The Past is a Different Country.....
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Re: The Past is a Different Country.....
1948: how marvellous to have this documented.
Thanks so much for posting, Ole Bill Mole
Thanks so much for posting, Ole Bill Mole

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Re: The Past is a Different Country.....
Interesting.
When I was doing some research on the 1948 Frankton tornado, the newspaper story said that earthquakes were predictable but tornadoes were not. So there was some loopy ideas around back then.
When I was doing some research on the 1948 Frankton tornado, the newspaper story said that earthquakes were predictable but tornadoes were not. So there was some loopy ideas around back then.
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Re: The Past is a Different Country.....
kewl
so much labour intensive work though
and by the time that was all done the situation would be out of date for a fast moving system
so much labour intensive work though
and by the time that was all done the situation would be out of date for a fast moving system

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Re: The Past is a Different Country.....
great find. When I started there in '75 we still used ink pens to plot maps and sent data out on ww2 vintage teleprinters, so a lot of that was familiar