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Old November 22nd 09, 02:14 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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In article
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Richard Dixon writes:
Despite not indicating a flood event in his forecast - and despite the
superb, bang-on forecast from the Met Office - this little snippet
gives you a view to just how delusional he is - note that the reason
why the North Sea storm surge didn't occur is the reason why the
Cumbria event happened ! The last sentence is a piece of wonderful
waffle.

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I think calling him delusional is actually taking a charitable view. I'm
more cynical.
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