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The British public are said to be fascinated by the weather.
If that is the case how come we don't have the media coverage like that of
the US?
Watching a local news channel in New York the presenter went in to great
detail about jet streams and radar images.
When you look at our professional websites they don't have half the tools
and images as they do. i.e. local radar, satellite etc. Even the newspapers
go into detail about it.
Is it me or do we just not care about the weather as much as we think we do?


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Gav wrote:
The British public are said to be fascinated by the weather.
If that is the case how come we don't have the media coverage like that of
the US?
Watching a local news channel in New York the presenter went in to great
detail about jet streams and radar images.
When you look at our professional websites they don't have half the tools
and images as they do. i.e. local radar, satellite etc. Even the newspapers
go into detail about it.
Is it me or do we just not care about the weather as much as we think we do?


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Don't be silly! Only Americans are intelligent enough to understand
scientific stuff like that - we Brits can only follow it in small words,
and only when preceded by some wholly inappropriate adjective, for
example "Mini tornado", "Sharp Showers" or "Murky Rain".

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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:20:25 -0000, "Gav" sat@home wrote:

The British public are said to be fascinated by the weather.
If that is the case how come we don't have the media coverage like that of
the US?
Watching a local news channel in New York the presenter went in to great
detail about jet streams and radar images.
When you look at our professional websites they don't have half the tools
and images as they do. i.e. local radar, satellite etc. Even the newspapers
go into detail about it.
Is it me or do we just not care about the weather as much as we think we do?


I think that's true. In my experience the Americans are far more
weather-obsessed than the British, despite the received wisdom. I am of the
opinion that the British are more likely to start a conversation with the
weather than the Americans are - probably due to the lesser variability (on the
whole) of American weather - not much to say about the summer weather in
Phoenix, for example - "Sunny and hot again I see", or New Orleans in July -
"bit humid again, guys"

I have never been to the Pacific Northwest of the US and I wonder if they are
more likely to use weather small-talk, having a similar climate to ours.

Martin


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Just watch an American TV weather forecast and almost all of them mention
dew points.

Can you imaging the BBC / UKMO discussing dew points in there forecast - I
think not - and is such basic stuff!

cheers

Stuart Robinson





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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:20:25 -0000, "Gav" sat@home wrote:

The British public are said to be fascinated by the weather.
If that is the case how come we don't have the media coverage like that of
the US?
Watching a local news channel in New York the presenter went in to great
detail about jet streams and radar images.
When you look at our professional websites they don't have half the tools
and images as they do. i.e. local radar, satellite etc. Even the
newspapers
go into detail about it.
Is it me or do we just not care about the weather as much as we think we
do?


I think that's true. In my experience the Americans are far more
weather-obsessed than the British, despite the received wisdom. I am of
the
opinion that the British are more likely to start a conversation with the
weather than the Americans are - probably due to the lesser variability
(on the
whole) of American weather - not much to say about the summer weather in
Phoenix, for example - "Sunny and hot again I see", or New Orleans in
July -
"bit humid again, guys"

I have never been to the Pacific Northwest of the US and I wonder if they
are
more likely to use weather small-talk, having a similar climate to ours.

Martin


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Felly sgrifennodd Gav sat@home:
The British public are said to be fascinated by the weather.
If that is the case how come we don't have the media coverage like that of
the US?

It's what's called "dumbing down". They don't broadcast anything they think
the average person in the street (whose intelligence they probably
underestimate) won't understand.

What they fail to realise is that if they did broadcast such things, people
would come to understand them.

I think it's a lost cause, but I keep saying it: the BBC are supposed to
emeducate/em as well as entertain and inform.

Adrian
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"Col" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote in message
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Quite a lot of the British wouldn't be able to understand about jet
streams and such, because after 8 years of socialist government, and
dumbing down, isn't it the case that "Everyone's a yob now!"

Tony Blair's a Socialist?

LOL!


Possibly a *national* socialist ? ooops ... mustn't say that !

Gianna

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Gav wrote:
The British public are said to be fascinated by the weather.
If that is the case how come we don't have the media coverage like that of
the US?
Watching a local news channel in New York the presenter went in to great
detail about jet streams and radar images.
When you look at our professional websites they don't have half the tools
and images as they do. i.e. local radar, satellite etc. Even the newspapers
go into detail about it.
Is it me or do we just not care about the weather as much as we think we do?




Quite a lot of the British wouldn't be able to understand about jet
streams and such, because after 8 years of socialist government, and
dumbing down, isn't it the case that "Everyone's a yob now!"

Joe
Wolverhampton

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"Joe" wrote in message
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Quite a lot of the British wouldn't be able to understand about jet
streams and such, because after 8 years of socialist government, and
dumbing down, isn't it the case that "Everyone's a yob now!"

Tony Blair's a Socialist?

LOL!

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

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On 22 Nov 2004 18:09:24 -0000, (Adrian D. Shaw) wrote:


What they fail to realise is that if they did broadcast such things, people
would come to understand them.

That's how I see it too. Still, it helps the gub'ment to keep the
people uninformed as the people will then be more malleable.

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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:03:16 -0000, "Col"
wrote:


Quite a lot of the British wouldn't be able to understand about jet
streams and such, because after 8 years of socialist government, and
dumbing down, isn't it the case that "Everyone's a yob now!"

Tony Blair's a Socialist?

No, he's just a prat. :)