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Old November 4th 09, 04:49 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Is this bad reporting or can anyone verify any of this:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20091104/...s-dba1618.html

It goes on about a tornado that traveled several miles and inches of
rain falling in minutes!

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Old November 4th 09, 05:18 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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On 4 Nov, 17:49, "
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Is this bad reporting or can anyone verify any of this:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20091104/...shire-causes-c...

It goes on about a tornado that traveled several miles and inches of
rain falling in minutes!


I did like the caption - "Tornado causes weather chaos" - what - the
tornado has spawned a cyclone over in Australia?

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On Nov 4, 6:18*pm, Richard Dixon wrote:
On 4 Nov, 17:49, "

wrote:
Is this bad reporting or can anyone verify any of this:


http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20091104/...shire-causes-c...


It goes on about a tornado that traveled several miles and inches of
rain falling in minutes!


I did like the caption - "Tornado causes weather chaos" - what - the
tornado has spawned a cyclone over in Australia?


So many muffed metaphors it's too easy to trite.
Maybe some scatalogical quipment could be devised as a companion
reference for would be hacks?
An unFAQ? for the silly f... yahoos.

Might save them the bother of not triting prose.



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