Every time bad weather is mentioned, out trots the story of Michael Fish's 1987 mis-forecast.

Live updates, today 4.27pm: Scott talks about the town of Towyn being flooded ten years ago 'due to a high tide and flooding'; he tells Ray that it wasn't anything to do with the great storm of 1987 as Ray remembers that Michael Fish said 'nothing to worry about' the day before the hurricane.

Nobody ever seems to consider what would have happened if he'd got it right that night ... All over the south, people rushing to get home, or trying to reach elderly/sick relatives; employees called in to protect property; sightseeing idiots out in force; reporters rushing around trying to get the best stories/pictures; the emergency services put on alert, and kept very busy trying to rescue all of the above. The injuries and deaths would have been horrendous! Thanks to Michael, we were all safely tucked up in bed. Well done, that man!

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I remember that day in Oct '87. Slept through the whole thing, but when I opened my curtains the next morning......

That was a bit off topic, so I wonder if I can jemmy in a completely off-topic observation, which is related in passing to yours, before the thread is closed. I was watching the weather the other day when I noticed the new weather man looked a bit familiar. I checked it out, and it turns out he is Robin Lermitte - who used to play DSupt Hargreaves in the early nineties hit police series Between The Lines. This was one of my fav shows of the nineties, but even so it took me a while to place him. I'm led to believe he won a competion on This Morning to get the job. I expect to see him on Before...And After They Were Famous any time soon.

Michael?

Good point John.

It shows that you do have to read in between the lines. And, I was after that job too.

Truthfully, I applied... I'm not a wannabe but amongst other things a weather expert. Streetwise stylee...