Lol good one.
But Actually if there are valid reasons for an off winter, by all means bring them to the forefront. But Because Halloween “may” be mild, and there hasn’t been a frost so far this autumn in SNE, those aren’t valid reasons in my opinion. Those are just items some folks choose to use to stir the pot. Those have no bearing on the upcoming winter season whatsoever.
And Last year, we had some just doing persistence forecasting. That’s not a valid reason either. Last winter we had changes that did come, changes that were positive, and should have delivered, but there was always some other negative that more than offset the positive changes. That’s the definition of a True Rat.
We are in a whole new regime for this year…totally different set up and set of drivers. It will be different than last year. We will do better than last year(because we really would have a very very tough time doing any worse here in SNE). That’s my stance and prediction. So Not going off on anybody at all.