WTF is happening in the UK?
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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?
That brings back memories!
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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?
Yup - a few 'Greasy Spoon-ex's' there. Was it Lawsons cafe? (Well, it was 57 years ago............... )
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It was indeed - always the choice for breakfast after the Summer Ball.
Now, along with almost everything else, closed.
Now, along with almost everything else, closed.
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Funny when a named storm passes oop North and around C16's bailiwick we may get a 20 second mention on the telly but if a bit of a breeze passes south of the Wash then a reporter gets assigned to every resort on the south coast they wind up the recordings of Corporal Jones yelling Don't panic and in general people are reminded that the end is nigh plus it takes precedence on the news. Southern softies.
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Storm Ciarán: hope it does no harm.
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Not very often a hurricane comes up the channel, it will certainly be a bit scuffle down there.
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Met Definitions (1): The eye of the storm, 08:00Z - Southampton 12kts, Jersey reported 104
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In all my years aviating I don't think I have ever seen a TAF for a UK airport (Jersey) like this "Tornado or Waterspout....."
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Waterspouts not unknown in the UK - I've seen a couple sailing, though not from an aircraft.
Nothing like the ones in the tropics though (I've been caught in the edge of one of those, also sailing).
Nothing like the ones in the tropics though (I've been caught in the edge of one of those, also sailing).
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Of course, I've seen several in the UK, but never in a TAF!
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When all else fails, read the instructions.
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So an accountancy firm sells a company in administration to a former partner in another accountancy firm, who is under investigation by the Australian authorities and everything is going t**s up, guess who is going to be stuck with the bill, answers on BM’s grain of rice
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67312309
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67312309
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I'm sure Recharge Industries is still making lots of payments...into executive salaries and pensions schemes.
As indeed did British Leyland's final incarnation in the 1980s
As indeed did British Leyland's final incarnation in the 1980s
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Captain Tom's family lose appeal to keep their Jaccuzzi.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-b ... s-67342506
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-b ... s-67342506
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Covid Whitewash Inquiry
Simon Case, the Cabinet Secretary said he had "has never seen a bunch of people less well-equipped to run a country".
So, he hasn't been to Canada recently
Simon Case, the Cabinet Secretary said he had "has never seen a bunch of people less well-equipped to run a country".
So, he hasn't been to Canada recently
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Or Spain. Rioting in Madrid tonight....
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Official Met Office warnings and reports of tornadoes and waterspouts are rare as hen's teeth, as Boac notes, but, in reality, for the size of its landmass, the UK along with the Netherlands have the highest incidences of reported, albeit weak, EF0 and EF1 tornadoes in the world. Usually dismissed as "mini tornadoes" by the Met illiterate press.
One such weak tornado caused caused over 1 million £'s of damage at a local airfield in the past 4 years. I have security camera footage of that weak, EF1, night tornado hitting helicopters. No warning from the Met Office that evening.
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/268212
Both these aircraft most likely lost to waterspouts or tornadoes...
This one lost over the channel...
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... _12-22.pdf
Dutch KLM Hopper lost...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLM_CityHopper_Flight_431
The observer of fools in military south and north...
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Head of Met Police said he has "no power" to stop Palestine protest march on Remembrance Day. Or the Stop Oil march. No doubt they will go for the softest target and arrest the Football Lads.
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Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO) Press Release on the Jersey tornado, 1-2 November 2023:
https://www.torro.org.uk/pdf/20231106_T ... ornado.pdf
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High end EF2 damage...
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