what it all comes down to is the medias and public's perception that everything is bigger and better and bader in the US thus if when we get a tornado in the uk its mini because its of less power to the F4 & F5s in the US that are mainly reported in the uk media so when we get a T1-T4 which as we have seen causes damage some very bad its still not seen to be total devastation like the F4 & F5s but still makes it in no way shape or form mini after all its still a tornado and we have the T scale for a reason, the US media use there F scale when describing a tornado they dont say a mini tornado rips through wherever when reporting on a F1 do they neither should the uk media they need to be educated and informed of the T scale as with the increase of tornadoes happening etc and being reported etc it needs to be reported correctly to the public so they can be aware of the dangers of even an T1-T2 because your more likely to sit up and listing if its reported as a T2 tornado than if its reported as a mini tornado because most people would just think o mini no damage then nothing to worry about just a lame mini uk tornado when it should by no means be taking so lightly as this i feel could endanger lives it needs to be reported properly and i feel we should all on here and all weather forums send emails explaining this to all the major media outlets could one of the mods possibly get the appropriate email addresses for the media outlets and post on here plz so we can tell them in mass il look for the emails too and post in here if i get some we will unite and educate the media so they can correctly educate the public or that's the the plan anyway lol
sky news contact emails i found here http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1237852,00.html
bbc news 24 contact form http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/ne...100/3959111.stm
or this one http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/ne...600/4032695.stm
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