Weather Lore-Fact or Fiction?

 

Can you rely on seaweed or pine cones? Is Red Sky at night a

shepherd’s delight?  Does April have the face of a monk and the claws of a cat?

 

Droughts, deluges and dust-devils

From the great tempest of 1703 to the 

dramatic weather of the 1990s this

illustrated talk will show how  varied our weather can be. 

 

The Day it Rained Crabs and Frogs.

 

 An illustrated look at some unusual  weather from falls of coal , sheep and   even trestle tables to rains of desert dust. Amazingly  southern England  has experienced a devastating avalanche and volcanic sun sets. Polar bears have reached our northern shores on pack ice and  ice blocked the Dover Straits.

 

Frosts, Freezes and Fairs

 

A look at some great winters of the past 1000 years when even the mighty Thames froze and Fairs were held on the ice.

 

Gales, Greenhouses and Global Warming

 

The 1990s has seen a remarkable rise of temperature.  Is it man made or is it a natural cycle? Has the weather always been changeable and what is likely to happen in the 21st century?

 

Storms Tempests and Hurricanes.

 

 A vivid description of all kinds of storms with particular emphasis on Britain. From great gales such as 1703 when 400 wind mills were blown down, to ice storms, tornadoes,  water spouts, thunderstorms giving over 3,000 flashes of lightning and hail lying waist deep.

 

The Colourful Side of Weather.

Weather colours will include everything from blue moons seen in September 1950 to coloured snow, from green  tornadic skies to lurid volcanic sunsets, from the green flash to mock suns. This talk is a fascinating insight into the colourful side of Weather.

 Weather Talks by Ian Currie

Ian Currie has been seen :-_

 

Channel 4’s

 The Big Breakfast.

 

BBC1’’s

The Weather Show   filmed in Selborne, Hampshire. BBC News SE.

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Channel 5’s Weather Watch series presenting topics such as Tornadoes. 

 

GMTV’’s Anniversary programme on the 1987 Great Storm.

BBC South

Inside out in early Oct 02

Great Weather events

 

Ian Currie has been heard on:-

 

* BBC Radio

  Southern      

  Counties.

 

* Greater

   London

  Radio

 

 * BBC

   Radio 2

 

 * Talk Radio

 

 * Radio 5                                      

 * Radio 4

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