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Tim Cognito said:
Huntsman said:
Isle of Wight update.
We're right at the bottom of the island, we pick up French radio and can see France on a clear night.
Its a bit wild here at the moment.
France is over the horizon, Shirley?We're right at the bottom of the island, we pick up French radio and can see France on a clear night.
Its a bit wild here at the moment.
eharding said:
Call it 100km from Ventnor to Gatteville-le-Phare, so you'd need to be ~100m above sea level for the visible horizon to be at that distance. The high ground behind Ventnor goes up over 200m, so in theory on a clear night you should be able to see the French lights from the Ventnor Downs or some of the other high ground in that area.
Doing a quick Google the horizon at 100m seems to be much less than 100km?mooseracer said:
We all just got the government red weather alert through on our phones - first time I've had that!
I turned that off the moment it was announced, I mean, why do we need it? We don't live near a volcano, we aren't on a major fault line, there is little risk of a tidal wave, really it is just there to tell us what the weather is going to do and we can check that by either looking outside or at the forecast, or that WW3 has broken out, and if that is happening it wouldn't bear any relevance to me as it's not like I am going to take up arms for this country.Tim Cognito said:
eharding said:
Call it 100km from Ventnor to Gatteville-le-Phare, so you'd need to be ~100m above sea level for the visible horizon to be at that distance. The high ground behind Ventnor goes up over 200m, so in theory on a clear night you should be able to see the French lights from the Ventnor Downs or some of the other high ground in that area.
Doing a quick Google the horizon at 100m seems to be much less than 100km?eharding said:
Call it 100km from Ventnor to Gatteville-le-Phare, so you'd need to be ~100m above sea level for the visible horizon to be at that distance. The high ground behind Ventnor goes up over 200m, so in theory on a clear night you should be able to see the French lights from the Ventnor Downs or some of the other high ground in that area.
St Boniface Down above Ventnor is 240mtrs.The spot where I often see the orange glow in the sky is near St Catherines at 178mtrs. 57 nautical miles from the big nuclear powerstation, so I reckon thats what the loom is.
Huntsman said:
eharding said:
Call it 100km from Ventnor to Gatteville-le-Phare, so you'd need to be ~100m above sea level for the visible horizon to be at that distance. The high ground behind Ventnor goes up over 200m, so in theory on a clear night you should be able to see the French lights from the Ventnor Downs or some of the other high ground in that area.
St Boniface Down above Ventnor is 240mtrs.The spot where I often see the orange glow in the sky is near St Catherines at 178mtrs. 57 nautical miles from the big nuclear powerstation, so I reckon thats what the loom is.
Instead of overnight snow it warmed to plus one and rained all night , now back into minus temps and everything is covered in a blanket of ice . Sun appearing from Wednesday onwards but until then it's fairly treacherous .
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