"Col" wrote in message
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Just heard the news talking about the 'hurricane' that tragically killed
5 members of one family in Benbecula.
I assume this came from 'Hurricane force 12' winds which was correct
and they had managed to use for a day or two but of course they get
slack and it becomes a 'hurricane'.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing it seems, the media certainly
can't be trusted to know the difference between the two.

Unfortunately in future it might be a good idea not to feed the media
with difficult concepts to grasp like 'Hurricane force 12' and just say
it was 'a big scary windstorm with lots of waves and stuff'.




Hi Col

I normally keep my head firmly below the parapet, but please - why be so
petty with semantics. Surely the emphasis here is the "5 killed". I really
hope that none of their surviving family have an interest in the weather and
are not reading this newsgroup.

Paul