http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...weather109.xml

Phil

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On 9 Mar, 06:44, "Phil Layton" wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...08/03/09/nweat...

More dumbing down. It's the usual insult to assume that the public
can't understand numbers such as 60 mph winds.

No doubt the temperatures will be half as warm as they are today:-)
Ouch!

Will the public will really understand the current high wind
warnings? My wife works in the Education Department at the Air Museum
at Duxford. They have an open day today - and the weather is perfect
for the school kids and their parents. I just wonder how many
potential visitors will NOT turn up today because they are confused
about the dire warnings of doom and gloom that have been issued for
Monday. In the light of past experience, some WILL be confused and
think it's too risky to visit today. Wife still gets paid whether
they turn op of not!

Jack

"Phil Layton" wrote in message
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...weather109.xml


So what constitutes a red traffic light. It seems that there is hardly a
day goes by without a severe weather warning being issued. These traffic
lights will have no meaning if too many days are red days.

On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 23:46:10 -0800 (PST), "Jack
)" wrote:

More dumbing down. It's the usual insult to assume that the public
can't understand numbers such as 60 mph winds.
...

What evidence have you that they do?

I do because we experience 60 mph winds several times a year but we're
not typical of the public at large who, one must assume, do understand
traffic lights.

It's the public that are dumbed down due to poor education. When that
happens, communicating with the public has to follow.
--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

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On 9 Mar, 06:44, "Phil Layton" wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...08/03/09/nweat...

More dumbing down. It's the usual insult to assume that the public
can't understand numbers such as 60 mph winds.

No doubt the temperatures will be half as warm as they are today:-)
Ouch!

Will the public will really understand the current high wind
warnings? My wife works in the Education Department at the Air Museum
at Duxford. They have an open day today - and the weather is perfect
for the school kids and their parents. I just wonder how many
potential visitors will NOT turn up today because they are confused
about the dire warnings of doom and gloom that have been issued for
Monday. In the light of past experience, some WILL be confused and
think it's too risky to visit today. Wife still gets paid whether
they turn op of not!

Jack

Seems it can't be dumbed down far enough then, if people are confused by
"Monday".

Tom