Will

Apologies, I didn't mean to be picky it's just that this newsgroup just seems to bring out the worst in people!

I'm sure in the fifteen years or more than I've been reading it, its never been in my opinion as overtly hostile, antagonistic and critical as it has become in recent years.

It's with some fear and trepidation that I bother to post to it at all, knowing that either I'll be shot down in flames for something I got wrong, or that the item that I originally posted about as got lost or twisted into an entirely different subject - usually global warming and climate change. There must be a lot of people that would like to have a say that are put off by this antagonism.

Bruce.

I think the effect was similar to when cloud becomes very thick - I think the light levels were similar to the storm that spanned 23rd and 24th December 2013. I remember a presenter at the time saying the cloud cover was '10km thick'

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I'm sure in the fifteen years or more than I've been reading it, its
never been in my opinion as overtly hostile, antagonistic and critical
as it has become in recent years.

I think the old saying of "the bad drives out the good" tends to apply
to newsgroups.


It's with some fear and trepidation that I bother to post to it at all,
knowing that either I'll be shot down in flames for something I got
wrong, or that the item that I originally posted about as got lost or
twisted into an entirely different subject - usually global warming and
climate change. There must be a lot of people that would like to have a
say that are put off by this antagonism.

I suspect that you're right, and it's a shame.
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On Friday, March 20, 2015 at 11:25:01 AM UTC, Martin Brown wrote:

I think that is just due to the Brian Cox effect and Astronomy Live (BBC
can be very formulaic at times expect seasonwatch live for all values
of season and before long very probably drying paint watch live).


I always laugh when people say that, I could host the paint drying thing!

Col

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On Friday, March 20, 2015 at 11:25:01 AM UTC, Martin Brown wrote:

I think that is just due to the Brian Cox effect and Astronomy Live (BBC
can be very formulaic at times expect seasonwatch live for all values
of season and before long very probably drying paint watch live).


I always laugh when people say that, I could host the paint drying
thing!



I suppose that astronomy, meteorology and biology are the three sciences
in which amateur observers can still have a worthwhile part to play, so
it's not unreasonable for the BBC to have "seasonwatch live"
programmes for all of them. If it gets more people interested in making
observations then it can only be a good thing.
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On Friday, March 20, 2015 at 7:07:32 PM UTC, John Hall wrote:

I suppose that astronomy, meteorology and biology are the three sciences
in which amateur observers can still have a worthwhile part to play, so
it's not unreasonable for the BBC to have "seasonwatch live"
programmes for all of them. If it gets more people interested in making
observations then it can only be a good thing.

There's a lot to be said for that.
Not everybody can operate a Large Hadron Collider but anybody, anybody at all can make a valid observation as to whether it is snowing or not. You don't even need any instuments, unless you count your eyes.

Col

Possibly true Col, observing snowfall is one thing, but recording depth is when some people's imagination takes over.

On Friday, March 20, 2015 at 11:14:07 PM UTC, David Mitchell wrote:
Possibly true Col, observing snowfall is one thing, but recording depth is when some people's imagination takes over.

Indeed
I can never bear to report snowfall in millimetres. If the fall is that slight it is aa 'covering' or a mere 'dusting'.
I've even seen poeple here report snow*drift* depth in mm, though I think (hope) that was done tongue in cheek

Col

On Saturday, 21 March 2015 09:12:28 UTC, wrote:
On Friday, March 20, 2015 at 11:14:07 PM UTC, David Mitchell wrote:
Possibly true Col, observing snowfall is one thing, but recording depth is when some people's imagination takes over.

Indeed
I can never bear to report snowfall in millimetres. If the fall is that slight it is aa 'covering' or a mere 'dusting'.
I've even seen poeple here report snow*drift* depth in mm, though I think (hope) that was done tongue in cheek

Col


Never liked the term 'dusting' as it implies dry which means it would blow about but essentially stay. Usually its more like a 'dissolving thin veneer' of snow. Especially really light showers.