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Old January 8th 05, 12:43 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
Steve Loft Steve Loft is offline
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Default The communication of weather warnings

Mr Blowman wrote:

Philip you are indeed correct, however I wonder how many lives would have
been saved by the unscientific adjective "get of this ****ing beech now,
there's a tsunami coming!"


And there you see, is the reason for requiring correct grammar and
spelling. Had someone in fact been in a beech, and had taken that
message as a command to get down, they might have been washed away,
whereas had they stayed in the tree they might have been saved.

This is not a spelling flame.

Apologies if anyone feels the need to be offended, given the subject matter.

Other disclaimers may apply.
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