Paul Simons, in his Times 'Weather Eye' column today comments on the OTT
reports in the media

After commenting that the promised "scorching hot" summer, then "an
arctic freeze, a nightmare of ice, snow and a nightmare of sub-zero
temperatures", and most recently "the wettest winter for 33 years", he
goes on to say that "There is clearly a gulf between sections of the
media and meteorlogists. The more sensational forecasts have often come
from dubious sources with little meteorological background, but they
make stunning headlines."

What a beautiful put-down :-)

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Malcolm

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Paul Simons, in his Times 'Weather Eye' column today comments on the
OTT reports in the media

After commenting that the promised "scorching hot" summer, then "an
arctic freeze, a nightmare of ice, snow and a nightmare of sub-zero
temperatures", and most recently "the wettest winter for 33 years", he
goes on to say that "There is clearly a gulf between sections of the
media and meteorlogists. The more sensational forecasts have often come
from dubious sources with little meteorological background, but they
make stunning headlines."

What a beautiful put-down :-)


The BBC website has an article headlined "Record 2014 freeze for
England, Wales and Northern Ireland". Of course it doesn't mention that,
prior to this spell, 2014 had been exceptionally lacking in winter cold
so that the record doesn't amount to much.
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On 29/12/2014 15:19, John Hall wrote:
In message , Malcolm
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Paul Simons, in his Times 'Weather Eye' column today comments on the
OTT reports in the media

After commenting that the promised "scorching hot" summer, then "an
arctic freeze, a nightmare of ice, snow and a nightmare of sub-zero
temperatures", and most recently "the wettest winter for 33 years", he
goes on to say that "There is clearly a gulf between sections of the
media and meteorlogists. The more sensational forecasts have often
come from dubious sources with little meteorological background, but
they make stunning headlines."

What a beautiful put-down :-)


The BBC website has an article headlined "Record 2014 freeze for
England, Wales and Northern Ireland". Of course it doesn't mention that,
prior to this spell, 2014 had been exceptionally lacking in winter cold
so that the record doesn't amount to much.
I saw that and thought that how can you have a record for one year.
Stating that it was the coldest night of the year would have been far
more accurate and less alarmist (not to mention it wasn't unusual fro
December anyway). But then, don't let the facts get in the way of a
good story.

On Monday, 29 December 2014 14:54:00 UTC, Malcolm wrote:
"There is clearly a gulf between sections of the
media and meteorlogists. The more sensational forecasts have often come
from dubious sources with little meteorological background, but they
make stunning headlines."

Also when the likes of Boris Johnson - who isn't exactly the daftest chap - gets drawn in by Piers' weak verifications then you really start to worry.

Richard

Read that too.

Bonkers, basically.

Richard Dixon wrote:
On Monday, 29 December 2014 14:54:00 UTC, Malcolm wrote:
"There is clearly a gulf between sections of the
media and meteorlogists. The more sensational forecasts have often come
from dubious sources with little meteorological background, but they
make stunning headlines."

Also when the likes of Boris Johnson - who isn't exactly the daftest chap - gets drawn in by Piers' weak verifications then you really start to worry.

Richard
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"... who isn't exactly the daftest chap" nor the smartest !

In message , Dave Cornwell
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Richard Dixon wrote:
On Monday, 29 December 2014 14:54:00 UTC, Malcolm wrote:
"There is clearly a gulf between sections of the media and
meteorlogists. The more sensational forecasts have often come from
dubious sources with little meteorological background, but they make
stunning headlines."
Also when the likes of Boris Johnson - who isn't exactly the daftest
chap - gets drawn in by Piers' weak verifications then you really
start to worry.
Richard
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"... who isn't exactly the daftest chap" nor the smartest !

He's a lot smarter than he sometimes appears, as I've learnt by reading
his occasional pieces in the Telegraph.
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(Taken, with the author's permission, from a LiveJournal post)

In article ,
says...
Also when the likes of Boris Johnson - who isn't exactly the daftest
chap - gets drawn in by Piers' weak verifications then you really
start to worry.
Richard
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"... who isn't exactly the daftest chap" nor the smartest !

He's a lot smarter than he sometimes appears, as I've learnt by reading
his occasional pieces in the Telegraph.


His bumbling buffoon persona is just that, a persona. a carefully
nurtured and cherished one. Boris is a very clever, vary manipulative,
highly conniving person. Smart and dangerous.

He scares me.

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Alan LeHun
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2014 21:40:26 -0000, Alan LeHun wrote:
His bumbling buffoon persona is just that, a persona. a carefully
nurtured and cherished one. Boris is a very clever, vary
manipulative,
highly conniving person. Smart and dangerous.
He scares me.

Me too. Heaven help us if he achieves his ambition of becoming prime
minister. He reminds me of a character (Greg Stilson) in a Stephen
King novel.

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Freddie
Pontesbury, Shropshire
102m AMSL
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On Monday, 29 December 2014 21:40:28 UTC, Alan LeHun wrote:
In article ,
says...
Also when the likes of Boris Johnson - who isn't exactly the daftest
chap - gets drawn in by Piers' weak verifications then you really
start to worry.
Richard
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"... who isn't exactly the daftest chap" nor the smartest !

He's a lot smarter than he sometimes appears, as I've learnt by reading
his occasional pieces in the Telegraph.


His bumbling buffoon persona is just that, a persona. a carefully
nurtured and cherished one. Boris is a very clever, vary manipulative,
highly conniving person. Smart and dangerous.

Oh remarkably smart. And probably quite nasty. Just for interest, here are two of his articles mentioning Sir Piers KBE

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/c...-own-game.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/c...i-ice-age.html

Richard