On Jan 10, 8:50*am, Nick wrote:
On Jan 9, 8:06*pm, "Martin Rowley"

wrote:
... that's what this winter (which hasn't finished yet) is ....
allegedly (BBC News). The hype may be though .....

Martin.

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Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N * Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023

Yes "unprecedented" is a bit OTT, though there is the chance that it
could be the coldest since 1979, which is quite a while back. Or it
could just be the coldest since 1985 or 1987, or even, if late January/
February are very mild, only 1995/96. We'll see I guess...

Nick

They would learn a lot about the meaning of the word "unprecedented"
by reading Philip's book "Great British Weather Disasters". It needs a
climatologist to pronounce whether something is "unprecedented", not a
hack, or two!

The thing about "unprecedented" events, is that it allows people with
responsibilities to escape them. "How could we plan? This was
unprecedented". Well actually............

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Robin Nicholson writes:
On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 20:06:28 -0000, "Martin Rowley"
wrote:

... that's what this winter (which hasn't finished yet) is ....
allegedly (BBC News). The hype may be though .....

BBC have not had any calls and are repeating this approach!

R 2221hrs

It's funny how such canards become "established fact" through being
repeated. It seems to have started when some council bigwig (with no
meteorological expertise whatsoever) used the word in an interview, and
since then all the rest of the media have picked it up and are parroting
it.
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John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)