05 May 2008 07:51:00

N_Cook

Flood - ITV, yesterday and today

What a load of piffle. Even I , no meteorologist, no hydrographer , can predict a storm surge approx magnitude, if not to-the-hour timing yet, 2 days in advance. Whoever was the scriptwriter/advisor(perhaps not) seemed to be unaware of http://www.pol.ac.uk/ntslf/ -- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/

05 May 2008 00:49:26

Dawlish

Re: Flood - ITV, yesterday and today

On May 5, 7:51=A0am, "N_Cook" <dive...@tcp.co.uk > wrote: > What a load of piffle. Even I , no meteorologist, no hydrographer , can > predict a storm surge approx magnitude, if not to-the-hour timing yet, 2 > days in advance. > Whoever was the scriptwriter/advisor(perhaps not) seemed to be unaware ofh= ttp://www.pol.ac.uk/ntslf/ > > -- > Diverse Devices, Southampton, England > electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list onhttp://home= .graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/ Deadful. The Met Office made to look like complete idiots and the acting was so stupid and the underlying extended family plot so ridiculous, as to be unwatchable .........and I watched it all the way through! The bit where they jumped off the Barrier, then managed to both grab the same lamp-post some distance downriver, into a swirling Thames that washed lorries off Tower Bridge, then both managed to grab the same boat in the deadfully strong current into which he dived into 3 times to try and dislodge a lifeboat and surfaced at the same place...oh! I could go on. Thank goodness for the 5-minute advert breaks so I could keep up with Ronnie in the snooker! Paul

05 May 2008 09:35:41

David Mitchell

Re: Flood - ITV, yesterday and today

On May 5, 8:49=A0am, Dawlish <pjg...@hotmail.com > wrote: > On May 5, 7:51=A0am, "N_Cook" <dive...@tcp.co.uk> wrote: > > > What a load of piffle. Even I , no meteorologist, no hydrographer , can > > predict a storm surge approx magnitude, if not to-the-hour timing yet, 2= > > days in advance. > > Whoever was the scriptwriter/advisor(perhaps not) seemed to be unaware o= fhttp://www.pol.ac.uk/ntslf/ > > > -- > > Diverse Devices, Southampton, England > > electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list onhttp://ho= me.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/ > > Deadful. The Met Office made to look like complete idiots and the > acting was so stupid and the underlying extended family plot so > ridiculous, as to be unwatchable .........and I watched it all the way > through! The bit where they jumped off the Barrier, then managed to > both grab the same lamp-post some distance downriver, into a swirling > Thames that washed lorries off Tower Bridge, then both managed to grab > the same boat in the deadfully strong current into which he dived into > 3 times to try and dislodge a lifeboat and surfaced at the same > place...oh! I could go on. Thank goodness for the 5-minute advert > breaks so I could keep up with Ronnie in the snooker! > > Paul Surprised there weren't more comments about this programme, though I suspect that no-one would actually admit to watching it. Gosh, wasn't it deadful. Did anyone spot the actor standing in for Will Hand leering over a PC screen. If you taped it, replay it, as you can clearly see he's logged onto www.greatdartmoorsnowtormof1881.com David Mitchell. Langtoft

05 May 2008 10:21:03

Weatherlawyer

Re: Flood - ITV, yesterday and today

On May 5, 8:49 am, Dawlish <pjg...@hotmail.com > wrote: > > Deadful. The Met Office made to look like complete idiots and the > acting was so stupid and the underlying extended family plot so > ridiculous, as to be unwatchable > .........and I watched it all the way through! That figures.