"Anne Jackson" wrote in message
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The message from Sacha contains these
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One 100 + year old Macrocarpa about 30 of Ray's paces (he's over 6' tall)
from the churchyard onto our adjoining path, missing the power lines by
inches and one 12 year old Scots pine of about 30 feet on the corner of
our
front drive, missing the wall by inches. It's supposed to be abating but
I
wish it would get on with it.

...and in the meantime people have been killed in these storms....just
trying to keep things in perspective.

What really amuses me (for very small values of 'amuse') is the amount
of time that storms are given on the national news when they happen in
*England*, especially the *south* of England. The same happens in
Scotland,
and it barely warrants a mention on the regional news...

It is because england is MUCH more important than scotland, wherever that
is!

Alan