BBC News-Why is it snowing in January.

[clarkey540i]

King Herald said:

It snowed in January when I were a young 'un, in the sixties, and it is snowing in January now, so what the juddering fk has changed that's got the BBC cretins so excited????

I could understand if it hadn't snowed for thirty years then it started again, but.....

There's a recession and the government need to make a quick buck, that's what.
Both my parents are around your age, and have seen no discernible change in weather patterns since they were young. I wonder if that's why younger generations are more likely to believe in all this? We just haven't lived long enough for it to be obvious that it's all rubbish.

[DJRC]

daveydave7 said:

Didn't it snow 3 years ago around same time ?

It snowed in January last yr.
And the yr before that. Not to mention the end of Nov and beginning of Dec.
And the yr before that was snow in Jan and heavy snow in Feb.

[Happy82]

DJRC said:

It snowed in January last yr.
And the yr before that. Not to mention the end of Nov and beginning of Dec.
And the yr before that was snow in Jan and heavy snow in Feb.

I bought my current car in Feb 2009and every year I am freezing my nuts off waiting for the MOT to be done and watching the snowfall in Birmingham. I think there were a few snowless years in the mid 2000s but generally it snows every year!

[ofcorsa]

Happy82 said:

I bought my current car in Feb 2009and every year I am freezing my nuts off waiting for the MOT to be done and watching the snowfall in Birmingham. I think there were a few snowless years in the mid 2000s but generally it snows every year!

I agree

My Birthday is in Feb. Its not uncommon that there has been snow on the ground on my Birthday for the past 30 years.

[DJRC]

ie. basically what we is saying is that snow in Jan and Feb is largely the norm.

[2fast748]

It snowed in February in 1973, as it snowed the day I was born.

[jurbie]

It is well known that the BBC's climate change coverage is based on advice from the finest scientific minds in the field. It's also worth remembering that the BBC spent £100,000 of our money trying to keep this list secret.

Robert May, Oxford University and Imperial College London
Mike Hulme, Director, Tyndall Centre, UEA
Blake Lee-Harwood, Head of Campaigns, Greenpeace
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen
Michael Bravo, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Andrew Dlugolecki, Insurance industry consultant
Trevor Evans, US Embassy
Colin Challen MP, Chair, All Party Group on Climate Change
Anuradha Vittachi, Director, Oneworld.net
Andrew Simms, Policy Director, New Economics Foundation
Claire Foster, Church of England
Saleemul Huq, IIED
Poshendra Satyal Pravat, Open University
Li Moxuan, Climate campaigner, Greenpeace China
Tadesse Dadi, Tearfund Ethiopia
Iain Wright, CO2 Project Manager, BP International
Ashok Sinha, Stop Climate Chaos
Andy Atkins, Advocacy Director, Tearfund
Matthew Farrow, CBI
Rafael Hidalgo, TV/multimedia producer
Cheryl Campbell, Executive Director, Television for the Environment
Kevin McCullough, Director, Npower Renewables
Richard D North, Institute of Economic Affairs
Steve Widdicombe, Plymouth Marine Labs
Joe Smith, The Open University
Mark Galloway, Director, IBT
Anita Neville, E3G
Eleni Andreadis, Harvard University
Jos Wheatley, Global Environment Assets Team, DFID
Tessa Tennant, Chair, AsRia

[XCP]

I still say the weather presenters on BBC are much much better than on ITV.

[V88Dicky]

XCP said:

I still say the weather presenters on BBC are much much better than on ITV.

<homer mode on> Laura Tobin rrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhh<homer mode off>

[King Herald]

clarkey540i said:

Both my parents are around your age, and have seen no discernible change in weather patterns since they were young.

You have no idea how old that suddenly makes me feel.

[LostBMW]

clarkey540i said:

thinfourth2 said:

Well it is unusual as it is predicted that by the year 2010 we will never see snow again in the UK

That was when it was global warming. It's climate change now. Keep up!
Who remembers acid rain?

A drop fell on my head once. I got a spot.

Now I'm just meltingly hot all the time. Bloody global warming. At least I don't need to pay for fuel anymore.

[clarkey540i]

King Herald said:

You have no idea how old that suddenly makes me feel.

Sorry old chap, I'm only 22 if it makes you feel any better!

[LostBMW]

Ali G said:

The BBC lost a lot of credibility in covering up Savile's odious activities.

Unfortunately, this alone gives it 'history'.

I don't expect any 'balance' from the BBC regarding a number of issues - MMGW and climate change is one of them.

This is OT - in case this was not flagged in the reply!

Not really, as the media reported a green think tank last year reporting that man made global warming has increased and will continue to add to incidents of abuse.

Apparently the warming increases the libido and tendencies of the sexual deviants so prompting more attacks/crimes.

Also the warmer weather provides greater opportunities for them as the victims are outdoors, away from home for longer and later therefore making them more vulnerable.

And, as a tripple whammy, they are also likely to be wearing fewer/skimpier/more attractive clothes so again adding to the perpetrators' desire to commit attacks.

http://www.bbbc.co.uk/environment-20943345


htp://environment_and_crime_policy_centre.org/agw_and_impact_on_non-polar_bear_related_predation/download.pdf

Edited by LostBMW on Monday 14th January 23:06

[lazyitus]

stripy7 said:

"It was above average now it's below average. Why can't it just stay at average"
fk me sideways!!

[AJI]

As it is the BBC it will soon be "SNOW CHAOS!"
Because this head line always follows the "BIG FREEZE" headline that we get on a yearly basis from those at the BBC that don't understand natural cycles of weather and climate.

[DJRC]

AJI said:

As it is the BBC it will soon be "SNOW CHAOS!"
Because this head line always follows the "BIG FREEZE" headline that we get on a yearly basis from those at the BBC that don't understand natural cycles of weather and climate.

What...Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter...and repeat?

[irocfan]

AJI said:

As it is the BBC it will soon be "SNOW CHAOS!"
Because this head line always follows the "BIG FREEZE" headline that we get on a yearly basis from those at the BBC that don't understand natural cycles of weather and climate.

well there's no chaos here - a little dusting and that's our lot. I will say one thing it does appear to me as an old fart that winters are getting a lot milder and have been since I were a nipper

[aw51 121565]

AJI said:

As it is the BBC it will soon be "SNOW CHAOS!"
Because this head line always follows the "BIG FREEZE" headline that we get on a yearly basis from those at the BBC that don't understand natural cycles of weather and climate.

Snow joke, is it?

And it's the same in the 'papers' as well... Don't forget the 'papers'.

Obviously a slow news day. Again. Hence the contents of the msn uk homepage drifting into the paper and tv media .


Just as happened a few times with the heavy rain last June, remember that? Strange happenings in the stratosphere (bad news, woohooo, this is climate change in action and we're doomed etc) as well as the jet stream heading south of its usual path (it happens but it's not the problem, no sirree!). We're all doomed, this is our future etc...


We'll have Schofield handing over alleged weather forecasts culled from the internet and written on scraps of paper to CMD on morning telly next .

[shakotan]

lazyitus said:

stripy7 said:

"It was above average now it's below average. Why can't it just stay at average"
fk me sideways!!

[The Don of Croy]

From last night's 'Winterwatch Live' -

"But first we must establish why is winter such a tough and testing time for our wildlife?"

- you need to ask this?

The presenter went on to list the potential weather features, "even snow" - as though this were somehow unusual. The programme was broadcast from the Highlands of Scotland...