Comments on: UK Hammered, not in a good way (New Peter Sinclair Video) https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/02/25/uk-hammered-not-in-a-good-way-new-peter-sinclair-video/ Tue, 23 Dec 2014 20:18:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: 2014 Blog Year In Review – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/02/25/uk-hammered-not-in-a-good-way-new-peter-sinclair-video/#comment-478795 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 20:18:42 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=18977#comment-478795 […] There were lots of examples of really bad weather this year, including this one […]

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/02/25/uk-hammered-not-in-a-good-way-new-peter-sinclair-video/#comment-478794 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:09:23 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=18977#comment-478794 In reply to sara penrhyn jones.

Yes, the definitions are more of historical than demographic or geographic use. In Minnesota, almost every bit of land exists in a city … “city” is the smallest governmental unit. Up north, our cabin is near the “City of Longville” which has 271 people living in it. Where I grew up, in New York, you could have a “town” within which could be a denser settlement called a “township” unless the settlement was too small, then it could only be a “hamlet.” So, ironically, thinly settled Minnesota has 853 cities, while high-population New York has 62 cities.

]]> By: sara penrhyn jones https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/02/25/uk-hammered-not-in-a-good-way-new-peter-sinclair-video/#comment-478793 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:53:26 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=18977#comment-478793 Hello! I filmed some of the footage and can confirm that Aberystwyth is a small (lovely) University town. I know that we all have different definitions of small/large & hamlet/village/town/city etc, but in the UK we wouldn’t call Aberystwyth a village! The holiday ‘village’ (above) is a caravan park, basically! I’m sure that it is also great in better weather conditions….Anyway, I think Peter Sinclair did a great job with the video!

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/02/25/uk-hammered-not-in-a-good-way-new-peter-sinclair-video/#comment-478792 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 19:40:17 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=18977#comment-478792 Actually, Aberystwyth Village appears to be a different entity than Aberystwyth, which is technically a town. It may be a commercial entity, and it appears to have a lot of trailers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9AddQ-Uo-g

]]> By: Richard Simons https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/02/25/uk-hammered-not-in-a-good-way-new-peter-sinclair-video/#comment-478791 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:22:17 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=18977#comment-478791

tiny village of Aberystwyth,

The ‘village’ of Aberystwyth (population about 16,000) is larger than the Canadian ‘city’ (population 12,000) I now live in.

It is no stranger to storms – when I lived there I saw storm-tossed pebbles on the road behind 4 or 5-storey hotels. The panes of glass in our living room window could be seen bending when it got windy.

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