Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Summer?

It's only just spring, it technically starts at the equinox on the 20th of March yet already bits of the MSM are claiming summer is on hold...
Express.
BRITAIN’S typically cold and miserable spring will last for weeks as summer is put on hold.
April will bring shivering temperatures, rain, sleet and even snow with early forecasts for May no better.
The gloomy prediction comes as the country this week prepares for another icy blast that will send temperatures plunging to -5C (23F).
Forecasters said up to four inches of snow could fall in parts of Scotland with downpours expected as far south as the Midlands. But persistent drizzle in the South will not make a dent in the drought crisis.
Since when has April or May been summer? The leaves have barely sprouted on trees so far and the bluebells are not even in full bloom!

Telegraph.
Freezing gales and snow bring Britain's early summer to an abrupt end...

Except it wasn't summer, it was barely the first week of spring and simply unseasonably warm.
Ok, I might be being a bit pedantic here, but is it too much to ask that the MSM at least get their basic facts right?



1 annotations:

WitteringsfromWitney said...

Perhaps QM it is because the MSM, at the behest of their political masters, are scrabbling round for stories to take our minds of more important matters.........?

Just a thought.