Anne Jackson wrote:
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"Anne Jackson" wrote:
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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!

The English media certainly appear to think so... 8-(

Just like the Scottish media think Scotland is much more important than
England, Wales, Ireland etc...your arguments don't really stand up, bad
weather is the norm in Scotland, it's not in the South of England and when
it happens it's headline news....I'm sure if Stornoway was baking in 35C
heat tomorrow, that too would take all the headlines