"Steve Firth" wrote in message
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BrianH wrote:

We are not discussing the bora in Italy; let me remind you of your
words, "
there are even scary freaky winds in the parts of the Adriatic that I
live
by. However they do not appear without warning, ever." So I'm pleased to
see
you are admitting your error

Are youu hard of reading?

"there are even scary freaky winds in the parts of the Adriatic that I
live by. However they do not appear without warning, ever."

Means what it says, it is a statement about the Adriatic in the area
that I live, Ancona to Giulianova.


Yes, you are right, you made a remark that I wrongly construed to mean the
Adriatic in general, my apology (perhaps that may set a precedent in this
ego-ridden newsgroup).

However, I was perhaps so bemused at the attitude that weather patterns
could only conform to your own observations when I had frequent concrete
experiences that were at variance to what you were so emphatically stating.
Well, I can be equally emphatic; I have indeed experienced strong winds
without warning and not only in the Adriatic and, no, I'm not blind to
prevailing/changing conditions nor am I inexperieced in recognising basic
meteorological signs.

It's a big world out there and it is always dangerous to assume that
everywhere conforms to a parochial view, especially concerning the weather
with its infinite parameters, including unique local topographies.

BrianH.