David Banks
15-Nov-09, 02:01
When I lived in Caithness, the telly's weather maps showing Orkney and Shetland in a box in the Murray Firth used to annoy me. In Caithness, I was fully aware that there was quite a bit of Scotland north of me.
Now that I live in Canada, the weather maps are equally annoying in that they do not show the whole country - granting that the missing northern bit may only have a few Inuit and military personnel inhabiting it.
With the looming melting of the northwest passage and the lack of international acceptance of it being "Canadian Waters" - the correction of weather maps would remind Canadians (and others) of the extent of this very large country.
Have they improved the weather maps of Scotland (all of it) in the last 30 years ?
If not, does it annoy anyone else, or is my rant a solo act ?
Now that I live in Canada, the weather maps are equally annoying in that they do not show the whole country - granting that the missing northern bit may only have a few Inuit and military personnel inhabiting it.
With the looming melting of the northwest passage and the lack of international acceptance of it being "Canadian Waters" - the correction of weather maps would remind Canadians (and others) of the extent of this very large country.
Have they improved the weather maps of Scotland (all of it) in the last 30 years ?
If not, does it annoy anyone else, or is my rant a solo act ?