Sad that 6 people lost their lives.

But when will the media ever learn !!

Freak Storms eh?

Try an area of more severe weather that developed in an already
unstable weather situation.

It's radio hosts like Art Bell, that clasp onto headlines like this to
backup his book and Day After Tomorrow scenario

Every time there is a severe weather anywhere in the world, some people
use that to say "I told you so" the next ice age is cometh
I just call 'em Merchants of Doom and Gloom

ahhh i guess it'll help to post the URL too !!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4106569.stm

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ahhh i guess it'll help to post the URL too !!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4106569.stm


I suppose one might say it was an act of God that they didn't see it
coming? And the Beeb showing occlusions for Thursday well in line with
the time of the phase.

Now then, who did I tell to be careful of what they ask?

The Philippines or somewhere caught a packet too. Anyone got the gen. on
that?


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Don't be so Anal. Of course it was freakish, it is not usual to have a storm
that is a killer in France.





"BlueLightning" wrote in message
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Sad that 6 people lost their lives.

But when will the media ever learn !!

Freak Storms eh?

Try an area of more severe weather that developed in an already
unstable weather situation.

It's radio hosts like Art Bell, that clasp onto headlines like this to
backup his book and Day After Tomorrow scenario

Every time there is a severe weather anywhere in the world, some people
use that to say "I told you so" the next ice age is cometh
I just call 'em Merchants of Doom and Gloom

BlueLightning wrote:
ahhh i guess it'll help to post the URL too !!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4106569.stm


I see from the above that it was "A freak hurricane-force wind" and that
"The storm hit Paris" and this caused "Meteo France, to issue its
second-highest alert".

The ususal media drivel then. While sorry that people dies in this, the
poor standard of reporting is an annoyance.

What, after all, is the difference between a hurricane and a freak
hurricane? Was it a hurricane or a storm? And I cannot help but wonder
what it would take for Meteo France to issue its highest alert.

AFAIK all categories (gales, storms, light breezes) have gusts which
might measure high enough to appear in another category, and many have
brief moments of respite which would appear in a lower category.
I look forward to reading about a storm which has gale force intervals
as well as 'exciting', news headline-grabbing 'hurricanes'.
I suppose if there was a hurricane at some point, they would invent the
'super-hurricane-gust' to report with it.

For reference:

Tempête sur le Nord de la France

Depuis vendredi matin, le Nord de la France est touché par une forte
tempête hivernale, accompagnée de vents violents. Météo-France a émis un
bulletin de vigilance orange …


L’Est de la Bretagne et la Normandie ont été les premières régions
touchées par la tempête.

Météo-France relevait vers midi des rafales atteignant 130 km/h à La
Hague (département de la Manche) et 133 km/h au Havre (département de la
Seine-Maritime).

La zone de vents forts s’est ensuite décalée vers l’Ile-de-France, la
Picardie et le Nord dans l’après-midi.

A l’intérieur des terres, des rafales de vent de 100 à120 km/h ont été
enregistrées, tandis que près des côtes elles atteignaient jusqu’à 150 km/h.

Météo-France a mesuré des rafales jusqu’à :

97 km/h à Paris
100 km/h à Roissy
120km/h à Beauvais
103 km/h à Toussus-le-Noble

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Gianna
www.buchan-meteo.org.uk