So 80 mph winds constitute a super-storm these days? What exciting times we live in...
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SUPER STORM: Strongest winds for 20 years on the way
by Wendy Miller
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display..._on_the_way.php
Publication date: 7th March 2008
SCOTLAND will be battered by a "super storm" early next week with ferocious winds of up to 80mph. Widespread structural damage is expected, and Scots are being advised not to make unnecessary journeys.
Forecasters are warning that storms hitting across the UK could be the worst since October 1987. Although parts of Northern Ireland and the south west of England should bear the brunt of the extreme weather, Scotland will be badly affected.
The Met Office warned that the UK would suffer very strong, potentially damaging winds, with the Strathclyde area facing severe gales.
Tom Tobler, forecaster with Meteogroup UK, added: "The west of Scotland will not be at the centre of the storm but that doesn't mean you'll escape it.
by Wendy Miller
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display..._on_the_way.php
Publication date: 7th March 2008
SCOTLAND will be battered by a "super storm" early next week with ferocious winds of up to 80mph. Widespread structural damage is expected, and Scots are being advised not to make unnecessary journeys.
Forecasters are warning that storms hitting across the UK could be the worst since October 1987. Although parts of Northern Ireland and the south west of England should bear the brunt of the extreme weather, Scotland will be badly affected.
The Met Office warned that the UK would suffer very strong, potentially damaging winds, with the Strathclyde area facing severe gales.
Tom Tobler, forecaster with Meteogroup UK, added: "The west of Scotland will not be at the centre of the storm but that doesn't mean you'll escape it.
No escape either. Cripes! I wonder if there are any ark blueprints on the tracker?
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