Forecasters issued a rare red warning ahead of Eowyn's arrival and predicted the storm could be the most destructive to hit Scotland's central belt in 13 years.

Even if this weekend’s storms, which are predicted to be mild, bring an inch of rain, January would be the fifth driest since record keeping began in 1896, Anderson said.

“Black Phoenix,” which lives online, all but predicted the coming days, months and years:

I don't think he could have been stopped or it could have been predicted, especially not in a town like Southport.

A number of films in this year’s program have a timeliness that organizers couldn’t have predicted when they were selected.