Referring to the storms here tonight this is what one news feed has put.

If this isn't the best example of hyperbole in a headline I don't know what is!

It's actually relevant. Chimneys and roof-tiles which were shaken loose by the quake are now being blown down.

err.. it's slightly over the top surely. Are we "quake-hit"? No we had a tremour that caused some minor damage.

It's actually relevant. Chimneys and roof-tiles which were shaken loose by the quake are now being blown down.

Not to mention Squiggs' shed! :hihi:

Thank you BillyWhiz - nice to know someone cares! :D

Referring to the storms here tonight this is what one news feed has put.

If this isn't the best example of hyperbole in a headline I don't know what is!

It's the type of story that sells ' Newspapers ' though.

Not to mention Squiggs' shed! :hihi:

And part of my fence ... and the bits that go along the eaves of the house ... I can hear em pinging off one by one and crashing down onto the garage roof ... gawd only knows what it'll be like by morning!

and there ain't nuthing I can do 'bout it! *sob*

I just got out of bed to put my window boxes on the floor in the hope they survive. The gate is unhappy and the pond is very very full :(

err.. it's slightly over the top surely. Are we "quake-hit"? No we had a tremour that caused some minor damage.

Since tremor is merely another word for quake, then it's entirely accurate. We are quake-hit. We were hit by a quake, albeit a minor one.

Yeah, people in Sheffield seem to get a bit carried away by the weather and ' disaster '.

I remember about 3 years ago, on S.F., there was an incident on Holme Lane. One S.F. member took a video film of the 'disaster' and asked if a nearby pub would perhaps collapse ? Several [ dozen ? ] people were sending frantic messages asking about all the possible dangers.

There was a picture in the Star of a policeman carrying an old lady across Holme Lane in his arms. There were mutterings about Sheffield's, " greatest disaster all over again ."

And what was this great catastrophe all about ? Well, a water main had burst on Rivelin Valley Road [ or nearby ? ] and Holme Lane was flooded to a depth of about 3 inches ! Incidentally, some cellars were flooded too ! [ Oh My God ! ]

It's the same when there's a bit of snow. Some people seem to almost wet themselves with excitement at the sight of the first flake. I guess if a person is a Drama Queen, it's a good topic to get dramatic about !

Yeah, people in Sheffield seem to get a bit carried away by the weather and ' disaster '

We just love it, Fareast, doom and gloom are our specialist subjects! :D

Nowt like a bit of adverse weather to get the old Sheffield juices flowing ... we can't get over the quake ... it's the sujet de jour everywhere you go!

The paper’s hyperbole was nothing compared to the TV coverage.

“We’re now going over live to our news chopper!”

“That’s right Brian, we’re circling above the epicentre of last nights earthquake…LOOK! OVER THERE! There’s one, NO! make that TWO garden gnomes that have fallen over…Oh the humanity…”

“What about casualties?”

“Reports have been flooding in from all over the country and just one bloke in Barnsley had a chimney fall on him, BUT JUST LOOK AT THE GNOMES IN MARKET RASEN!”

The funniest story about the quake that I heard was on Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 the day after. Apparently a Parrot had fallen off it's perch.

That's proper British news reporting! Parrot & Perch! I love it when we understate the situation.

No need for "quake-hit" or "disaser zone".

If you think that sort of language is appropriate, then why not go all the way? Call Market Rasen "Ground Zero??" Or instead of having had an earthquake that occured on 27th Feb 2008, simply call it "02.27" ??

Earthquake - keep racing :hihi:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MB9d9Pk48b0

It's so bad. it's broken the wind speed meter on the sheffield weather station (http://www.sheffieldweather.co.uk/meso2/index.html) :o

I recorded max gust of 78.2 mph at 22.29pm Friday, still gusting over 70mph.

It's the type of story that sells ' Newspapers ' though.

who buys newspapers anymore? Thought we all surfed the forum to find out what was really happening in the world

Recorded gust of 82.0mph at 5.19am. :hihi:

Recorded gust of 82.0mph at 5.19am. :hihi:

I would have liked to have been just sat in a secure hut enjoying a cuppa, whilst watching the waves break on the shore.
( Most enjoyable things in life are free )

No Wonder I nearly Got Blown away sat Outside with my mates at the Pub and on my way home at 4 this morning the wind was Horrendous.

If you think that sort of language is appropriate, then why not go all the way? Call Market Rasen "Ground Zero??"


Ground Zero was not Market Rasen, it was a field near a village a few miles south.

The very phrase "Ground Zero" refers to the point on the ground directly above where the earthquake hits. How could it possibly be inappropriate language? :huh:

It's bad here in the Peak too, I'm scared to let my dog off the lead incase it blows her away. Oh well if If anyway sees a gold shih tzu flying past their window let me know will you.

People love to belittle people on here eh ? I'm gonna start slaggin people off for getting *excited* about 22 men kicking a ball around, lets see how that goes down ;)

I was on the phone at 10.15 last night and heard a horrific crashing sound looked out to find garden full of roof tiles .Found out this morning after not much sleep that we have no ridge tiles left just a garden full of rubble.Still it must be 30 years since we last lost any tiles so not to bad as long as it doesn't snow before we get them fixed next week.

People love to belittle people on here eh ? I'm gonna start slaggin people off for getting *excited* about 22 men kicking a ball around, lets see how that goes down ;)

What are you worried about duck?

The very phrase "Ground Zero" refers to the point on the ground directly above where the earthquake hits. How could it possibly be inappropriate language? :huh:

No it doesn't.

Ground Zero is a term created in the American language to mark the point 0 or Zero closest on the ground to where a nuclear device detonates. It then gives a point of reference to be used when studying the effects away from the zero point.

It has not been used in seismology.

however, over the last 50 or so years it has been adopted in American English to represent a point where something happened first. It is definitely NOT an English (as in British Isles) phrase.

I do wish people could make the disctinction.

I must say that it's a tad blustery at the moment!

I looked out of my front window earlier and saw an old woman being blown about something fierce - She looked like she was coping though http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/warner_home/the_wizard_of_oz/margaret_hamilton/wizardofoz1.jpg

:D

lol ^^, was pretty strong, N 74.2mph @ 12.04 am, between 12am and 2am was the worst.

Well I woke up this morning to find the previously batterd kiddies playhouse in various bit's in the garden and the main body stuck into the pond, Guess we wont be repairing it after all. And I should think it's ripped the pond liner too, not such a disaster it was getting filled in next week anyway(will save us emptying it out) kids seemed to be drawn to it like a magnet so it had to go.

Yeah, people in Sheffield seem to get a bit carried away by the weather and ' disaster '.

I remember about 3 years ago, on S.F., there was an incident on Holme Lane. One S.F. member took a video film of the 'disaster' and asked if a nearby pub would perhaps collapse ? Several [ dozen ? ] people were sending frantic messages asking about all the possible dangers.

There was a picture in the Star of a policeman carrying an old lady across Holme Lane in his arms. There were mutterings about Sheffield's, " greatest disaster all over again ."

And what was this great catastrophe all about ? Well, a water main had burst on Rivelin Valley Road [ or nearby ? ] and Holme Lane was flooded to a depth of about 3 inches ! Incidentally, some cellars were flooded too ! [ Oh My God ! ]

It's the same when there's a bit of snow. Some people seem to almost wet themselves with excitement at the sight of the first flake. I guess if a person is a Drama Queen, it's a good topic to get dramatic about !

If you saw the massive cracks I have in my walls and the other structural damage I have in my house from that incident you wouldn't be so quick to mock:mad:

The funniest story about the quake that I heard was on Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 the day after. Apparently a Parrot had fallen off it's perch.

That's proper British news reporting! Parrot & Perch! I love it when we understate the situation.

No need for "quake-hit" or "disaser zone".

If you think that sort of language is appropriate, then why not go all the way? Call Market Rasen "Ground Zero??" Or instead of having had an earthquake that occured on 27th Feb 2008, simply call it "02.27" ??

PML one of the funniest postings ive ever seen on here :)

Rivelin 6------believe me, I have every sympathy with anyone who has suffered damage to themselves or to their property.
What some of us have been scornful about is a] The hyperbolic language, nowadays, invariably used by the media to describe almost anything out of the ordinary .....and... b] The reaction of the Drama Queen types who turn an earth tremor into World War 3.
I know that even living through an earthquake, unscathed, can be scary. I was quite near to Istanbul in 1999 when they had an earthquake that killed about 30,000 people. I think in the case of Turkey or the more recent Tsunami disaster, strong vigorous language is appropriate. The problem is, that if such language becomes commonplace, the REAL disasters attract that much less sympathy and therefore, perhaps, that much less help.

The funniest story about the quake that I heard was on Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 the day after. Apparently a Parrot had fallen off it's perch.

That's proper British news reporting! Parrot & Perch! I love it when we understate the situation.

No need for "quake-hit" or "disaser zone".

If you think that sort of language is appropriate, then why not go all the way? Call Market Rasen "Ground Zero??" Or instead of having had an earthquake that occured on 27th Feb 2008, simply call it "02.27" ??

Hee, hee. All you need now is a Subaru.

Rivelin 6------believe me, I have every sympathy with anyone who has suffered damage to themselves or to their property.
What some of us have been scornful about is a] The hyperbolic language, nowadays, invariably used by the media to describe almost anything out of the ordinary .....and... b] The reaction of the Drama Queen types who turn an earth tremor into World War 3.
I know that even living through an earthquake, unscathed, can be scary. I was quite near to Istanbul in 1999 when they had an earthquake that killed about 30,000 people. I think in the case of Turkey or the more recent Tsunami disaster, strong vigorous language is appropriate. The problem is, that if such language becomes commonplace, the REAL disasters attract that much less sympathy and therefore, perhaps, that much less help.

I agree with your sentiments, we do make too much fuss about little things in this country, I still think I'm lucky compared with those that have lost everything in other parts of the world. Maybe those who write these things have never experience a real disaster so they have nothing to compare it with & it sells newspapers!

If you saw the massive cracks I have in my walls and the other structural damage I have in my house from that incident you wouldn't be so quick to mock:mad:

But if they are strong enough to have stood this recent earth quake.
You can feel pleased?

Recorded gust of 82.0mph at 5.19am. :hihi:

I like your website.

I like your website.

Thanks, but I want to do so much more with it, but my webdesign skills are limited. :(

I've just bought this Weather Station http://www.ukweathershop.co.uk/acatalog/oregon_WMR200.html
I imported it from the US, I saved £160. :hihi: