Berkshire flooding also "major incident"
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Episode 2 of my Turned out Wet blog http://biffvernon.blogspot.co.uk/
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Today, Valentine's day 2014, after all the storms, gales, tornadoes, rain, snow, hail and sunny intervals, it is raining in the west of Ireland (what's new says you) but now, with a vengeance.
There's little wind and what there is comes from the north-west, which is unusual in itself.
But the rain! Masses of it. Shedloads. What is rain colloquially measured in? Swimming pools? Wales-size tanks?
How're you doing in dearest Blighty?
There's little wind and what there is comes from the north-west, which is unusual in itself.
But the rain! Masses of it. Shedloads. What is rain colloquially measured in? Swimming pools? Wales-size tanks?
How're you doing in dearest Blighty?
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Excellent article from Bob Ward of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ ... fall-storm
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That bit with Peter Lilley is class.
Mr Lilley said a third of the total carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere in human history had happened since 1997 and yet it had not resulted in a rise in the surface temperature of the earth.
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"Glimmer of hope that the worst of the storms may be over."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26188462
He does not explain the underlying reason in any detail in that interview. It's here though:
http://www.kaaltv.com/article/stories/S3321664.shtml
The position of the jet stream over western north america has finally shifted, meaning it looks like the end of the extended severe cold weather in eastern north america, which in turn will change the conditions in the western Atlantic that have been causing all these storms to come in to the UK.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26188462
He does not explain the underlying reason in any detail in that interview. It's here though:
http://www.kaaltv.com/article/stories/S3321664.shtml
The position of the jet stream over western north america has finally shifted, meaning it looks like the end of the extended severe cold weather in eastern north america, which in turn will change the conditions in the western Atlantic that have been causing all these storms to come in to the UK.
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But look what it's done to the water!! It's lifting it from the sea into the atmosphere and then it's falling back down on us by the swimming pool - Olympic one at that!!emordnilap wrote:That bit with Peter Lilley is class.
Mr Lilley said a third of the total carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere in human history had happened since 1997 and yet it had not resulted in a rise in the surface temperature of the earth.
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Quite. The Olympic Swimming Pool simply isn't gay enough.
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Quite a significant report on the floods from the Met Office:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/n ... _07023.pdf
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/n ... _07023.pdf