Drought in Western Isles
 

http://www.hebrides-news.com/western...ught-6712.html

"Drought hits the Western Isles 6/7/12

The Western Isles is facing one of its worst droughts in living memory
while other parts of Scotland are suffering severe flooding.

Islanders are being told to conserve water after utility company Scottish
Water warns that reservoirs levels are dropping after a prolonged dry
spell.

Exceptionally good weather and months with little rain has created the
drought conditions and resulted in a very large number of wild fires in
many places across the islands.

There were four large blazes which swept through the tinder-dry historic
Lews Castle Grounds in Stornoway.

For a period, the danger of firemen being killed prevented them from
tackling the flames whipping around a main electricity sub-station - as
water on live electricity is lethal.

The falling water level in the nearby river meant fire crews had to call
in water tankers to fight the fires.

Amateur footballers are also taking a few knocks on rock hard pitches -
with the local fire brigade being called out to hose a couple of local
sports fields.

Golf courses have been scorched by the lack of rain with sprinklers going
at Stornoway Golf Club in a desperate struggle to soften the greens before
a week-long round of competitions start next week.

The Scarista course turned orangey brown though a sprinkling of light rain
recently aided its limited recovery.

The problems is worse on the Isle of Harris where the thinner layer of
peat over hard rock means some traditional wells are empty and elderly
islanders report never seeing conditions as bad as this.

Thousands of islanders are told to "use water wisely" for the rest of the
summer and Scottish Water is preparing to truck in water tankers and pump
supplies from one source to another.

Worst affected areas in the Western Isles are South Uist, Lochmaddy,
Stornoway and North Tolsta.

According to the Met Office, the Outer Hebrides has received only 14.5mm
of rain from the first 24 days of June compared to the 78.4mm usually
expected for the whole of the month. "

Janet

Drought in Western Isles
 

Janet wrote in
:



http://www.hebrides-news.com/western...ught-6712.html

"Drought hits the Western Isles 6/7/12

The Western Isles is facing one of its worst droughts in living memory
while other parts of Scotland are suffering severe flooding.

Islanders are being told to conserve water after utility company
Scottish Water warns that reservoirs levels are dropping after a
prolonged dry spell.

Exceptionally good weather and months with little rain has created the
drought conditions and resulted in a very large number of wild fires
in many places across the islands.

There were four large blazes which swept through the tinder-dry
historic Lews Castle Grounds in Stornoway.

For a period, the danger of firemen being killed prevented them from
tackling the flames whipping around a main electricity sub-station -
as water on live electricity is lethal.

The falling water level in the nearby river meant fire crews had to
call in water tankers to fight the fires.

Amateur footballers are also taking a few knocks on rock hard pitches
- with the local fire brigade being called out to hose a couple of
local sports fields.

Golf courses have been scorched by the lack of rain with sprinklers
going at Stornoway Golf Club in a desperate struggle to soften the
greens before a week-long round of competitions start next week.

The Scarista course turned orangey brown though a sprinkling of light
rain recently aided its limited recovery.

The problems is worse on the Isle of Harris where the thinner layer of
peat over hard rock means some traditional wells are empty and elderly
islanders report never seeing conditions as bad as this.

Thousands of islanders are told to "use water wisely" for the rest of
the summer and Scottish Water is preparing to truck in water tankers
and pump supplies from one source to another.

Worst affected areas in the Western Isles are South Uist, Lochmaddy,
Stornoway and North Tolsta.

According to the Met Office, the Outer Hebrides has received only
14.5mm of rain from the first 24 days of June compared to the 78.4mm
usually expected for the whole of the month. "

Janet

Not very convincing, at least Janet does not give THIS much crap.
Tarraa

Drought in Western Isles
 

On Jul 15, 5:01*pm, Baz wrote:
Janet wrote :











http://www.hebrides-news.com/western...ught-6712.html

* "Drought hits the Western Isles * * * * * * * * 6/7/12

The Western Isles is facing one of its worst droughts in living memory
while other parts of Scotland are suffering severe flooding.

Islanders are being told to conserve water after utility company
Scottish Water warns that reservoirs levels are dropping after a
prolonged dry spell.

Exceptionally good weather and months with little rain has created the
drought conditions and resulted in a very large number of wild fires
in many places across the islands.

There were four large blazes which swept through the tinder-dry
historic Lews Castle Grounds in Stornoway.

For a period, the danger of firemen being killed prevented them from
tackling the flames whipping around a main electricity sub-station -
as water on live electricity is lethal.

The falling water level in the nearby river meant fire crews had to
call in water tankers *to fight the fires.

Amateur footballers are also taking a few knocks on rock hard pitches
- with the local fire brigade being called out to hose a couple of
local sports fields.

Golf courses have been scorched by the lack of rain with sprinklers
going at Stornoway Golf Club in a desperate struggle to soften the
greens before a week-long round of competitions start next week.

The Scarista course turned orangey brown though a sprinkling of light
rain recently aided its limited recovery.

The problems is worse on the Isle of Harris where the thinner layer of
peat over hard rock means some traditional wells are empty and elderly
islanders report never seeing conditions as bad as this.

Thousands of islanders are told to "use water wisely" for the rest of
the summer and Scottish Water is preparing to truck in water tankers
and pump supplies from one source to another.

Worst affected areas in the Western Isles are South Uist, Lochmaddy,
Stornoway and North Tolsta.

According to the Met Office, the Outer Hebrides has received only
14.5mm of rain from the first 24 days of June compared to the 78.4mm
usually expected for the whole of the month. "

* * Janet

Not very convincing, at least Janet does not give THIS much crap.
Tarraa

You seem to have been fully taken in by corp media crap suggesting
global warming isnt a problem, so why do you have any issues with this
post?

Drought in Western Isles
 

Steerpike wrote in
:

On Jul 15, 5:01*pm, Baz wrote:
Janet wrote

rnal-september.org:











http://www.hebrides-news.com/western...ught-6712.html

* "Drought hits the Western Isles * * * * * * * * 6/7
/12

The Western Isles is facing one of its worst droughts in living
memory while other parts of Scotland are suffering severe flooding.

Islanders are being told to conserve water after utility company
Scottish Water warns that reservoirs levels are dropping after a
prolonged dry spell.

Exceptionally good weather and months with little rain has created
the drought conditions and resulted in a very large number of wild
fires in many places across the islands.

There were four large blazes which swept through the tinder-dry
historic Lews Castle Grounds in Stornoway.

For a period, the danger of firemen being killed prevented them
from tackling the flames whipping around a main electricity
sub-station - as water on live electricity is lethal.

The falling water level in the nearby river meant fire crews had to
call in water tankers *to fight the fires.

Amateur footballers are also taking a few knocks on rock hard
pitches - with the local fire brigade being called out to hose a
couple of local sports fields.

Golf courses have been scorched by the lack of rain with sprinklers
going at Stornoway Golf Club in a desperate struggle to soften the
greens before a week-long round of competitions start next week.

The Scarista course turned orangey brown though a sprinkling of
light rain recently aided its limited recovery.

The problems is worse on the Isle of Harris where the thinner layer
of peat over hard rock means some traditional wells are empty and
elderly islanders report never seeing conditions as bad as this.

Thousands of islanders are told to "use water wisely" for the rest
of the summer and Scottish Water is preparing to truck in water
tankers and pump supplies from one source to another.

Worst affected areas in the Western Isles are South Uist,
Lochmaddy, Stornoway and North Tolsta.

According to the Met Office, the Outer Hebrides has received only
14.5mm of rain from the first 24 days of June compared to the
78.4mm usually expected for the whole of the month. "

* * Janet

Not very convincing, at least Janet does not give THIS much crap.
Tarraa

You seem to have been fully taken in by corp media crap suggesting
global warming isnt a problem, so why do you have any issues with this
post?


Tarraa I said!