On 3 Feb, 20:12, "Col" wrote:
Now you can dismiss this as the ranting of a bitter Northerner if you
wish, but hear me out...

I am getting increasingly irritated by the media's response that yesterday's
snow was the 'Worst in the UK for almost 20 years'.
Actually it wasn't.
It was the worst in London and selected areas of the SE, mainly to
the south of London and especially the North Downs.
So only a tiny part of the country had it's 'Worst for almost 20 years'.

I'm not complaining about the amount of media coverage given to this
event, clearly this area has millions of people and the disruption caused
was very severe.

What annoys is the casual assumption that because *London* was involved,
the rest of the UK somehow had to be affected in the same manner.
Had a similarly sized area in NW England been affected by a polar low
giving an equivalent amount of snow, nobody would have claimed it
was the UK's worst snowfall in almost 20 years.
It would have been reported as merely the worst snowfall in NW England
for 20 years.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

The London-centric coverage is no surprise to me - just as it was no
surprise that public transport in the capital just couldn't cope. If
it is not happening in the Home Counties the media are simply not
interested...

What is more surprising is the sheer volume of coverage about the
snow. Is there nothing else going on in the world that deserves some
airtime?

The BBC devoted a whole hour to weather-related stories last night -
but was it really necessary seeing video after video of children
playing in the snow.

Surely a variation to the theme was called for - like why the Atlantic
has gone so quiet - allowing this situation to develop... I could go
on and on...