Talk:Michael Fish

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What I'd like to know is, whether the woman who rang Mr Fish up in 1987 ever got any credit for correctly predicting the weather? Mintguy (T) 12:02, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Yes, she did. She became a bit of a local celebrity for a while and has turned up on a few TV nostalgia programmes, I think she was on "I Love 1987", for one. Can't remember her name though. Bonalaw 12:09, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I'm not sure on that - I'm pretty sure the real story is that someone in the studio told Michael that his Mum was going to somewhere in America and she was worried about a hurricane there, so told Michael to say something about it. That infamous line was not in fact referring to Britain, but this hurricane somewhere in America (it was linked to a news story).

Um, perhaps a better explanation from BBC Weather

Bonalaw's comments are untrue - no such "woman" ever existed. Michael Fish states that the woman was the mother of someone in the studio, who was going on holiday to Florida, and they thought it would be a nice idea to mention her concerns as if she was a viewer. How they must have regretted it... Anyway I have edited the article to clear up the story. 143.252.80.110 10:19, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

"Earlier on today apparently a lady rang the BBC and said she heard that there was a hurricane on the way. Well don't worry if you're watching, there isn't."

This is frequently quoted from Michael's evening weather broadcast on the 15 October, the night the storm hit. However Michael wasn't talking about the UK at this point and was referring to a story in the News. "My remarks referred to Florida and were a link to a news story about devastation in the Caribbean that had just been broadcast. The phone call was a member of staff reassuring his mother just before she set off there on holiday!" "I did broadcast saying 'batten down the hatches there's some really stormy weather on the way' - if the full clip is used all would be revealed."

If this can be validated, perhaps it's worth changing the article to reflect this? Barneyboo 21:22, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)