On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 04:31:48 -0000, Richard wrote:

coverage of the floods, winds, power outages, transport problems,
etc,
over Xmas.

There doesn't seem much point. It's the SE so grabs the headlines
by
default.

Strange that when the whole East Coast took a hammering from the
biggest storm surge in decades together with widespread damage
across
Northern England and Scotland it hardly got a mention...

When was that?

No smiley so I shall asume it's a serious question.

The same time as some 95 year old with a long standing lung infection
finally pegged it in South Africa.

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Cheers
Dave.