I type watching Midlands today,

just a few phrases in the lengthy piece

take food and water with you on journeys

plummeting tempeatures to -2C, there could be more than 1cm of snow in the
area tomorrow

all gritters on standby for potential very bad conditions

when you brake on ice you do not stop so quickly


What a bloody awful mess of journalism.


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John T wrote:

What a bloody awful mess of journalism.


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A description equally apt when used about our railways, too

In message , Chris Smith
writes
John T wrote:
What a bloody awful mess of journalism.
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A description equally apt when used about our railways, too

Whatever happened to British understatement and reserve?



--
Peter Thomas

take food and water with you on journeys

plummeting tempeatures to -2C, there could be more than 1cm of snow in the
area tomorrow

all gritters on standby for potential very bad conditions

when you brake on ice you do not stop so quickly

Common sense and taking "response-ability" have been blown away by
this 'Siberian' blast. Should we blame the nanny state, media
exploitation, or marketing hype? I think I'll just ignore it all and
go hang the washing out - great drying weather!

Currently +6.1 C, DP +2.3 C, NE'ly 04KT gust 17KT in balmy South
Devon.

Dartington, South Hams, Devon.
100 ft AMSL.
50' 12N, 03' 24W.

If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to
the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If
insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos. ~
Edward O. Wilson

Blimey Richard!

Where have you been all this? Nice to see a post from you.

You're right about the drying weather. I'm hoping my loft is going to dry
out as it's been raining up there for the last month, i.e., condensation
dripping off the roof liner and causing damp patches on the ceiling plaster
board as works its way through the loft insulation. Never had this happen
before and I suppose is symptomatic of the very damp climate here in the
Otter Valley.

I reckon I am going to have to make some ventilation as the loft itself seem
to have none whatsoever.

Not so warm here as we have an easterly and I suspect the track of it has
meant the sea has had very little influence here for the last 100 miles or
so.

Currently at 20:25, 3.0C, RH 80%, DP 0.0C, 1005.1 mb (F), Wind 7 mph E.
________________
Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

On 2 Jan, 20:28, "Nick Gardner"
wrote:
Blimey Richard!

Where have you been all this? Nice to see a post from you.

You're right about the drying weather. I'm hoping my loft is going to dry
out as it's been raining up there for the last month, i.e., condensation
dripping off the roof liner and causing damp patches on the ceiling plaster
board as works its way through the loft insulation. Never had this happen
before and I suppose is symptomatic of the very damp climate here in the
Otter Valley.

I reckon I am going to have to make some ventilation as the loft itself seem
to have none whatsoever.

Not so warm here as we have an easterly and I suspect the track of it has
meant the sea has had very little influence here for the last 100 miles or
so.

Currently at 20:25, 3.0C, RH 80%, DP 0.0C, 1005.1 mb (F), Wind 7 mph E.
________________
Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amslhttp://www.ottervalley.co.uk

Hi Nick,

Is there an air gap between the top of your insulation and the roof
liner ? Air flow within this space should minimise significant
condensation from forming.

Couldn't resist a quick posting this evening. All of this hype does
get to you after a while! Apologies to all readers of uk.sci.weather
for my slightly cynical posting ;-)

Temperature and DP on the rise (+6.2C and +2.5C respectively)....
washing drying quickly. Just think how many units of electricity us
domestic users could save if everybody had their washing outside to
dry at present rather than using a tumble drier. Obvious exceptions
apply!

BTW, +0.9C 24-hr temperature anomally in Dartington compared with eLTA
during 2007.

Happy New Year.

Best wishes,
Richard.

On 2 Jan, 20:18, Malcolm wrote:
In article
,
Richard Orrell writes



If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to
the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If
insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos. ~
Edward O. Wilson

Much as I admire E.O. Wilson, the first part of that statement is a bit
silly. Not only was mankind in considerable evidence 10,000 years ago,
but there very obviously wasn't any kind of "rich state of equilibrium"
at the time. If there were, we wouldn't be communicating like this about
the weather!

--
Malcolm

Fully accept your points but the over archiving sentiment is still
elegant and humbling.

Best wishes,
Richard.

Shefali doing the forecast?
Overhyped to say the least.

Mike

"John T" wrote in message
.uk...
I type watching Midlands today,

just a few phrases in the lengthy piece

take food and water with you on journeys

plummeting tempeatures to -2C, there could be more than 1cm of snow in the
area tomorrow

all gritters on standby for potential very bad conditions

when you brake on ice you do not stop so quickly


What a bloody awful mess of journalism.


AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh

On Jan 2, 9:22*pm, Richard Orrell
wrote:
cynical posting ;-)

Temperature and DP on the rise (+6.2C and +2.5C respectively)....
washing drying quickly. Just think how many units of electricity us
domestic users could save if everybody had their washing outside to
dry at present rather than using a tumble drier. Obvious exceptions
.

Happy New Year.

Best wishes,
Richard.- Hide quoted text -

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The reason tumble driers are popular is because electricity is
cheap and it doesn't hurt one's pocket too much to have one. Few
people will follow a Green option per se except as a token gesture (eg
a home turbine). There has to be some incentive of which the most
obvious is an increase in the price of electricity and of course
petrol. Everybody will scream and shout if this is done so it won't
be, will it? ( © Alan Bennett.)

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

Quoting from message

posted on 3 Jan 2008 by Tudor Hughes
I would like to add:

The reason tumble driers are popular is because electricity is
cheap and it doesn't hurt one's pocket too much to have one.

Living on a NW facing slope in N.Wales a tumble drier is essential
November to March in order to get anything dry - hanging out in a
garden with no sun is a nogo.

The advantage of a tumble drier is that fabric conditioner is not
required as towels etc. are much softer; especially so in the case of
terry nappies as use of fabric softener can lead to a spotty bum.

Selecting suitable fabrics means that there is no need to iron,
therefore off-setting the electricity used in drying.

Parents' house was on a SW slope and drying outside in winter was no
problem, but ironing was usually necessary.

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