In a country where everyone supposedly talks about the weather, the storm of 15th/16th October 1987 and its aftermath was one of the most talked-about, written-about and filmed manifestations of weather ever experienced in Britain (Meteorological Office 1988). Media reaction to what was termed, incorrectly, 'the hurricane' was immediate and strong (though many comments were misinformed), and the even
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