"newsposter" wrote in message
.....
and I can imagine lazy or late & hungover public servants in
Bracknell relying on this in a crisis !

hmmm ...

http://www.metoffice.com/corporate/p...r20030915.html

(well, it's only been three years!)

Martin.


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