Why the Shipping Forecast Is So Beloved in the UK
atlasobscura.com
Why the Shipping Forecast Is So Beloved in the UK
1–10 of 32 posts
Re: Why the Shipping Forecast Is So Beloved in the UK
#2The Shipping Forecast turns our landscape into a slightly ethereal world, inhabited by communities we are connected to but know nothing about
“I feel chastened on nights like this when I see storm force 11, and think there are people out there contending with that weather, putting their lives at risk in pursuit of their livelihood – be it in the navy, on fishing boats or just lone travellers.”
Re: Why the Shipping Forecast Is So Beloved in the UK
#3One song that samples the shipping forecast (that isn't mentioned in this article) is this Tears For Fears track from the 1980s:
Gives you a good idea of the cadences in the shipping forecast itself. It can be strangely relaxing listening to the shipping forecast on BBC Radio 4.
Re: Why the Shipping Forecast Is So Beloved in the UK
#4I'm not sure why alexi23's comment is dead, but it's very poetic.
"The Shipping Forecast turns our landscape into a slightly ethereal world, inhabited by communities we are connected to but know nothing about “I feel chastened on nights like this when I see storm force 11, and think there are people out there contending with that weather, putting their lives at risk in pursuit of their livelihood – be it in the navy, on fishing boats or just lone travellers.”"
Re: Why the Shipping Forecast Is So Beloved in the UK
#5Broadcast from Droitwich Transmitting Station[0] on 198kHz using amplitude modulation, still with large vacuum tubes at 500kW in order to reach shipping in the large area of ocean around the UK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droitwich_Transmitting_Station
Re: Why the Shipping Forecast Is So Beloved in the UK
#6I'm not sure why alexi23's comment is dead, but it's very poetic. " The Shipping Forecast turns our landscape into a slightly ethereal world, inhabited by communities we are connected to but know nothing about “I feel chastened on nights like this when I see storm force 11, and think there are people out there contending with that weather, putting their lives at risk in pursuit of their livelihood – be it in the navy…
Because many new accounts are dead. Some are so dead, you can't even vouch for them.
Re: Why the Shipping Forecast Is So Beloved in the UK
#7I'm not sure why alexi23's comment is dead, but it's very poetic. " The Shipping Forecast turns our landscape into a slightly ethereal world, inhabited by communities we are connected to but know nothing about “I feel chastened on nights like this when I see storm force 11, and think there are people out there contending with that weather, putting their lives at risk in pursuit of their livelihood – be it in the navy…
Because many new accounts are dead. Some are so dead, you can't even vouch for them.
You can vouch for alexi23's comment (just click on the timestamp beside the comment to find the vouch link).
Re: Why the Shipping Forecast Is So Beloved in the UK
#8One song that samples the shipping forecast (that isn't mentioned in this article) is this Tears For Fears track from the 1980s: http://youtu.be/FDUk11Z0bkQ Gives you a good idea of the cadences in the shipping forecast itself. It can be strangely relaxing listening to the shipping forecast on BBC Radio 4.
For completeness I've uploaded last night's shipping forecast here: http://oirase.annexia.org/tmp/Shipping_Forecast_-_2017-12-27... [Out of date - Don't rely on it if you're sailing a boat!]
Of course it's not quite the same unless you put on Sailing By beforehand and listen to it in the dead of night.
Re: Why the Shipping Forecast Is So Beloved in the UK
#9Robert FitzRoy, who founded the warning service in 1861, was captain of the Beagle on which Charles Darwin sailed in the 1830s.
Re: Why the Shipping Forecast Is So Beloved in the UK
#10One song that samples the shipping forecast (that isn't mentioned in this article) is this Tears For Fears track from the 1980s: http://youtu.be/FDUk11Z0bkQ Gives you a good idea of the cadences in the shipping forecast itself. It can be strangely relaxing listening to the shipping forecast on BBC Radio 4.
Forget relaxing! We can have some fun with this; The Young Punx:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb9jQN5hdLY