The Met Office has announced its intention to close all its regional
weather centres and move the work to its Hq in the far southwest. :-(

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4691071.stm

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"The minister in charge of the Met Office Mr Touhig said the Met Office
had been "in a mess" since the plans were revealed last month.

"In all honesty, I don't think this whole operation has been handled
terribly well by the Met Office," he said...

...."That is why I put a stop to the whole operation and said there will
be a consultation period.

I'm not taking on board any recommendation from the Met Office board or
anybody else until everyone who is involved, or is interested, has a say."
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There is an electronic petition here;

http://www.petitiononline.com/SCOTMET/petition.html

which is aimed at keeping the Aberdeen office open.
Please sign it if you agree with the sentiment.

Colin wrote:
The Met Office has announced its intention to close all its regional
weather centres and move the work to its Hq in the far southwest. :-(

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4691071.stm

************************************************** ***
"The minister in charge of the Met Office Mr Touhig said the Met Office
had been "in a mess" since the plans were revealed last month.

"In all honesty, I don't think this whole operation has been handled
terribly well by the Met Office," he said...

..."That is why I put a stop to the whole operation and said there will
be a consultation period.

I'm not taking on board any recommendation from the Met Office board or
anybody else until everyone who is involved, or is interested, has a say."
************************************************** **

There is an electronic petition here;

http://www.petitiononline.com/SCOTMET/petition.html

which is aimed at keeping the Aberdeen office open.
Please sign it if you agree with the sentiment.

The government, having created the structure by which the Met
Office could contemplate these closures, now finds itself seriously
embarrassed. Good. It may now just possibly consider bringing the Met
Office under a little more control with regard to its
commercially-oriented outlook. If it does, I feel it will be done
rather quietly, being a denial of current dogma.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
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The government, having created the structure by which the Met
Office could contemplate these closures, now finds itself seriously
embarrassed.

I don't see how. Since there were three tory leaders since Thatcher
ruined things there. None of them any more irresponsible than the
megalomaniac who caused the problem initially.

It may now just possibly consider bringing the Met Office under a little
more control with regard to its commercially-oriented outlook.

You subscribe to the Liebnitz theory of everything happening for the
best in the best of all possible worlds then?

Ruining the country is for the bean counters but running it should be
left to the bean growers.

If it does, I feel it will be done rather quietly, being a denial
of current dogma.

I should stick to meteorology if I were you.

Polytricks is not your strong suit.


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Michael Mcneil wrote:
"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
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The government, having created the structure by which the Met
Office could contemplate these closures, now finds itself seriously
embarrassed.

I don't see how. Since there were three tory leaders since Thatcher
ruined things there. None of them any more irresponsible than the
megalomaniac who caused the problem initially.

It may now just possibly consider bringing the Met Office under a little
more control with regard to its commercially-oriented outlook.

You subscribe to the Liebnitz theory of everything happening for the
best in the best of all possible worlds then?

Ruining the country is for the bean counters but running it should be
left to the bean growers.

If it does, I feel it will be done rather quietly, being a denial
of current dogma.

I should stick to meteorology if I were you.

Polytricks is not your strong suit.


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Easy to refute all your answers, but it hardly seems worth
it.

Tudor Hughes