During the latest spell of bad weather, the thunder and heavy rain played havoc with Sky, so no decent TV. As it would appear with most things in this country, satellite TV is affected by weather, something to do with the rain, the thunder, the snow or what ever getting in the way of the signal between Eurosat1 (or whatever the thing is called) and the dish attached to my house, just above my dining room window.
Now we have had Sky for a fair few years now, and we have become used to the picture breaking up, or the dreaded 'no satellite signal being received' massage appearing on the blue screen of death! Usually it is thunder (and lightning), very heavy rain or snow that effects it.........I wonder if BSkyB is also trading as Railtrack????
Anyway, the first time it happened I was home alone (this was still in the hospitality phase of our lives, so hubby was at work), and the picture kept breaking up. As hubby had arranged for the installation of said Sky, I called him at work (remember, he wasn't driving a bus then, so could answer the phone at work. If he did it now it would be P45 time!) and said it ain't working. So then hubby educated me into the fact that the satellite signal is affected by the weather.
Now I had a little think about this, and when he came home I was forced to ask..............what the hell do the armed forces do then, as all their communications etc are done by satellite..............not go to war when it rains? So...............maybe this global warming lark will not be so good for world harmony.
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