"Roger Smith" wrote in message
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...and there was a silly woman on the BBC News at lunchtime talking about
lorries which had knife-jacked.
:-)
Roger

I'm also intrigued by current commentry on severe weather in areas where
there is no (failing) precipitation, good visibility and clear skies.. well,
ok, it's a bit chilly.

Jon.

On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 16:19:00 -0000, Will Hand wrote:

Many European countries, such as the UK, have a lower threshold: the
Met Office defines a blizzard as "moderate or heavy snow" combined
with a mean wind speed of 30 mph (48 km/h) and visibility below 650
feet (200 m)."

I don't think these thresholds have been exceeded anywhere during this
recent UK cold spell,

We had UK Met Office blizzard conditions briefly the other week.

except, perhaps, on high ground.

Ah. B-)

Be in a real blizzard and the reporters would know about it!

They certainly would, wind chill is something like 15 to 20C below
the air temp, if that wasn't bad enough on your cheeks the snow
hitting you at 30mph most definately is. No nice cosy stand up piece
to camera under those conditions.

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

On Wednesday 06 Jan 2010 23:35, Jon O'Rourke scribbled:

"Roger Smith" wrote in message
...

...and there was a silly woman on the BBC News at lunchtime talking about
lorries which had knife-jacked.
:-)
Roger

I'm also intrigued by current commentry on severe weather in areas where
there is no (failing) precipitation, good visibility and clear skies..
well, ok, it's a bit chilly.


And in a review of the 62-3 winter, BBC News keep saying it snowed from the
end of December to the beginning of March. Idiots.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman not newsboy
"I wear the cheese. It does not wear me."

On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:22:07 +0000, Graham P Davis wrote:

And in a review of the 62-3 winter, BBC News keep saying it snowed from
the end of December to the beginning of March. Idiots.

Well it did, *somewhere* in the UK over that period.

Journos: Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.