Long Winters

[Huan72 687]

About 8 years ago the wind patterns changed, when you ride a bike regularly you notice these things It seems to be more windy, more often. I read somewhere that the gulf and jet streams may stay south for 50 years. I reckon a lot of its guess work but I do think a change is on the way................start a business making wellies If the salinity in the atlantic changes too much, we could be in for a very cold time, at least a holiday in Europe will be cheaper...........................we'll be able to walk there

[stewie 3,387]

i`ve just booked a weeks holiday in the sun thats how bad it is------ coz me n money dont normally part company

if a 17 year old said that, it still wouldnt sound as "G" as the_stig..............

[baw 4,360]

Not sure if I buy into this the summers are getting wetter. Surely if that was the case rivers would be larger etc. look the same as they always have to me. Yes some of rerouted in some places, flooded homes but is more down to building on flood planes and Tarmac and mono block etc. I think we all think back to our childhood and remember the long summers. But you ask a 30,40,50,60,70 year old they'll all say the same, even though the older ones have been saying it for 40 years!!! When your young the days were long, you were out the whole day enjoying it. 2 days of sunshine felt like a week. When you start working for a living, it could be sunny all week but if it rains at the weekends when your off its been a shit summer. I've no doubt some years are wetter than others but that's nature. We had very little snow for a few years then got 2 bad winters in a row. Shit happens.

[whippet 99 2,613]

Not sure if I buy into this the summers are getting wetter. Surely if that was the case rivers would be larger etc. look the same as they always have to me. Yes some of rerouted in some places, flooded homes but is more down to building on flood planes and Tarmac and mono block etc. I think we all think back to our childhood and remember the long summers. But you ask a 30,40,50,60,70 year old they'll all say the same, even though the older ones have been saying it for 40 years!!! When your young the days were long, you were out the whole day enjoying it. 2 days of sunshine felt like a week. When you start working for a living, it could be sunny all week but if it rains at the weekends when your off its been a shit summer. I've no doubt some years are wetter than others but that's nature. We had very little snow for a few years then got 2 bad winters in a row. Shit happens.

havent you noticed the rivers flooding lol............and by me the river banks are eroding and especially on the bends..........

this time next year we will be under water rodney..........

im sure the met office have the stats to prove there theory of wetter summers.........

edit too say have a good day at work today.......

[paulus 26]

 

Not sure if I buy into this the summers are getting wetter. Surely if that was the case rivers would be larger etc. look the same as they always have to me. Yes some of rerouted in some places, flooded homes but is more down to building on flood planes and Tarmac and mono block etc. I think we all think back to our childhood and remember the long summers. But you ask a 30,40,50,60,70 year old they'll all say the same, even though the older ones have been saying it for 40 years!!! When your young the days were long, you were out the whole day enjoying it. 2 days of sunshine felt like a week. When you start working for a living, it could be sunny all week but if it rains at the weekends when your off its been a shit summer. I've no doubt some years are wetter than others but that's nature. We had very little snow for a few years then got 2 bad winters in a row. Shit happens.

havent you noticed the rivers flooding lol............and by me the river banks are eroding and especially on the bends..........

this time next year we will be under water rodney..........

im sure the met office have the stats to prove there theory of wetter summers.........

edit too say have a good day at work today.......

 

Im sure ive herd a few comments, like "wettest since records began" "coldest since records began" and a few others

[whippet 99 2,613]

 

 

Not sure if I buy into this the summers are getting wetter. Surely if that was the case rivers would be larger etc. look the same as they always have to me. Yes some of rerouted in some places, flooded homes but is more down to building on flood planes and Tarmac and mono block etc. I think we all think back to our childhood and remember the long summers. But you ask a 30,40,50,60,70 year old they'll all say the same, even though the older ones have been saying it for 40 years!!! When your young the days were long, you were out the whole day enjoying it. 2 days of sunshine felt like a week. When you start working for a living, it could be sunny all week but if it rains at the weekends when your off its been a shit summer. I've no doubt some years are wetter than others but that's nature. We had very little snow for a few years then got 2 bad winters in a row. Shit happens.

havent you noticed the rivers flooding lol............and by me the river banks are eroding and especially on the bends..........

this time next year we will be under water rodney..........

im sure the met office have the stats to prove there theory of wetter summers.........

edit too say have a good day at work today.......

 

Im sure ive herd a few comments, like "wettest since records began" "coldest since records began" and a few others

 

valid point

[walshie 2,804]

Not sure if I buy into this the summers are getting wetter. Surely if that was the case rivers would be larger etc. look the same as they always have to me. Yes some of rerouted in some places, flooded homes but is more down to building on flood planes and Tarmac and mono block etc. I think we all think back to our childhood and remember the long summers. But you ask a 30,40,50,60,70 year old they'll all say the same, even though the older ones have been saying it for 40 years!!! When your young the days were long, you were out the whole day enjoying it. 2 days of sunshine felt like a week. When you start working for a living, it could be sunny all week but if it rains at the weekends when your off its been a shit summer. I've no doubt some years are wetter than others but that's nature. We had very little snow for a few years then got 2 bad winters in a row. Shit happens.

 

I'm sure we look back on childhood summers with rose coloured specs, but there is no way summers were as bad as they have been in the last few years. My garden has only recently turned into a garden instead of a swamp which it has been for the last year.

Our local water authority has kindly told us that however little rain we might get this year, there won't be a hosepipe ban as they have as much water as they can possibly have. All the reservoirs are full.

Childhood memories or not, I can definitely recall my mum going to the standpipe at the end of the road (and queueing for it) to fill a bucket, more than one year. The "droughts" we get now just mean we can't wash the car (shame) or water the garden.

As I ride a motorbike to work, and have to dress appropriately, I am aware just how many days I have to don wet weather gear.

We used to have 2 weeks holiday in Cornwall or Devon when i was a kid and come back burned to a crisp. Wouldn't be able to do that now, unless we freakily managed to find the only 2 week window of sun in 2013.

[baw 4,360]

 

 

 

 

Not sure if I buy into this the summers are getting wetter. Surely if that was the case rivers would be larger etc. look the same as they always have to me. Yes some of rerouted in some places, flooded homes but is more down to building on flood planes and Tarmac and mono block etc. I think we all think back to our childhood and remember the long summers. But you ask a 30,40,50,60,70 year old they'll all say the same, even though the older ones have been saying it for 40 years!!! When your young the days were long, you were out the whole day enjoying it. 2 days of sunshine felt like a week. When you start working for a living, it could be sunny all week but if it rains at the weekends when your off its been a shit summer. I've no doubt some years are wetter than others but that's nature. We had very little snow for a few years then got 2 bad winters in a row. Shit happens.

havent you noticed the rivers flooding lol............and by me the river banks are eroding and especially on the bends..........

this time next year we will be under water rodney..........

im sure the met office have the stats to prove there theory of wetter summers.........

edit too say have a good day at work today.......

Im sure ive herd a few comments, like "wettest since records began" "coldest since records began" and a few others

Aye, wettest since 1985, big deal lol. One months the wettest, didn't we just have the driest month recently too? It changes like the weather mate

 

And thanks whippet, I'll try

[paulus 26]

 

 

 

Not sure if I buy into this the summers are getting wetter. Surely if that was the case rivers would be larger etc. look the same as they always have to me. Yes some of rerouted in some places, flooded homes but is more down to building on flood planes and Tarmac and mono block etc. I think we all think back to our childhood and remember the long summers. But you ask a 30,40,50,60,70 year old they'll all say the same, even though the older ones have been saying it for 40 years!!! When your young the days were long, you were out the whole day enjoying it. 2 days of sunshine felt like a week. When you start working for a living, it could be sunny all week but if it rains at the weekends when your off its been a shit summer. I've no doubt some years are wetter than others but that's nature. We had very little snow for a few years then got 2 bad winters in a row. Shit happens.

havent you noticed the rivers flooding lol............and by me the river banks are eroding and especially on the bends..........

this time next year we will be under water rodney..........

im sure the met office have the stats to prove there theory of wetter summers.........

edit too say have a good day at work today.......

Im sure ive herd a few comments, like "wettest since records began" "coldest since records began" and a few others

Aye, wettest since 1985, big deal lol. One months the wettest, didn't we just have the driest month recently too? It changes like the weather mate

 

And thanks whippet, I'll try

 

the summer of 1976 now that was a summer, most of the records are over 100 years old

[04fox8 168]

Baw's right about building on flood plains etc.

The councils are happy enough for 100's of new buildings getting thrown up where ever there is space....£1000's of extra Council Tax.

Then when the homes get flooded there is a hoo-haa about it all.

Why do they think there were no houses built there in the 1st place!

 

Type your nearest town / village into Google, Hit Images, and I'm sure you'll find photos of severe weather from long ago....(Well I did anyway)

[baw 4,360]

 

 

Not sure if I buy into this the summers are getting wetter. Surely if that was the case rivers would be larger etc. look the same as they always have to me. Yes some of rerouted in some places, flooded homes but is more down to building on flood planes and Tarmac and mono block etc. I think we all think back to our childhood and remember the long summers. But you ask a 30,40,50,60,70 year old they'll all say the same, even though the older ones have been saying it for 40 years!!! When your young the days were long, you were out the whole day enjoying it. 2 days of sunshine felt like a week. When you start working for a living, it could be sunny all week but if it rains at the weekends when your off its been a shit summer. I've no doubt some years are wetter than others but that's nature. We had very little snow for a few years then got 2 bad winters in a row. Shit happens.

I'm sure we look back on childhood summers with rose coloured specs, but there is no way summers were as bad as they have been in the last few years. My garden has only recently turned into a garden instead of a swamp which it has been for the last year.

Our local water authority has kindly told us that however little rain we might get this year, there won't be a hosepipe ban as they have as much water as they can possibly have. All the reservoirs are full.

Childhood memories or not, I can definitely recall my mum going to the standpipe at the end of the road (and queueing for it) to fill a bucket, more than one year. The "droughts" we get now just mean we can't wash the car (shame) or water the garden.

As I ride a motorbike to work, and have to dress appropriately, I am aware just how many days I have to don wet weather gear.

We used to have 2 weeks holiday in Cornwall or Devon when i was a kid and come back burned to a crisp. Wouldn't be able to do that now, unless we freakily managed to find the only 2 week window of sun in 2013.

We had a hosepipe ban for a few year there, every c**t still moaning how bad the summers were. Your talking about a couple of years of wet weather, not much really is it? I can mind one summer when it was blue sky for about 6 weeks, can't remember the year, the big breakfast with gravy roslin and that ginger fanny, think it was early 90's. it was so rare I still remember it. As for your mum using a tap in the street, think that's more to do with shitty water supply's in your area. A couple of bad summers and its all the end is neigh lol. It's only may, give it a chance.....

[baw 4,360]

 

 

 

 

 

Not sure if I buy into this the summers are getting wetter. Surely if that was the case rivers would be larger etc. look the same as they always have to me. Yes some of rerouted in some places, flooded homes but is more down to building on flood planes and Tarmac and mono block etc. I think we all think back to our childhood and remember the long summers. But you ask a 30,40,50,60,70 year old they'll all say the same, even though the older ones have been saying it for 40 years!!! When your young the days were long, you were out the whole day enjoying it. 2 days of sunshine felt like a week. When you start working for a living, it could be sunny all week but if it rains at the weekends when your off its been a shit summer. I've no doubt some years are wetter than others but that's nature. We had very little snow for a few years then got 2 bad winters in a row. Shit happens.

havent you noticed the rivers flooding lol............and by me the river banks are eroding and especially on the bends..........

this time next year we will be under water rodney..........

im sure the met office have the stats to prove there theory of wetter summers.........

edit too say have a good day at work today.......

Im sure ive herd a few comments, like "wettest since records began" "coldest since records began" and a few others

Aye, wettest since 1985, big deal lol. One months the wettest, didn't we just have the driest month recently too? It changes like the weather mate

 

And thanks whippet, I'll try

the summer of 1976 now that was a summer, most of the records are over 100 years old

100 years is merely the time it takes Mother Nature to scratch her baws compared to how many summers there's been

[walshie 2,804]

 

 

 

 

Not sure if I buy into this the summers are getting wetter. Surely if that was the case rivers would be larger etc. look the same as they always have to me. Yes some of rerouted in some places, flooded homes but is more down to building on flood planes and Tarmac and mono block etc. I think we all think back to our childhood and remember the long summers. But you ask a 30,40,50,60,70 year old they'll all say the same, even though the older ones have been saying it for 40 years!!! When your young the days were long, you were out the whole day enjoying it. 2 days of sunshine felt like a week. When you start working for a living, it could be sunny all week but if it rains at the weekends when your off its been a shit summer. I've no doubt some years are wetter than others but that's nature. We had very little snow for a few years then got 2 bad winters in a row. Shit happens.

havent you noticed the rivers flooding lol............and by me the river banks are eroding and especially on the bends..........

this time next year we will be under water rodney..........

im sure the met office have the stats to prove there theory of wetter summers.........

edit too say have a good day at work today.......

Im sure ive herd a few comments, like "wettest since records began" "coldest since records began" and a few others

Aye, wettest since 1985, big deal lol. One months the wettest, didn't we just have the driest month recently too? It changes like the weather mate

 

And thanks whippet, I'll try

 

the summer of 1976 now that was a summer, most of the records are over 100 years old

 

 

Ah 1976. I went fishing every single day of the school holidays. It was getting hot as I got there and still hot when I was coming home after dark. Those were the days. These whippersnappers can't recall that.

[jamesmc 582]

Its only water.....as long as I have been alive,the west coast of Scotland has had rain all year round every year....and now it's getting more widespread,everybody's moaning....buy a fcukin jacket....lol...atb..

[paulus 26]

 

 

 

 

 

Not sure if I buy into this the summers are getting wetter. Surely if that was the case rivers would be larger etc. look the same as they always have to me. Yes some of rerouted in some places, flooded homes but is more down to building on flood planes and Tarmac and mono block etc. I think we all think back to our childhood and remember the long summers. But you ask a 30,40,50,60,70 year old they'll all say the same, even though the older ones have been saying it for 40 years!!! When your young the days were long, you were out the whole day enjoying it. 2 days of sunshine felt like a week. When you start working for a living, it could be sunny all week but if it rains at the weekends when your off its been a shit summer. I've no doubt some years are wetter than others but that's nature. We had very little snow for a few years then got 2 bad winters in a row. Shit happens.

havent you noticed the rivers flooding lol............and by me the river banks are eroding and especially on the bends..........

this time next year we will be under water rodney..........

im sure the met office have the stats to prove there theory of wetter summers.........

edit too say have a good day at work today.......

Im sure ive herd a few comments, like "wettest since records began" "coldest since records began" and a few others

Aye, wettest since 1985, big deal lol. One months the wettest, didn't we just have the driest month recently too? It changes like the weather mate

 

And thanks whippet, I'll try

 

the summer of 1976 now that was a summer, most of the records are over 100 years old

 

 

Ah 1976. I went fishing every single day of the school holidays. It was getting hot as I got there and still hot when kI was coming home after dark. Those were the days. These whippersnappers can't recall that.

 

even the canals started to dry up i looked like a pakki all that summer blink nowadays and summer is over