SHETLAND LIVE

During Xmas Eve night, a polar low approached northern Scotland and this gave the severest weather for the month.
There were severe blizzards and gales with drifting snow. The Shetlands was worst hit with depth of level snow at 35cm
and drifts well in excess of this. A state of emergency was declared on the Islands.
DECEMBER 1995

A daily summary

                       1995  Day 1974-94                               1995  Day  1974-94  
Mean Maximum Temperature     5.0         6.6    Highest Max temp            10.1   11    11.5
Mean Minimum Temperature     2.6         4.0    Lowest Min temp             -4.5   28    -4.3
Mean Sea Temperature         8.7         8.0    Lowest grass minimum        -8.9   28   -11.5
30 cm Earth temperature      6.0         5.8    Days with ground frost      15            8.8
100cm Earth temperature      7.4         6.8    Days with air frost         10            2.9
Total Rainfall (mm)         51.1       106.7    Days with snow/sleet        17           10.7
Wettest Day (mm)            13.3    7   14.4    Days with snow cover 09hr   13            3.0
Rain Days (> 0.1mm)         19          26.0    Days with hail              15           12.9
Wet Days (> 0.9mm)          10          21.0    Days with fog during 24hrs   7            2.2
Total sunshine, hrs         26.4        15.9    Days with fog at 09hrs       3            0.2
Sunniest day, hrs            5.5   30    3.3    Days with NIL sun           17           15.6
Mean wind speed, kts        16.4        20.0    Days with gale               5            9.7
Maximum gust, kts           82     24   71.3    Days with thunder            0            0.5
Mean Sea Level pressure   1021.2      1005.3    Days with aurora             0            2.7

Wind Direction (%)
                North       25.8        11.4                 S. West         3.2         16.1
                N. East     12.9         2.7                 West            9.7         18.0
                East        12.9         8.1                 N. West         6.5          9.2
                S. East     16.1        12.4
                South        9.7        19.9                 CALM            3.2          2.2
snow image on SIC website

Allow Northlink to sail to Norway Petition

My Dad  needed a part for his boat, he went along his local marine shop in toon who deals with the company,   he was hoping to purchase or order the product locally and keep the business in Shetland.    Unfortunately they didnt have the part in,   instead of offering to order the part, or see what they could do,   they suggested he go and  "try da internet".  My dad was so taken aback by the " Canna Be Buddered" attitude he set about  learning about how to use "Da web".  Another heavy parcel from "da web" arrived this morning!  Dad is so chuffed at the quick and helpful service  and  the money he's saved.  He is now forever thankful for that  helpful bit of  advice he got from his local shop.  He doesnt even have to make a trip to da toon ony mare?! He didnt get the part he wanted but got the net instead.

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Men Who Donate Blood May Reduce Risk Of Heart Disease

 According To KU Medical Center Study According To KU Medical Center Study
ScienceDaily (Sep. 1, 1997) — Story by Rosemary Hope

 Men who donate blood may reduce their risk of heart disease by up to 30 percent, according to a study led by David Meyers, M.D., professor of internal medicine and preventive medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

The study, "Possible association of a reduction in vascular events with blood donation," is published in the August issue of the journal Heart.

The study supports the "iron hypothesis" which suggests that women are protected from atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, because they have lower body stores of iron than men. Through menstrual blood loss, women have one-half the iron stores and suffer about one-half the heart attacks and deaths from heart disease as men of similar age.

"What this means for men is - if you donate blood, in a sense you can become a virtual woman and protect yourself from heart disease," said Meyers. "We have identified another reason for blood donation, beyond altruism, for men."

Subjects for the study were men and women, aged 40 or older, with no history of heart disease. They were drawn from the Nebraska Diet Heart Study, a 1985-1987 population-density-based and demographically representative study. The subjects were recontacted from 1992 to 1993 and surveyed about 39 items that included demographics, occurrences of heart disease or procedures, diet, cholesterol levels, smoking and blood donation.

Of the 3,855 in the study, 655 reported donating at least one unit of whole blood in the preceding 10 years. Of the donor group, 9.77 percent reported "vascular events," defined as heart attack, stroke, angioplasty, bypass surgery and nitroglycerin use, compared to 17.72 percent of the non-donors.

When the study group was divided into males and females, the benefit of blood donation was apparent only in the men. The benefit was negated in men by cigarette smoking. There was a much smaller benefit in reduced heart disease risk for women who donated blood.

The observed reduction in vascular events can be explained in two ways, said Meyers. "Either iron depletion through blood donation truly affects atherosclerosis, or on the other hand, mainly healthy people who are at low risk of heart disease are blood donors."

Meyers plans to conduct a randomized clinical trial of 4,000 men in the Kansas City area to determine which answer is correct. The results of the study may not prove that blood donation prevents heart disease, said Meyers. But the study does support the iron hypothesis, which suggests that stored iron in the body stimulates the process in which cholesterol is oxidized, an event that is thought to be involved in atherosclerosis. A smaller study published in March in the British Medical Journal supports the hypothesis also. This study reported that blood donation reduced the risk of heart attack by 86 percent among 2,682 Finnish men. "It could be a win-win situation," said Meyers. "Even if the iron hypothesis is proved incorrect, donating blood is still the right thing to do."

Meyers' co-authors for the study are Daniel Strickland, M.S.P.H., Ph.D., Pierre Maloley, Pharm.D., and Jeanette Seburg, M.T.., all of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha; and Janet Wilson, M.T., and Bruce McManus, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. - KUMC -

 

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The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by University Of Kansas.

 

Also named Nyttårsorkanen. This affected much of northern Scotland and western Norway, unofficial records of gusts in excess of 130 knots (67 m/s) were recorded in Shetland, while Statfjord-B in the North Sea recorded wind gusts in excess of 145 knots (75 m/s). DNMI estimated the strongest sustained winds (10 min. average) to have reached 90 knots (45 m/s), comparable to a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson-scale. Very few fatalities occurred, mainly due to the very low population of the islands and the fact that the islanders are used to very high winds.

Usually the Wrangler jeans and Sambas are a give away.  In the 80's the broon leather jacket was a favourate.

We watched in awe last night at the meteor shower over Voe; wow, some of them went like a rocket and some seemed to go a bit slower; we must have been blessed at the cloudless night!

Where are some of these folk going to get this supposed £2000 damages deposit from? -  perhaps some of them could sell the contents of the last house they got handed to them including brand new carpets and furniture, but alas they are all  ruined - oh well they can  move away for a peerie while, come back again homeless and pennyless and get a lovely  new council house and start over again I suppose.

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As everyone knows they are proposing to erect MASSIVE wind turbines, Which will through time will destroy Shetland, especially the TOURISM, THE LANDSCAPE and THE WILDLIFE, If you feel the same as i do, you can help by voting against this, by going on facebook where you will find a page to enter your vote, thankyou.
Ashey