Graham P Davis wrote:

On Sunday 28 Nov 2010 13:29, Alex Stephens scribbled:

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.


An actual whiteout does not require wind nor falling snow. Visibility is not
a factor either. It just needs low cloud and total snow cover so that light
reflection makes earth and sky look the same.

And here was me thinking it was another name for Tippex :-)
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MCC