With Britain now well into storm season, we can often take Met Office warnings for granted as they seem to be issued on an almost-daily basis over winter. The storm - the most severe to hit the Irish Sea in the 19th century - inspired Met Office founder Captain Robert FitzRoy to start a national storm warning system. Some 133 …
Slate has relationships with various online retailers. On Christmas morning, everyone delighted in the Storm Glass’ novelty, and when we were done opening presents, they were the gifts that got talked about most. As the story goes, FitzRoy decided, after a particularly destructive storm in 1859, to try to better understand the weather by using glass barometers placed around the …
