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In article <mZCdnRqakadbuZ_ZRVn-vA@xxxxxxxxxxx>, John Krempasky wrote:
> > It sounds about right for a weatherman though. I remember one saying
> "There will
> > be no hurricane", and the trail of damage the next day must have cost the
> > insurance companies millions. I bet they write that on his grave.
> >
>
> The guy was never a meteorologist, just the TV weatherguy for an obscure
> station in Idaho.
>
Actually I think that Alan, for once in his misbegotten life, is
correct.
In 1987 one of the BBC's weathermen (who were meteorologists then, and
probably still are) did make such a comment on TV, as hurricane-force winds
were hitting the South coast of England. It wasn't a hurricane - in
structure, driving forces etc, but it did have hurricane force winds.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/bbcweather/forecasters/michael_fish_1987storm.sh
tml
(watch out for line-wrap in the link)
I was offshore at the time and we got hit by the tail end of it. Very
impressive wind speeds and seas. I've seen worse, and more sustained, since,
but it was impressive for my first trip.
--
Aidan Karley FGS
Aberdeen, Scotland,
Location: 57°10'11" N, 02°08'43" W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233
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