On Nov 28, 1:05*pm, Tim wrote:
Why does the journalist in Scotland keep calling the conditions "white
out" when it clearly isn't so? They have been doing it all morning on
News-24 and it's very annoying.

Rant over, thank you.

Probably because they've never been in a whiteout situation before.
The same reporter however may well find themselves in actual whiteout
conditions later when the wind picks up - and, more's the pity (not),
they get stranded for a day or two.

Alex.