"RJ Webb" wrote in message
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:20:32 GMT, (max) wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:01:41 -0000, "Tom"
wrote:
Ignore the media - they're more inaccurate in their everyday
non-weather reports than the met office are in their weather
forecasts!
The Grauniadh was at it today... Spouting crap about the cold weather
in Canada coming our way sigh
There was another howler on the BBC news this evening.
They were talking about temps at the south pole on Mars being
-120C. 'And that's 6 times colder than the freezer in this laboratory.......'
You might expect such sloppiness from the tabloids but you would
expect better from the so-called quality press and flagship news
programmes.
I wonder if they do *any* research at all into what they are saying
to check it isn't nonsense.
No wonder the public's understanding of weather and science in
general is so poor in this country.
Col
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