On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:58:05 -0800 (PST), Graham Easterling wrote:

On 14 Nov, 13:33, "Anne Burgess" wrote:
Dis Thomas Shaffernacker (sp?) really say, during the weather
forecast before the one o'clock news today, that the sea would
be rough in coastal areas? Does that mean that the sea will be
calm inland, then?

Anne

It also raises the questions:-
Why is the sea only rough in coastal areas? and
How far do you have to go out to sea before you're no longer coastal?

Graham
Penzance

I always understood it to be when completely out of sight of land in all
directions with no shore-based navigational aids available.
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MCC