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s14sh3r		2006-05-22 09:03:08 AM

Be careful what you wish for...

MisterBill		2006-05-22 09:04:03 AM

That's kind of silly. Global warming generally means that the old weather patterns don't work any more. You're as likely to get a place turned into a desert as into a lush tropical paradise.

Purple_Jack		2006-05-22 09:04:19 AM

If anyone in Kent or Surrey is sitting their driving test soon, please be a aware of this new road sign:

nabataea.net

gwowen		2006-05-22 09:05:06 AM

A burst pipe spews water onto a street next to a board...

placed there moments earlier by an enterprising photo-journalist.

Funnily enough, up here in the north of England, its been raining pretty much continuously for about a fortnight.

/ Waits while US farkers go to look up "fortnight"

Siamese Bream		2006-05-22 09:07:19 AM

gwowen

Let me guess...either Manchester or Stoke? Both have their own microclimate...difference being in Manchester it's permanent rain, in Stoke it's just wet shiat.

lotustuned		2006-05-22 09:07:42 AM

Same here in the Northwest gwowen, course, we've also got the lake district and the pennines up here aswell.

urger		2006-05-22 09:08:09 AM

YouPeopleAreCrazy		2006-05-22 09:08:54 AM

Nowadays, people expect water to come out of the tap when they turn it on.

So THAT'S how it works. I was wondering what those things were for.

mopacfan		2006-05-22 09:09:20 AM

I guess they never stopped to think that they are on the same latitude as Siberia. When the gulf stream fades away due to global warming, the UK is going to become a refrigerator.

Purple_Jack		2006-05-22 09:09:44 AM

gwowen: Waits while US farkers go to look up "fortnight"

I came across "sennight" recently. That said, the book was set in the 17th century.

gwowen		2006-05-22 09:10:16 AM

MisterBill : That's kind of silly. Global warming generally means that the old weather patterns don't work any more.

Well, no-ones actually praying for global warming. That's a figment if submitter's fevered imagination.

gwowen		2006-05-22 09:10:59 AM

Let me guess...either Manchester or Stoke?

About midway between the two.

ZAZ		2006-05-22 09:11:49 AM

MisterBill: You're as likely to get a place turned into a desert as into a lush tropical paradise.

TFA says "Climate change points to winters getting wetter across the UK."

Siamese Bream		2006-05-22 09:12:00 AM

About midway between the two.

Oh dear lord you're farked...

Persnickety		2006-05-22 09:13:40 AM

Over here in New England we've had so much rain this year that rivers and lakes are at their highest levels since the 1930s. Last year was the wettest on record and this year is shaping up to be worse.

BenR		2006-05-22 09:14:54 AM

gwowen
Same here in Norfolk, which isn't exactly very far North. We've had monsoon-like rain in the last week.

thisispete		2006-05-22 09:15:15 AM

In other news, the campaign to outlaw dihydrogen monoxide (pops)is gaining ground. We must limit exposure to this dangerous chemical at all costs.

urger		2006-05-22 09:16:57 AM

thisispete: In other news, the campaign to outlaw dihydrogen monoxide (pops)is gaining ground. We must limit exposure to this dangerous chemical at all costs.

I don't know why this hasn't happened yet! I mean it is the largest component of acid rain for crying out loud!

gwowen		2006-05-22 09:18:26 AM

Persnickety : Over here in New England we've had so much rain this year that rivers and lakes are at their highest levels since the 1930s.

I was in Boston last summer, and got caught in possibly the most torrential thunderstorm I've ever seen. They even cancelled the open-air production of Hamlet we were watching on the Common. It was hilarious watching people scatter for the cover of the T-stations.

gwowen		2006-05-22 09:20:01 AM

Siamese Bream : About midway between the two.

Oh dear lord you're farked...

Au contraire. Cheshire has never looked lusher and greener, and the grass is so wet I've a perfectly good excuse not to cut it.

windowseat		2006-05-22 09:20:51 AM

This is why I'm putting rain barrels under all my gutter downspouts after I redo the gutters this year. The average house sheds a couple hundred gallons of water in a good storm.

ImJustaTroll		2006-05-22 09:24:16 AM

Drought?

Glass Parking lot!

Siamese Bream		2006-05-22 09:26:58 AM

gwowen

Oh that between the two. In that case you're safe.

Day_Old_Dutchie		2006-05-22 09:30:41 AM

Don'tcha wana raindance, raindance, raindance...

Gsm136		2006-05-22 09:33:13 AM

Hahahahaha those shmucks in the south. I'm going to go dance in the rain and just spray the hose willy nilly.

cryinoutloud		2006-05-22 09:36:00 AM

Here in the southwest we are having the driest year (since about last September) since the 1920's. Last year we set records for rainfall over three separate months.

Nah, nothing weird going on with the weather.

Glassfish		2006-05-22 09:36:01 AM

Amused.

I'm living in Colorado, where drought has been the reality for the last ten or so years. This year is looking to be no better, May is the wettest month and so far we havent had enough rain in Denver to put out the fire in my shorts. Water rationing has been in effect where I live for the last 4 or 5 years.

I won't jump to the conclusion that this is caused by climate shifts or global warming, but it has awakened the people in this region to the reality of life without abundant fresh water.

WillTAForCash		2006-05-22 09:36:11 AM

"But the government says the onus should be equally on consumers to preserve water - by putting large objects in toilet tanks, for example, taking fewer baths, or turning the tap off while brushing teeth."

The British need Sesame Street. I'm pretty sure I learned about all three of those from that show.

binnster		2006-05-22 09:38:22 AM

Another dry summer, they say, and people will be forced to fill their kettles and saucepans from fire hydrants in the streets.

We have fire hydrants in the streets? Why wasn't I told?

gwowen		2006-05-22 09:39:09 AM

The British need Sesame Street

We had it when I was growing up. Now all I can remember are the Spanish words for "Fire" and "Danger".

/ !Peligro!

Impeach Cheney First		2006-05-22 09:39:31 AM

Isn't it possible that the climate shift that's already occurred is the reason they're having a drought?

Danack		2006-05-22 09:40:22 AM

As soon as they say the words drought, the heaves open up.

It's been raining quite heavily for a week and the current weather forecast is:

Yep 5 more days of rain.

gwowen		2006-05-22 09:40:34 AM

Binnster: We have fire hydrants in the streets? Why wasn't I told?

Sorry, need to know basis only. All part of my masterplan to upgrade you all to Human version 2....

Wait, I've said too much.

binnster		2006-05-22 09:43:47 AM

But the government says the onus should be equally on consumers to preserve water - by putting large objects in toilet tanks

I wonder how many government officials will fit into my toilet tank...

BenR		2006-05-22 09:49:39 AM

binnster
Yes, those yellow square signs with a black 'H' on them show where they are. The manhole covers in the pavements with "Fire Hydrant" written on are also a bit of a giveaway sometimes...

xria		2006-05-22 09:50:21 AM

Obviously it would help some if the water companies were encouraged or forced to install water meters rather than just averaging out bills for most of their customers usage. It looks like the suppliers in Kent are being forced to because of the drought in the south, so at least some good is coming from it.

Generally the south east of england is more populated, and has lower than average rainfall compared to the rest of the country (and much less than wales and scotland), so its not surprising that area is being hit by shortages while most of the country isn't too bad off.

Lomis		2006-05-22 09:50:42 AM

I'm heading to London next month.
I hope it's not farking wet the entire time I'm there.

OxfordDon		2006-05-22 09:55:40 AM

BenR

Those black H's on a yellow background give the depth and diameter of the pipe below them, so that builders dont cut through them while digging foundations.

Irish builders of course ignore them.

Never get building work done by someone called O'Reily.

/Fatty Owls

DrSiN		2006-05-22 09:56:54 AM

I live in between Manchester and Stoke too , and the reservouir outside my town is almost overflowing.

Fark the south.

apocalypsenowuk		2006-05-22 09:57:08 AM

It was pissing it down this morning

/don't know what all the fuss is about

gwowen		2006-05-22 09:58:23 AM

DrSiN : Whereabouts?

MisterBill		2006-05-22 10:00:14 AM

ZAZ: TFA says "Climate change points to winters getting wetter across the UK."

The problem, though, is climate is an extremely chaotic system. Meteorologists in America can't accurately predict weather more than a few days ahead. This generally indicates that you can't count on someone's predictions for what's going to happen in the long term. You can be just as accurate by using common sense and the coats of wooly caterpillars. Global warming is just a term used to describe the change in global weather patterns. I don't think anyone at this stage of the game can predict the actual effect of those changes.

urger: I don't know why this hasn't happened yet! I mean it is the largest component of acid rain for crying out loud!

Not to mention what happens when someone tries to breathe the stuff. It will kill you in minutes!

apocalypsenowuk		2006-05-22 10:00:51 AM

I should add two things:

1. i live on the south coast

2. it's now farking nice weather outside

/wonders why he's still at the computer

jaraber527		2006-05-22 10:02:39 AM

Now that Global Dimming is on the decline, we ought to REALLY see some interesting siht go down w/Global Warming :(

/DRTFA

thisispete		2006-05-22 10:05:19 AM

gwowen		2006-05-22 10:12:46 AM

Meteorologists in America can't accurately predict weather more than a few days ahead. This generally indicates that you can't count on someone's predictions for what's going to happen in the long term.

You used facts about weather forecasting to make statements about climate prediction.

You lose, and will continue to lose until you appreciate that they're very much not the same thing.

Weather forecasting is to climate prediction
As quantum mechanics is to Newtonian mechanics.

In other words ensemble averaging works.

smithr		2006-05-22 10:18:28 AM

It's raining in Oxford

lotustuned		2006-05-22 10:30:57 AM

There's a fair few people in cheshire here, maybe everyone down south is dead of dehydration ?

gwowen		2006-05-22 10:37:45 AM

Cheshire Fark Party, Gregory's Nightclub, Nantwich :)

xria		2006-05-22 10:38:01 AM

Overcast and drizzling most of the day in East Midlands area, been like that most of the week.

Meteorologists in America can't accurately predict weather more than a few days ahead. This generally indicates that you can't count on someone's predictions for what's going to happen in the long term.

So if I can't successfully guess the result of an individual dice roll most of the time, but can give you a good idea (within a few percentage points of error) of how many of a particular result will come up over hundreds of rolls I must be cheating or something?

/Cheating in this case may be synoymous with having a 12 year olds grasp of statistics and probability

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