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Are we turning into a nation of hysterical pearl clutchers?

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    #1

    Are we turning into a nation of hysterical pearl clutchers?

    TV reporters on a Cornish beach are barely having their hair ruffled by the wind, and the waves behind them look practically normal!

    And when did we in the UK start naming every passing rain cloud? Do we really have to ape the Yanks in everything?

    Rant over, but don't get me started again!
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    Naming storms became a thing in 2015.

    The reason - https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/34581210

    The Met Office decided to start giving storms names back in 2014, in the same way they do in America.

    The first windstorm to be named was Abigail on 10 November 2015.

    The Met Office hoped that naming big storms will make people more aware of them and how dangerous they can be.

    They think it will be easier to follow the progress of a storm on the TV, radio, or on social media, if it has a name.

    Derrick Ryall, from the Met Office, said: "We have seen how naming storms elsewhere in the world raises awareness of severe weather before it strikes."



    More info on the names for 2022 here - https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather...m-centre/index
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      The problem standing on the coast trying to get dramatic photos is a)the camera flattens everything b)if the wind is in the wrong direction then no matter how hard it blows, you don't get big waves.

      I'm following some web-cams and it does seem pretty meh so far, but it's not really arrived yet for much of the UK.
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        Originally posted by d000hg View Post
        The problem standing on the coast trying to get dramatic photos is a)the camera flattens everything b)if the wind is in the wrong direction then no matter how hard it blows, you don't get big waves.

        I'm following some web-cams and it does seem pretty meh so far, but it's not really arrived yet for much of the UK.
        Which ones? I’ve been looking for them but I haven’t found any good ones so far.
        "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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          Sky news on youtube -
          "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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            #6
            The news channels don't like their reporters do they.
            "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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              Beach cams - https://www.thebeachguide.co.uk/webcams


              "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/englan...r-livecam.html
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                  https://lovelymeregis.co.uk/slipway
                  …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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                    My local golf club have closed for the day, it must be getting bad out there. Though looking out the window it looks like a light rain shower.

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