Potus ???

[AHPP]

44 minutes ago, Steven P said:

As for private vs public.... private sounds good till you look at the UKs privatised companies for comparison and the awesome job they are doing.

Privatised generally means cronyised in governed countries like the UK. Look at water. A service you’re forced to buy but from one theoretically private entity. No competition. Privatised profits, socialised losses. True privatisation means the state getting out of the way entirely, not hanging on as a funnel.  

[Steven P]

2 hours ago, GarethM said:

And I think they're legally obligated to give the met office the data for free.

 

Which is real world data, not just a weather stations at the end of the runway.

 

As airport data is almost as pointless as those ones in built up towns, oh it's warm next to the concrete NSS or it's 5000c next to the shard.

 

 

I never realised that the Met Office only had monitoring stations on runways.

[GarethM]

5 minutes ago, Steven P said:

I never realised that the Met Office only had monitoring stations on runways.

They have them on runways and roof tops and plenty of others.

 

Not exclusively and I never said as much but be realistic is a big long expanse of concrete and tarmac really the best place for the hottest day?.

 

Which would you say has more accurate temperature and rainfall data, data from Dave's field amongst his 100 acres of grazing or Leeds Bradford airport?.

[Steven P]

Assuming your referring to this policy of placing weather station? Which kind of excludes exclusive placement of weather stations on runways and follows "internationally-agreed rigorous quality-control process"?

Weather stations

WEATHER.METOFFICE.GOV.UK

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The Met Office has a weather station network across the whole UK, with more than 200 automatic stations.

 

and these locations. So a quick check of the 90 or so in Scotland, 4 are in or around airports, hardly an overriding bias

 

Synoptic and climate stations

WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK

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The map shows the current network of automatic (synoptic) and manual (climate) stations covering the UK.

 

 

and certainly a weather station at say, Prestwick airport is no reason for the Trumpeting Rapist (whoops, nearly wrote racist, that works too I guess), no reason for him to cancel US weather forecasting is it? Mind my view is if I have the opportunity to improve something, make it better or to cancel something that people rely on, my first port of call is improvements. I guess that is why my job is not POTUS (and they wouldn't let me anyway).

 

 

In fact, he'd like weather forecasting down there for his golf course I reckon. Cannot make money if it is rainy, so use the forecast to roster on staff for good weather and not so many for bad weather.

[GarethM]

Waffle waffle waffle dribbling TDS.

 

Fortunately the world isn't run by the council and civil service, which is a environment you obviously enjoy hiding within, being a number and all that.

 

Reality is things like the weather lots, is they've ventured too far away from the reservation of just doing what they are tasked with doing.

 

Bit like councils calling climate emergencys and virtue signalling, I pay you to empty my bins, run the local parks and look after the elderly.

 

Outside of that in your own time, full yer boots.

[Steven P]

We're still talking US councils arn't we? The ones under the remit of the headliner?

 

 

 

 

one to add to the urban dictionary: "Waffle waffle waffle dribbling TDS": Ability to use Google (other search engines are available) to actually find the truth.

Edited 8 hours ago by Steven P

[Mesterh]

I wonder if he bought some apple shares before his back down.

 

Trump rolls back more tariffs as ‘Liberation Day’ plans face scrutiny: Live

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Electronics exemption to Trump’s tariffs are boost for high-tech companies like...

 

[Steven P]

Anyway, this is going to mess with the millions of little time Americans warming their fingers up to make the affordable iphones that Trump was lining them up for jobs doing so - I guess after sacking them from said council jobs they'll be disappointed?

 

No tariffs on imported tech bits. Cannot see who this is a win for in the US considering all he has told us that the tariffs would be biggly winning for all, manufacturing in the US. I guess only winners would be the billionaire big tech owners? Surely not from a man working for the people and with morals to pleasure his few pals?.

 

 

Trump exempts phones, computers and other electronics from his tariffs on Chinese goods

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The move is seen as a win for big U.S. tech companies, whose founders have donated millions to Trump’s campaign and inauguration

No ta

[Yournamehere]

26 minutes ago, Steven P said:

 

one to add to the urban dictionary: "Waffle waffle waffle dribbling TDS": Ability to use Google (other search engines are available) to actually find the truth.

See also: "Drat and double drat, refuted again!"

[daveatdave]

i just use my storm glass its more accurate than the daily express