"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:29:01 GMT, Paul C wrote:

But critics say the loss of a local service will increase the risk
of weather-related problems across the islands.

Curious statement. How does the presence (or absence) of forecasters
affect what the weather is going to do?

I see your point Dave, but what they say makes sense to me. Granted the
loss of that office, or any Met Office, doesn't actually change the weather
that will happen, but surely the whole point of weather forecasting is that
advanced warnings and such like are given to minimise disruption. If
suddenly the UK were to recieve no weather forecasts, then no, it doesn't
affect the weather, but it would most certainly increase the amount of
weather-related problems. Ii know the Shetland thing is on a much smaller
scale, but the correlation is there.

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