"Jim Webster" wrote in
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in
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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?

perhaps the quality of forecast improves if the
forecaster is within easy
reach?

Put yourself in the position of a skipper/captain
of a boat/ship, then simply ask yourselves whether
the best advice would come from the likes of Mr
Wheeler with many years of experience of the local
conditions, or some PFY with a half baked degree,
100's of miles away, who's knowledge of
meteorology doesn't go much beyond that which the
latest model run shows.