Originally Posted by
Cat Techie
Yet Michael Fish got an MBE and missed a Hurricane (Use of wrong word, very strong cyclonic depression)
FACTS not FOAMING
Fish was awarded the MBE in 2004 for services to broadcasting. He was compulsorily retired by the Civil Service
Regarding the "Hurricane", it was an institutional failure, reflecting the state of the science at the time, compounded by ill-chosen presentation.
As far as I am aware, no other Met. service in Europe called it well enough.