News from the Sky
Thursday, December 7, 2006Upon hearing of the tornado in Kensal Rise, that bastion of intelligent broadcasting, Sky News, were overheard interrogating a meteorologist:
- Newsreader: You’re a weatherman, why didn’t you tell us this was coming?
- Weatherman: ummm…
I suppose the newsreader then went on to ask the weatherman if he could conjure up a lightning strike to punish him for the error of his ways…
Of course, that other bastion of intelligent broadcasting, the, erm, BBC, tends to take the other tack, by denying any storms are going to occur. Well, Michael Fish did, at least!:
A few hours before the [Great] storm broke, on 15 October 1987, [Michael Fish] said during a forecast: ‘Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rang the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way… well, if you’re watching, don’t worry, there isn’t!’.
Oops, for the BBC and Sky News!
rich_wDecember 7th, 2006 at 1:40 pm
Give him a break, Rich! It was 1987! No-one even had televisions in them days…
SimonDecember 8th, 2006 at 8:58 pm
Simon, you’re right — and, even more importantly, I was totally wrong. Apparently, it is well known he was talking about Florida and not the UK at the time (seriously).
Lesson learnt: don’t comment in a bad mood!
rich_wDecember 13th, 2006 at 12:21 pm