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Old December 14th 07, 10:56 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
Graham P Davis Graham P Davis is offline
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Default "Big chill will last a week" (Daily Express)

David Haggas wrote:


"Keith (Southend)G" wrote in message
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Daily Express (13th Dec 2007)

"Britain's big freeze is set to continue into next week..."

"And forecasters say the bitterly cold conditions will continue at
least into the early part of next week, with more heavy overnight
frosts expected..."

I find it very sad that this weather is described as above.

One day, we'll get a bloody nose in this Country!!!

Ps: I don't buy the paper, but a colleague at work always leaves
'exibit A' on my desk :-)

Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net


The media reflect the general lack of education about the weather in the
UK. The BBC is wholly responsible for this. Dumbing down forecasts to a
level where any departure from average temperature is made to appear
sensational in order to grab the viewer and stop him changing channels.
Style before content. I don't blame the Daily Express, they are not a
public service.


I don't know whether the BBC should take all the blame. What about the Met
Office for supplying them with dumbed-down presenters? Tori Lacey has been
banging on about the "bitter, bitter" weather all this week on Radio Five.

It's been going for a while now, as Helen Young once said on a January day
that the weather would "remain cold" when the temperature had been 10C with
light winds, and on another occasion that there would be "dense fog with
visibilities down to 300M"!

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Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman, not newsboy.
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