Lehaut Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 At least according to the BBC weather site yesterday. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/bbc-says-uk-about-to-be-hit-by-hurricane-as-weather-site-goes-wrong/ar-AA1s0yhE?cvid=9e36cbf0b1bb424f859af2c49b357cbc&ei=10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 Their weather news is about as accurate as the rest of the news they broadcast. Meteo France is also suffering from computeritis weatherinsis as their forecasts are now done by AI instead of real live people who might be capable of spotting bloopers before it going live. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 didn't know they are using AI. But I have noticed that the forecasts are increasingly inaccurate. This does make a difference to us, Nordic walkers, as I for one do not go out in the rain. It's not that I am scared of a bit of a soaking, it is that Nordic sticks, like golf clubs are difficult to grasp when wet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lehaut Posted October 12 Author Share Posted October 12 21 hours ago, menthe said: Nordic sticks I have a question over the people who go on these walks which you may be able to answer! The NOISE! We do use sticks on coastal/mountain walks, but not round town. We were out on Thursday when a party of Nordic walkers went past with their sticks smacking down on the newly renovated hard surface path. Clack, clack, clack, all shouting to be heard over the noise their stick ends make on the path. We have rubber feet on ours that we take off for ice walking. Indeed some coastal paths and islands try to ban hard ends because of the erosion problems they cause. My question is, do these walkers not hear the noise they make, do they not care or is it part of the "get out of the way we are coming through" attitude often displayed when troupes of the walkers take up the whole path? Not that I am suggesting this is what you do menthe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted October 12 Share Posted October 12 Lehaut, I would suggest that they are not "real" nordic walkers. We too have removable rubber ends and they go on on tarmac and other hard surfaces and get taken off on soft ground. The reason is that in Nordic walking, you need to push the sticks into the ground and use them to help propel yourself forward. Nordic walking is quite different from "ordinary" walking. Different poles, different techniques. Also it is comparatively rare to have big walking "parties". Groups are relatively small, no very large groups and we tend to avoid roads and hard surfaces because, well, you can't use the technique properly if you don't have fairly flat, wide, soft tracks. Lots about nordic walking on the internet. If you remember Cendrillon from our forum, she it was who introduced me to it and encouraged me to take a couple of lessons from a professional. Have been doing it ever since though I also walk with "ordinary" walkers and then I don't use my sticks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 It's amazing how something as simple as walking gets more complicated and now needs a training course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 And the US recent hurricane warnings were overhyped - it was cited as a category 3, as soon as it made landfall it was a relatively mild Cat 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Except, Harnser, nordic walking is a bit of a misnomer as it's not JUST about walking. It is more of an exercise, using all the major muscle groups of the body and many of the minor ones. It was "invented" by a Scandinavian skier to keep fit in the summer months when there is no skiing to be had. It isn't even important to be able to walk long distances. In Germany, where they are very keen on physical exercise, the poles could be prescribed by doctors and many people recovering from different conditions take it up to recuperate their bodies and minds. Of course, you don't need a training course as such! But, if you want to take the maximum advantage out of it, you ARE better off being shown the technique. Say you want to learn to play the piano, you could, if you are persistent, teach yourself to read music and pick out the keys on a keyboard but you'd never make as much progress or learn more of the subtleties of piano-playing if you don't have lessons from a good teacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lehaut Posted October 17 Author Share Posted October 17 Continuing the topic of "accurate" forecasts. I plant trees in Kenya using the MSN weather website. Today it looks like the sea will reach far, far inland, according to their severe weather warnings. Hopefully the waves don't reach us on the 5th floor! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 It's been dramatic in the Cévenes ans Ardèche! https://watchers.news/2024/10/17/extreme-rainfall-hits-ardeche-cevennes-with-up-to-700-mm-27-6-inches-in-24-hours-france/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 Have any of you been caught in the flooding or ‘draches’? Been lovely here, 22C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 Béziers is in something of a 'Golden Triangle' as far as weather is concerned but quite a lot of that was only about an hour away. I would think Gardian might have caught it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 Quite agree NormanH, tho' I got caught in a cloudburst driving into Colombiers about 4pm, over reasonably soon, but hard work driving in it whilst it lasted, but 40 minutes before as I left Pezenas, it was almost sunny! I gather there was a thunderstorm at home (40 or so mins west of Beziers) about lunchtime, which was as violent but as short ... there was still much evidence in the numbrs of puddles around, inlcuding in front of our gate!,when I finally got home 5 hours after the storm had finished. Any rain here, except for exceptional times, does seem to be violent and shortlived in what I would accept as the golden traingle around us too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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