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Re: Weather

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 11:40 am
by Dr Bunsen Honeydew
I remember the other summers like this 1975 and 6. Grass fires everywhere especially along railway lines and roads, why? because most people smoked and just chucked fag ends out the window. Much better now, by this time back then there great areas along the M1 (that I drove regularly back then) that were either on fire or just burnt black.

I would be worried if I lived up on the moors.

Re: Weather

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 11:47 am
by CN211276
The problem with 76 was the drought and water rationing. In Cardiff we had our water cut off for most of the day. This caused a lot of bad feeling as Welsh valleys were flooded to supply English city's with water. As far as I can remember we were the only region where supplies were stopped. Had to fill up buckets every day before they turned off the tap.

Re: Weather

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 12:01 pm
by wiicrackpot
I hope to god when it starts to rain, its not a prolonged deluge,
there'll be flooding as the ground has been baked for 2 months and will not soak up water like it normally could. :-?

Re: Weather

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 12:16 pm
by scotty38
Round me is clay and at the moment it's like concrete. Any rain will just bounce off....

Re: Weather

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 12:23 pm
by wiicrackpot
scotty38 wrote: Tue Jul 24, 2018 12:16 pm Round me is clay and at the moment it's like concrete. Any rain will just bounce off....
Oh dear, when it comes i hope it trickles intermittently down your way.

Re: Weather

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 1:19 pm
by slinger
There's a heatwave in Japan that's killing people. It's so bad it's been declared a natural disaster. Southern Canada, The Caucasus region, Southern California, Sydney, Australia, and Algeria have all experienced record temperatures over the last month. Doesn't stop me moaning about having to run the fan so I can watch the telly in comfort though.

'76 was so bad I remember having to drink Holsten Pils by the pint, instead of by the bottle, to replace my fluids fast enough.

Re: Weather

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 1:49 pm
by wiicrackpot
And don't Sweden plus Greenland where villagers are being evacuated as a huge Iceberg is heading inshore,
bits broken off from it is causing mini Tsunami's, is this Global Warming coming to roost?.

Re: Weather

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:16 pm
by George Hincapie
Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote: Tue Jul 24, 2018 10:02 am We moan when we have no summer now we moan because we are having one :roll:
I don't moan when we have no summer, I moan when the temperature is so fucking high for so fucking long. It isn't fucking funny.

Just saying...

Re: Weather

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:33 pm
by zebbo
George Hincapie wrote: Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:16 pm
Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote: Tue Jul 24, 2018 10:02 am We moan when we have no summer now we moan because we are having one :roll:
I don't moan when we have no summer, I moan when the temperature is so fucking high for so fucking long. It isn't fucking funny.

Just saying...
Just about sums it up George!
You won't ever hear me complain about our weather, apart from what we have at the moment, as I think the variation is bloody brilliant!
Had a holiday in Florida once and it was like fucking Groundhog Day! Really began to piss me off after a while - much like now.

Re: Weather

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 9:53 pm
by wiicrackpot
zebbo wrote: Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:33 pm
George Hincapie wrote: Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:16 pm
Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote: Tue Jul 24, 2018 10:02 am We moan when we have no summer now we moan because we are having one :roll:
I don't moan when we have no summer, I moan when the temperature is so fucking high for so fucking long. It isn't fucking funny.

Just saying...
Just about sums it up George!
You won't ever hear me complain about our weather, apart from what we have at the moment, as I think the variation is bloody brilliant!
Had a holiday in Florida once and it was like fucking Groundhog Day! Really began to piss me off after a while - much like now.
Thats the good thing about this place, on the face of adversity, we still find something fucking funny. :shifty: :mrgreen: