Weather

[Char]

Here in the back of beyond it started out nice and sunny with a decent breeze so I opened up the car to dry it out. The windows had been wet and fogged from all the damp inside. Then this afternoon it peed down and I didn't notice. Very soggy car now. I'll have to use the dehumidifier again.

Sods law eh, same thing has happened to me from time to time.

[manonthemoon2]

Wet here, again

[MAD87]

Well if it's any consolation, 'tis extremely windy and wet where I am in la belle Creuse.

Meanwhile next door in the Republic of Haute-Vienne, it's not exactly sunny but it's been quiet and mostly drizzly. I hope it stays that way - I still remember the Tempête of '99 with a shudder.

[Hotrodder]

Been watching video clips of the goings on in UK. The O2 dome in London in shreds. Planes landing at Heathrow like a drunk belly dancer. Lorries being blown over. Massive tree in Bude falling over.
Then stumbled across an article stating that a million trees have been knocked over in UK this winter (before these two storms)! Supposedly because of all the recent crap weather.

[exile]

And yet the weather forecasters tell us that they cannot attribute anything specifically to global warming/climate change. The number of storms is not exceptional. The stacking of storms one behind another is normal for winter.

So please can anyone explain,
as a youngster I don't remember ever having the school closed for bad weather.
we had power cuts but they rarely lasted more then 2 hours and certainly not 11 days.
the trains ran; the buses ran
no one shut bridges
if it rained hard we got wet
if the wind was strong we got cold
life went on as normal.

What has changed?

[Blaze]

@exile Do you remember the winter of 1962/3 ? The pipes froze at my school and we went back 2 or 3 weeks late. Some lessons, but lots of outdoor fun in the snow. We didn't even have to wear uniform, just warm clothes.
There was plenty of disruption but it was exceptional and I doubt there's been anything quite like it since !

[exile]

Yes I remember it. Walking mainly down the road because the pavements were still deep in snow and separated from the road by a "Dune" of snow where the shovels, tractors and ploughs had half cleared the road and sometimes pavement. The dunes became a favoured route later - up and down over the heaps. Lasted until April.

Snow started to fall on Boxing Day 1962 and by the time schools went back we were expected to be there. No days off for us.

[exile]

Oh and I also remember that (as was expected at the time) I was still in short trousers.

[niemeyjt]

And yet the weather forecasters tell us that they cannot attribute anything specifically to global warming/climate change. The number of storms is not exceptional. The stacking of storms one behind another is normal for winter.

So please can anyone explain,
as a youngster I don't remember ever having the school closed for bad weather.
we had power cuts but they rarely lasted more then 2 hours and certainly not 11 days.
the trains ran; the buses ran
no one shut bridges
if it rained hard we got wet
if the wind was strong we got cold
life went on as normal.

What has changed?

Loss of local services. How far away was your school from home? How far is it nowadays? Ditto things like power stations and gas works.

Trains - electric pantographs vs steam

Liability - fear of little darlings slipping on an icy playground and being sued.

etc

[Pathca]

Apparently a plane from the Canaries to Manchester diverted to Bordeaux