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Well we are now into the first of 4 days of rain that has been
forecast for us here just outside Swansea, Last night brought us 1 1/2 inches of rain and it's still p...ing down. They were forecasting 4 to 5 inches over 4 days but if it keeps this up I can see us getting well over 6 inches. David |
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, Dave Hill writes Well we are now into the first of 4 days of rain that has been forecast for us here just outside Swansea, Last night brought us 1 1/2 inches of rain and it's still p...ing down. They were forecasting 4 to 5 inches over 4 days but if it keeps this up I can see us getting well over 6 inches. David According to the BBC snow falls in inches rain falls in mm :-) -- hugh "Believe nothing. No matter where you read it, Or who said it, Even if I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own common sense." Buddha |
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If you think that is heavy rain, have a look at the Queensland rainfall of
the last two weeks. I believe the Australia wide drought has ended. -- Di I'm creative! You can't expect me to be neat too. Vic Australia "Dave Hill" wrote in message ... Well we are now into the first of 4 days of rain that has been forecast for us here just outside Swansea, Last night brought us 1 1/2 inches of rain and it's still p...ing down. They were forecasting 4 to 5 inches over 4 days but if it keeps this up I can see us getting well over 6 inches. David |
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On Jan 12, 9:38*pm, "DiMa" wrote:
If you think that is heavy rain, have a look at the Queensland rainfall of the last two weeks. I believe the Australia wide drought has ended. -- Di I'm creative! *You can't expect me to be neat too. Vic Australia "Dave Hill" wrote in message ... Well we are now into the first of 4 days of rain that has been forecast for us here just outside Swansea, Last night brought us 1 1/2 inches of rain and it's still p...ing down. They were forecasting 4 to 5 inches over 4 days but if it keeps this up I can see us getting well over 6 inches. David- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well another wet day over with another 1 1/4 inches added, not as much as forecast. I was supprised to hear a thrush singing yesterday afternoon despite the rain, and this morning we have quite a few birds starting to warm up for the dawn chorus. David Hill |
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On Jan 13, 12:11*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2011-01-13 09:38:52 +0000, Dave Hill said: On Jan 12, 9:38 pm, "DiMa" wrote: If you think that is heavy rain, have a look at the Queensland rainfall o f the last two weeks. I believe the Australia wide drought has ended. -- Di I'm creative! You can't expect me to be neat too. Vic Australia "Dave Hill" wrote in message .... Well we are now into the first of 4 days of rain that has been forecast for us here just outside Swansea, Last night brought us 1 1/2 inches of rain and it's still p...ing down. They were forecasting 4 to 5 inches over 4 days but if it keeps this up I can see us getting well over 6 inches. David- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well another wet day over with another 1 1/4 inches added, not as much as forecast. I was supprised to hear a thrush singing yesterday afternoon despite the rain, and this morning we have quite a few birds starting to warm up for the dawn chorus. David Hill It's much warmer here, though wet and gloomy. *However, the birds seem quite flirtatious and so do the two squirrels I saw scampering up our young mulberry tree this morning. *Two pairs of blackbirds were slugging it out on the front lawn, too. *It's quite a large lawn so why they have to try to forage and fight within 6' of each other, or less, I do not know! -- Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com South Devon- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Why will 2 women fight over one item in a sale when they are in a shop full of clothes? |
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"Dave Hill" wrote in message ... On Jan 13, 12:11 pm, Sacha wrote: On 2011-01-13 09:38:52 +0000, Dave Hill said: On Jan 12, 9:38 pm, "DiMa" wrote: If you think that is heavy rain, have a look at the Queensland rainfall o f the last two weeks. I believe the Australia wide drought has ended. -- Di I'm creative! You can't expect me to be neat too. Vic Australia "Dave Hill" wrote in message ... Well we are now into the first of 4 days of rain that has been forecast for us here just outside Swansea, Last night brought us 1 1/2 inches of rain and it's still p...ing down. They were forecasting 4 to 5 inches over 4 days but if it keeps this up I can see us getting well over 6 inches. David- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well another wet day over with another 1 1/4 inches added, not as much as forecast. I was supprised to hear a thrush singing yesterday afternoon despite the rain, and this morning we have quite a few birds starting to warm up for the dawn chorus. David Hill It's much warmer here, though wet and gloomy. However, the birds seem quite flirtatious and so do the two squirrels I saw scampering up our young mulberry tree this morning. Two pairs of blackbirds were slugging it out on the front lawn, too. It's quite a large lawn so why they have to try to forage and fight within 6' of each other, or less, I do not know! -- Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com South Devon- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Why will 2 women fight over one item in a sale when they are in a shop full of clothes? .................................................. ................................... I expect they were two males exercising their territorial rights :-) Seen it dozens of times Mike -- .................................... Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive .................................... |
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On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:31:28 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill wrote: Well we are now into the first of 4 days of rain that has been forecast for us here just outside Swansea, Last night brought us 1 1/2 inches of rain and it's still p...ing down. They were forecasting 4 to 5 inches over 4 days but if it keeps this up I can see us getting well over 6 inches. David We may bemoan the rain and lackof sunshine, but our reservoir, Chew Valley Lake is very low, much lower than it has been for several years even in so-called summer. We do meed the rain here. I think you have had more in S Wales, David. Pam in Bristol |
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writes On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:31:28 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill wrote: Well we are now into the first of 4 days of rain that has been forecast for us here just outside Swansea, Last night brought us 1 1/2 inches of rain and it's still p...ing down. They were forecasting 4 to 5 inches over 4 days but if it keeps this up I can see us getting well over 6 inches. David We may bemoan the rain and lackof sunshine, but our reservoir, Chew Valley Lake is very low, much lower than it has been for several years even in so-called summer. We do meed the rain here. I think you have had more in S Wales, David. Pam in Bristol It's been a very dry year overall. We've been recording rainfall etc as a hobby for the last 15 years and this is by far the driest. United Utilities (AKA north West Water) are talking about hose pipe ban shortly if the lakes and reservoirs don't fill up. -- hugh "Believe nothing. No matter where you read it, Or who said it, Even if I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own common sense." Buddha |
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On Jan 13, 7:44*pm, hugh ] wrote:
In message , Pam Moore writes On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:31:28 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill wrote: Well we are now into the first of 4 days of rain that has been forecast for us here just outside Swansea, Last night brought us 1 1/2 inches of rain and it's still p...ing down. They were forecasting 4 to 5 inches over 4 days but if it keeps this up I can see us getting well over 6 inches. David We may bemoan the rain and lackof sunshine, but our reservoir, Chew Valley Lake is very low, much lower than it has been for several years even in so-called summer. *We do meed the rain here. I think you have had more in S Wales, David. Pam in Bristol It's been a very dry year overall. We've been recording rainfall etc as a hobby for the last 15 years and this is by far the driest. United Utilities (AKA north West Water) are talking about hose pipe ban shortly if the lakes and reservoirs don't fill up. -- hugh "Believe nothing. No matter where you read it, Or who said it, Even if I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own common sense." Buddha- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - In this part of Wales we realy do get more than our fair share of rain, Swansea is the wetest city in the UK http://www.welshicons.org.uk/html/water.php, We are 400 ft above Swansea and get a lot more rain as the clouds are lifted over us to over 1000 ft so we get a lot of extra rain yesterday was just 0.95 inches. When I first moved here we had around 60 inches a year then around 10 years ago we went up to 80 inches and have stayed around that ever since. David Hill |
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"Dave Hill" wrote in message ... In this part of Wales we realy do get more than our fair share of rain, Swansea is the wetest city in the UK http://www.welshicons.org.uk/html/water.php, We are 400 ft above Swansea and get a lot more rain as the clouds are lifted over us to over 1000 ft so we get a lot of extra rain yesterday was just 0.95 inches. When I first moved here we had around 60 inches a year then around 10 years ago we went up to 80 inches and have stayed around that ever since. David Hill Which leads me nicely to my favourite hobby-horse. There is more than enough rainwater catchment in the UK to satisfy demand. We have a gas grid and a power grid - but very short- sightedly, no water grid. We have also not invested enough in additional water storage facilities. Too expensive - some would argue, but I would disagree. There will certainly come a time when surplus water will be economically exportable. Financial returns from this, would go someway towards recompensing the grid costs. Regards Pete www.thecanalshop.com |
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"Pete" wrote in message ... "Dave Hill" wrote in message ... In this part of Wales we realy do get more than our fair share of rain, Swansea is the wetest city in the UK http://www.welshicons.org.uk/html/water.php, We are 400 ft above Swansea and get a lot more rain as the clouds are lifted over us to over 1000 ft so we get a lot of extra rain yesterday was just 0.95 inches. When I first moved here we had around 60 inches a year then around 10 years ago we went up to 80 inches and have stayed around that ever since. David Hill Which leads me nicely to my favourite hobby-horse. There is more than enough rainwater catchment in the UK to satisfy demand. We have a gas grid and a power grid - but very short- sightedly, no water grid. We have also not invested enough in additional water storage facilities. Too expensive - some would argue, but I would disagree. There will certainly come a time when surplus water will be economically exportable. Financial returns from this, would go someway towards recompensing the grid costs. Regards Pete www.thecanalshop.com Thought the same thing many many times. And as more rain falls in the North than the South, pumping will not be required as it is all downhill ;-} Mike -- .................................... Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive .................................... |
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In message , Pete
writes There is more than enough rainwater catchment in the UK to satisfy demand. We have a gas grid and a power grid - but very short- sightedly, no water grid. Ah the benefits of hindsight. There's never been sufficiently large enough problem top justify the expenditure. Maybe the economic balance is beginning to change. Building a water grid is much more expensive and difficult than either an electric or gas grid. There was an interesting program on TV recently on the history of the national electricity grid. I remember attending a Faraday lecture on the subject back in the early 60s. -- hugh "Believe nothing. No matter where you read it, Or who said it, Even if I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own common sense." Buddha |
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