"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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?

:-)) I can see that tongue bulge in your cheek for here and I don't
need google earth to do it.