UK Weather Maps

Proof, if any further were needed, just what pathetic/irrelevant nonsense some of us Scots can get a chip on our shoulder about!!!! :rofl:
 
Once did a paper in Edinburgh. The 'theatre' had the projector low on the stage so when my maps of the UK were displayed on the screen Scotland was distorted to at least 3 times to size of the rest of the UK.

At least it made the 400 strong audience happy!!
 
Doon frae Troon said:
One wonders what the response on the South of England would have been be if the maps were in reverse.
Shetland would have been as big as Devon and Cornwall.

Interesting to see that on a cold day Lerwick and St Austell shared the same temperature.
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I'm going to hazard a guess here and say no one would notice/give a toss:rolleyes:
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Trust me they would be up in arms.

http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2014/02/27/honey-i-shrunk-the-country/
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:rofl: :rofl:

Thanks for proving my point Doon :thup:

This pearl of wisdom was a particular highlight in amongst the other drivel :rofl:

"so conditioned have we become by the BBC to believe that we Scots are less than we truly are"

Based on c. 4,000 complaints that were, I'd imagine, all disciples of Wings.

Brightened my day right up this, cheers :thup:
 
NWJocko said:
:rofl: :rofl:

Thanks for proving my point Doon :thup:

This pearl of wisdom was a particular highlight in amongst the other drivel :rofl:

"so conditioned have we become by the BBC to believe that we Scots are less than we truly are"

Based on c. 4,000 complaints that were, I'd imagine, all disciples of Wings.

Brightened my day right up this, cheers :thup:
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Are you saying that the science is incorrect. ?
Imagine the image taken by the same camera angled South/North from 40 miles north of Shetland.

Gretna to Stranrear is 100 miles look at the BBC map and compare that with London to Bath......surprising eh.
 
Sweet Bejesus.....
Unless you live in or around one of the 6 or 7 cities they highlight, you have to guess what your weather's going to be - and then it'll be wrong...
Some people really have too much time on their hands and worry about things that don't really need worrying about.

Would is Englanders worry if our green and pleasant land was depicted smaller on a weather forecast than it actually is...?
I think most of us would think there are slightly more important things to worry about.
 
Imurg said:
Sweet Bejesus.....
Unless you live in or around one of the 6 or 7 cities they highlight, you have to guess what your weather's going to be - and then it'll be wrong...
Some people really have too much time on their hands and worry about things that don't really need worrying about.

Would is Englanders worry if our green and pleasant land was depicted smaller on a weather forecast than it actually is...?
I think most of us would think there are slightly more important things to worry about.
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:clap:
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Are you saying that the science is incorrect. ?
Imagine the image taken by the same camera angled South/North from 40 miles north of Shetland.

Gretna to Stranrear is 100 miles look at the BBC map and compare that with London to Bath......surprising eh.
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I'm absolutely not questioning the science.

I'm laughing at the pathetic overreaction to a generalised regional display on a 20 second weather report :thup:
 
Imurg said:
Sweet Bejesus.....
Unless you live in or around one of the 6 or 7 cities they highlight, you have to guess what your weather's going to be - and then it'll be wrong...
Some people really have too much time on their hands and worry about things that don't really need worrying about.

Would is Englanders worry if our green and pleasant land was depicted smaller on a weather forecast than it actually is...?
I think most of us would think there are slightly more important things to worry about.
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Much smaller actually.................Trust me you would all be up in arms.

Corrected map will be up in a couple of minutes.........yea..... BBC finally corrected their error.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Much smaller actually.................Trust me you would all be up in arms.

Corrected map will be up in a couple of minutes.........yea..... BBC finally corrected their error.
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Honestly Doom trust me we wouldn't.

As I said all it does is highlight how easily us Scots get chip on our shoulder and extrapolate some crazy conclusions from it.

You should be embarrassed trying to defend it tbh
 
NWJocko said:
Honestly Doom trust me we wouldn't.

As I said all it does is highlight how easily us Scots get chip on our shoulder and extrapolate some crazy conclusions from it.

You should be embarrassed trying to defend it tbh
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Really....https://inews.co.uk/news/new-look-bbc-weather-obliterates-birmingham-shrinks-kent-viewers-complain/

And that is just making the scale correct.........imagine the outrage if England was reduced by a further 20% and Scotland was enlarged by 20% on the new maps
 
There would be no outrage
Because we know it's just a picture to give us some idea of where it's going to be lashing it down and where it's going to be snowing..
 
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