On 18/1/07 21:17, in article , "Anne
Jackson" wrote:

The message from "Mike Lyle"
contains these words:
Anne Jackson wrote:
[...]
...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...

That's shocking. You mean it's ignored on UK national news when people
are _killed_ by storms in Scotland? That it's barely mentioned in
regional news, of course, is a choice made in Scotland: but even more
shocking for that. In contrast, the various English regions really go to
town on stories like that. Something to do with Calvinism, do you think?

Perhaps it happens more often here, so isn't as newsworthy? Or perhaps
the English-based media just don't care...?

Perhaps we're just comparing notes as to what is happening to urglers?

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)