In the US, car manufacturers have already had to redesign air bags so they inflate3 to lower pressures, making them less of a danger to smaller women and children.

Commentators discussed the pressures of air travel, and related to Slater's stressful working conditions.

As it remained clear for longer than usual it also bled more heat into the Arctic atmosphere. This caused higher air pressures, reducing the gradient between the Iceland low and the Azores high.