Poor Forecast Was Blessing in Disguise ; I Know One Is Not Supposed to Shoot the Bearer of Bad News, but There Have Been Times Lately When a Tv Weather Forecaster's Life Would Have Been in Extreme Jeopardy If He or She Had Turned Up On the Farm.

Western Morning News, The › September 05, 2008

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I know one is not supposed to shoot the bearer of bad news, but there have been times lately when a TV weather forecaster's life would have been in extreme jeopardy if he or she had turned up on the farm.

Actually, it is when they get the forecast wrong that causes the irritation and that seems to be happening too often since the Met Office moved to Exeter, not 20 miles from here.

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Poor Forecast Was Blessing in Disguise ; I Know One Is Not Supposed to Shoot the Bearer of Bad News, but There Have Been Times Lately When a Tv Weather Forecaster's Life Would Have Been in Extreme Jeopardy If He or She Had Turned Up On the Farm.

However, there are rare occasions when making a pig's ear of it can be a blessing in disguise. Last week was a case in point.

Our red clover leys have been in urgent need of cutting for silage f...

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