On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:13:18 GMT,
wrote:

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:04:49 -0000, "Col"
wrote:

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?
--
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

Replying to myself, I stand corrected, so apologies, Col. There is an
"In Context" box on this webpage qualifying what Michael said in
reference to a tropical cyclone in the West Atlantic, but he did imply
that there would be no hurricane force winds associated with the UK
storm which proved to be wrong when its track was wrongly predicted
and it produced hurricane force gusts locally.

Geoff