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Found this gem-look no further

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1516880.stm

(Link found on uk.rec.aviation.soaring)

All the best

--
George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk

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"George Booth" wrote in message
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Found this gem-look no further

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1516880.stm

(Link found on uk.rec.aviation.soaring)

I wrote about this nasty little programme in the DT the
week after it was broadcast, and I received two letters
from elderly RAF personnel who had been interviewed
for it and were deeply anguished that their contributions
had been edited and misused in order to fit the flawed
agenda of the programme-maker. They were, as you
can imagine, grateful that someone had tried, at least, to
set the record straight. Sadly the programme went on
to win a Sony award for best radio documentary of the
year, and it was, I believe, re-broadcast recently.

By the way, George, I like that "250 times the normal
August rainfall" ... that would be something like
1000 inches (25,000mm) wouldn't it? "Biblical" is
the appropriate word there, I think. It encapsulates all
you need to know about (some) journalists.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/feature/ne180901.htm
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/feature/pe200802.htm

Philip Eden

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This is an old story that has been dug up for the umpteenth time. It's
easy to refute any connection between the Lynmouth Flood and any rain-making
experiments, at least it is to someone with even a trace of knowledge of the
subject, which wouldn't be anyone at the BBC. I particularly liked "250 times
the normal August rainfall".

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

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"TudorHgh" wrote in message


This is an old story that has been dug up for the umpteenth time. It's
easy to refute any connection between the Lynmouth Flood and any rain-making
experiments, at least it is to someone with even a trace of knowledge of the
subject, which wouldn't be anyone at the BBC. I particularly liked "250 times
the normal August rainfall".

The Media gives Mediums a bad name.

But what would one expect from any company that employs women to
forecast the weather where their appearance is more important than their
ability "to know when to come in out of the rain"?



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"TudorHgh" wrote in message
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This is an old story that has been dug up for the umpteenth time. It's
easy to refute any connection between the Lynmouth Flood and any rain-making
experiments, at least it is to someone with even a trace of knowledge of the
subject, which wouldn't be anyone at the BBC. I particularly liked "250
times
the normal August rainfall".

I have been Googling for info on the Lynmouth flood and this rain
making thing keeps on cropping up. It is not something I was
previously aware of. Is this just another daft conspiracy theory?

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html

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In article ,
Col writes:
I have been Googling for info on the Lynmouth flood and this rain
making thing keeps on cropping up. It is not something I was
previously aware of. Is this just another daft conspiracy theory?

It sounds like it to me.
--
John Hall
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick
themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened."
Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

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"John Hall" wrote in message
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In article ,
Col writes:
I have been Googling for info on the Lynmouth flood and this rain
making thing keeps on cropping up. It is not something I was
previously aware of. Is this just another daft conspiracy theory?

It sounds like it to me.
--

The BBC repeated their documentary on Radio 4 this afternoon a 1:30

13:30 Sunday Best: Document
In the run up to a new series of the award winning investigative history
series Document, Sunday Best revisits five notable programmes from previous
years. Presented by Mike Thomson.

5/5. The Day They Made It Rain

On 15 August 1952, in the picturesque Devon village of Lynmouth, a devastating
flood cost 34 lives. It rained so hard it didn't seem entirely natural and
some said it wasn't.

Document looks at new evidence on the imprecise science of cloud seeding. It
reveals who had secrets to keep an what the implications are now for us all.

You can hear it again here;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml


Ignore the start. It is a trailer for a program about whales, although it
sounds more like Lawrence's reaction to the program!

Cheers, Alastair.

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In message , Alastair McDonald
k writes

"John Hall" wrote in message
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In article ,
Col writes:
I have been Googling for info on the Lynmouth flood and this rain
making thing keeps on cropping up. It is not something I was
previously aware of. Is this just another daft conspiracy theory?

Sounds interesting.

Worth mentioning that about this time (Lynmouth Disaster) we all had a
wetish August and had wetish summers for a few years before. All the
talk was of the weather oddities being caused by nuclear testing - never
gets a mention these days at all.
--
PK
Remove the xtra y from my name in the email address if replying

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"Alastair McDonald" k wrote in
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"John Hall" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Col writes:
I have been Googling for info on the Lynmouth flood and this rain
making thing keeps on cropping up. It is not something I was
previously aware of. Is this just another daft conspiracy theory?

It sounds like it to me.
--

The BBC repeated their documentary on Radio 4 this afternoon a 1:30

13:30 Sunday Best: Document
In the run up to a new series of the award winning investigative history
series Document, Sunday Best revisits five notable programmes from previous
years. Presented by Mike Thomson.

5/5. The Day They Made It Rain

On 15 August 1952, in the picturesque Devon village of Lynmouth, a devastating
flood cost 34 lives. It rained so hard it didn't seem entirely natural and
some said it wasn't.

Document looks at new evidence on the imprecise science of cloud seeding. It
reveals who had secrets to keep an what the implications are now for us all.

You can hear it again here;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml

Where, exactly?

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html

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"Paul Kelly" wrote in message
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In message , Alastair McDonald
k writes

"John Hall" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Col writes:
I have been Googling for info on the Lynmouth flood and this rain
making thing keeps on cropping up. It is not something I was
previously aware of. Is this just another daft conspiracy theory?

Sounds interesting.

Worth mentioning that about this time (Lynmouth Disaster) we all had a
wetish August and had wetish summers for a few years before. All the
talk was of the weather oddities being caused by nuclear testing - never
gets a mention these days at all.

There are not any nuclear test being perormed these days. I don't
think they are having an effect on current weather.

The winter of 46/47 and 62/63 both follow large tests performed over
the sea. The injection of water vapour (and sea salt) into the statosphere
may have caused the cooling at those times. AKAIK only the late John Daly
and myself have suggested this. OTOH the idea of a nuclear winter is
generally accepted.


Cheers, Alastair.