when the waterfall goes uphill, you know you shouldn't be outside.
the 2 guys were kinda cocky "we know what we are doing we were just caught by surprise"...sure, that's why 4 guys had to risk their lifes + a helicopter had to get you while you had your boots OUTSIDE of the tent...infuriating.
Did anyone get saved? Snowborders, excluded, I saw a lot of people looking for help.
What language are some of the people speaking
HA! Here in Canada this is nothing.
normal business as usual.
They don't salt the roads and they don't have winter studded tires.
and winters in northern canada are like spring here in finland where it can reach below -60°C with no cover because it's a permafrost
the difference betwen canada and uk winter is that uk it so wet and humid. even in ww2 the canadians laughed at the british when they said it got to -5°C but because it was so moist. some died from hypothermia because the air just wets and soaks through your clothes
Except for that mountain, the UK got a light dusting - from a Canadian perspective.
2014/15 was a mediocre winter for snow in most areas. The last major snowstorm was in March 2013 when places got almost 50 inches (4 foot) with 25 foot drifts
Yeah snow is rarely an issue. It is freezing wind and rain that makes the winters pretty unbearable.
This will never happen to me. And if you need help don't ask me. You're on your own.
Too many friggin ADS!!!!
Paaah "winter"
Hard to believe that in 2018-19 people are still whining about too many ads.
I think u dropped something 🏆
Seven out of the last most extreme winters have occurred in the last decade yet, the weather is getting warmer? Where? It sure doesn't seem to be in Scotland.
I don't deny the planet is warming but sometimes it makes you wonder.
38:34 oof
That looks very painful
No thanks. I live in sunny Florida USA.
I thought that they would have been using kph and not mph
In Britain, they use both the metric system and imperial together. For example in the weather forecast temperatures on the screen will always be in Celsius but the forecaster will regularly refer to the Fahrenheit conversion.
The British system is a mash up, roads and large distances are in miles/mph, body weight in stone and lbs, everything else weighed in kg, petrol in litres, milk and beer in pints, road signs are miles and yards any small measurement in cm and metres but the older generation often use ft and inches.
Why do they need a pilot to dock the ship. Isn't there already a captain steering the ship?
A captain does not have local knowledge of every port in the world. Thats why a pilot is needed, a pilot has knowledge about the current-, tide- and wind characteristics of certain area. Also its easier for a pilot to communicate with the shore/other vessels(tugs/lineman/ect.) A pilot does not actually steer the ship, they give advice. it's up to the captain what to do with the information.
Wizard208 - wow! That must be SO friggin confusing. In the US we only use feet, inches, miles, etc and I have such a hard time when something is referred to using the metric system! Kudos to you guys!
@@karenlindsey5988 What a shame the "greatest generation" squelched the use of the metric system 50 odd years ago. Once you learn it, it's as easy as using dollars and cents vs pounds, shillings, pence etc... both based on the system of 10.
indy_go_blue60 - I tried to learn it but it's like my brain is blocked! Haha
saw the number of ads, clicked out
There really isn’t that many
I hope they took the numberplate of the car that was abandoned in the middle of the road and the owners found and heavily fined. They should have been named and shamed. How thoughtless and careless.
I hate our f===ing Climate. What has happened? When I was a kid in the 60's, and a teenager in the 70's
we didn't get extreme weather like we are getting now. Sure, we got snow in winter, so deep you had to
dig your way out of the house. But, spring and summer were usually, for the most part, warm and sunny.
What has changed, now we are getting extreme weather, they are even giving these "Storms" names now,
just like the Caribbean area's. Now that did not happen in years gone by. Stop polluting the air, and cutting
down the rain forests the "Lungs of the Earth"
can't we do away with pilots? what with GPS and other nav aids
People complain too much. "There's no phone signal", "The power's gone out". We don't have phone signal where I live and if the power goes out I drag the diesel generator out and hook it up to the house.
Oscar Muffin - so you don't complain cuz you use your generator. What would you do if you didn't have it?
Global warming slash climate change, begets inclimate weather; any questions?
Funny, I thought that high and low pressure areas begot inclimate weather; how foolish of me.
@@indy_go_blue6048 Climate change brings more of this type of weather, it allows high and low pressure systems to occur more often.
Whether alteration buy spraying chemicals in the air chem trails
I bet ROTHSCHILD's Geo-engineering has alot to do with these weather Problems. www.stopthecrime.net
What color text would show up best over a snow background?
I dunno, ummmm white? 🤍❄️🕳
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