Thread: Who was that lady? And a question for Mr Dixon and others.
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Old February 26th 10, 08:13 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Who was that lady? And a question for Mr Dixon and others.
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:04:49 -0000, "Col"
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Alex Stephens Jr wrote:
Who was that lady who telephoned the beeb on a certain day in October
1987 to ask if there was a hurricane on the way?

Wasn't that question actually concerning a hurricane in Florida
and therefore nothing to do with the UK at all, but had simply
got hoplessly tangled up with the 'folklore' of the Oct 1987
storm and Michael Fish's now infamous broadcast?
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Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

No, Michael Fish said there was no hurricane risk from an approaching
storm coming towards the UK.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d...00/2533219.stm

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