The Magnificent Goldberg Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 For the last week or so, it's been farily chilly and very rainy (though we haven't had floods here, thank goodness). MG Quote
Aggie87 Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 (edited) 10" of rain yesterday, and it's currently coming down hard too. We're lucky we haven't had it as bad as other parts of Texas though. Edited July 3, 2007 by Aggie87 Quote
Noj Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 Damn, send some of that moisture out West. The whole region is kindling and it's triple digits every day in the Valleys. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 Britain's been flooded. Around here, though, we haven't had much more rain than usual - a lot. My father-in-law came from Bentley, in Yorkshire, where the flooding is worst. My wife's cousin - about 60-ish, lives on slightly higher ground - had to wade through waist deep water to rescue her aunt in her 80s. How people in that position are going to be able to put their lives back together again is quite hard to see. Apparently, my wife's cousin says, there was a dam which hadn't been maintained as it should by Yorkshire Water (the worst water firm in Britain, by all accounts) and they had to release a lot out of some kind of side channel - through Bentley. That was OK, because Bentley is an old coal mining village and full of socialists. If they'd released the water on the other side of the reservoir, it would have flooded a golf course. MG Quote
catesta Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 today 111 tomorrow 113 thurs 111 The good news, it's 80 today in Bayside. The bad news, I'm heading back to Phoenix tonight where they expect it to be 115+ tomorrow. Quote
paul secor Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 Couldn't have been better today - 75, low humidity, sunshine. Quote
zen archer Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 Went to Plymouth this afternoon and it was a chilly 73 degrees with the wind blowing off the water! Quote
MoGrubb Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 ..... Apparently, my wife's cousin says, there was a dam which hadn't been maintained as it should by Yorkshire Water (the worst water firm in Britain, by all accounts) and they had to release a lot out of some kind of side channel - through Bentley. That was OK, because Bentley is an old coal mining village and full of socialists. If they'd released the water on the other side of the reservoir, it would have flooded a golf course. MG Quote
sidewinder Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 (edited) Britain's been flooded. An understatement ! The wettest, shitiest Summer weather that I can ever remember over here. 'Summer' ended in April this year. Edited July 4, 2007 by sidewinder Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 15, 2007 Posted July 15, 2007 Britain's been flooded. An understatement ! The wettest, shitiest Summer weather that I can ever remember over here. 'Summer' ended in April this year. It's even worse than that now! And it's bleedin' cold, too! MG Quote
GregK Posted July 15, 2007 Author Posted July 15, 2007 surprisingly cool the last two days here, especially in the mornings. For mid-July, it's usually warmer than upper 50s-low 60s. Quote
MoGrubb Posted July 15, 2007 Posted July 15, 2007 Cool and low humidity for July here, too. The humidity is supposed to come back soon and screw it up. Quote
NaturalSoul Posted July 15, 2007 Posted July 15, 2007 hot hot hot 96 is the high today, but it might rain! Quote
jazzbo Posted July 15, 2007 Posted July 15, 2007 It was thunderstorming, now it's steady rain here in Houston. Quote
AndrewHill Posted July 15, 2007 Posted July 15, 2007 Dry as a bone in Northeast Ohio; hasn't rained here for three weeks and everyone's grass is turning brown Quote
AndrewHill Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 RAIN, glorious rain! After a dry spell of about three weeks we are finally get some long overdue rain. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 It hasn't rained today. It's also moderately warm. Summer's here! MG Quote
sidewinder Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 It hasn't rained today. Beware a deluge tomorrow ! Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 It hasn't rained today. Beware a deluge tomorrow ! You're right - I just looked at the forecast for Cardiff. MG Quote
sidewinder Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 They weren't kidding about today's rain ! Gutters are over-flowing. It's times like this that you are glad your house is on a bit of a hill and not next to the river. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 They weren't kidding about today's rain ! Gutters are over-flowing. It's times like this that you are glad your house is on a bit of a hill and not next to the river. Indeed! We're about fifty feet below the top of a valley ridge. Our last place was on the summit of a hill. MG Quote
sidewinder Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 London seems to be going underwater ! The West has got off fairly light I think.. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 (edited) London seems to be going underwater ! The West has got off fairly light I think.. Not sure about that. It's not bad here but my wife was saying that parts of Barry (just a few miles west of Cardiff) are waist deep. She's gone to Cardiff to pick the kids up from school. Where's the smiley for great trepidation? MG Edited July 20, 2007 by The Magnificent Goldberg Quote
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