Warm enough for you...?

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Fri 19 Jul, 2013 4:03 pm

Chrism wrote: Jogon wrote: I recall 76 with ladybirds. Back then we were thankful for electric John Smiths Youth of today etc etc, lol.Cats are lethargic and unpredictable.. I remember 76 too, I think that's when everyone started drinking Lager. Well there wasn't any water to drink

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Fri 19 Jul, 2013 5:18 pm

Chrism wrote: Can I just state that this is NOT a heatwave, it's SUMMER. We ain't had one for years so have forgotten what they're like. Loads of peeps on Facebook are moaning that the 'Heatwave' is too much now. It's Summer, deal with it. Moan when it's cold, moan when it rains, moan when it's hot. It's looking a bit 'back endish', well past mid summer's day.Chrism you are right though.Last night's BBC news was a classic bit of BBC B.S.Way back they took against anyone who was Eurosceptic, then rubbished anyone who dared to question climate change.Last night saw some overpaid, overpensioned reporter sent down to Devon to try and collate the awfulness of this awful hot weather.Fortunately he interviewed a very sensible Harbourmaster.BBC "so what problems has the hot weather and high temperature caused here"HM " none, it's lovely really, boat visitors are up and we're having a good season"

shutthatdoor · Post by **shutthatdoor** » Fri 19 Jul, 2013 6:10 pm

I remember having to fill buckets and pans of water from a stand pipe in the street. I was 13yrs old and it was all a great big adventure then. The Leeds/Liverpool canal was down to a trickle and ice pops were the biggest sellers. If only they did a Stella ice pop now. Mmm.Pound shop for some lolly moulds I think.

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Fri 19 Jul, 2013 6:52 pm

The one thing that sticks in my mind regarding the sweltering summer of '76 was the price of chips. There was a shortage of potatoes because of the prolonged drought. Consequently the price of fish & chips went through the roof due to an increase in the price of chips and they never came down in price when things got back to normal.

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Fri 19 Jul, 2013 7:50 pm

Johnny39 wrote: The one thing that sticks in my mind regarding the sweltering summer of '76 was the price of chips. There was a shortage of potatoes because of the prolonged drought. Consequently the price of fish & chips went through the roof due to an increase in the price of chips and they never came down in price when things got back to normal. Hi Johnny39 Does any thing ever come down in price once its gone up I for one don't think so.PS Balloons are going up with inflation he.he.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Fri 19 Jul, 2013 7:59 pm

It seems to have been sunny and red hot for an age now. I couldn't think when this hot weather started, then I remembered I took a photo for a joke on facebook with some B.B.Q stuff. The weather was promised to be hot and sunny for the weekend, I joked cynically 'Yes I bet. The photo was taken on Friday the 5th July, and the forecast was spot on, It was boiling the next day, and has remained so ever since. So by tomorrow we've had a full 2 weeks of this hot weather.If you can recall that around Mon, Tues, and Weds (1,2,3 July) It was very windy, showers and heavy rain, and very cool with temperatures more like March. Yet three days later it was the start of the heatwave. We've had no rain since.The weather is set to cool a little over the weekend, and then next week get even hotter, with very high humidity. I'll update the Calender as time goes by

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 19 Jul, 2013 10:13 pm

I've just been looking at the river levels section of the Environment Agency website and for at least the local rivers though levels are below normal there is still a reasonable water flow, despite there apparently being no rainfall of any note in the Dales for very many days now. This link is to the level of the River Aire at Crown Point Bridge, which at 18:00 today was 0.40 metres where the typical range is stated to be between 0.53 to 1.35 metres. http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/ho ... ionId=8061

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sun 21 Jul, 2013 10:37 am

What the heck is all this wet stuff falling from the sky...?

majorhoundii · Post by **majorhoundii** » Sun 21 Jul, 2013 5:08 pm

Jogon wrote: Chrism wrote: Can I just state that this is NOT a heatwave, it's SUMMER. We ain't had one for years so have forgotten what they're like. Loads of peeps on Facebook are moaning that the 'Heatwave' is too much now. It's Summer, deal with it. Moan when it's cold, moan when it rains, moan when it's hot. It's looking a bit 'back endish', well past mid summer's day.Chrism you are right though.Last night's BBC news was a classic bit of BBC B.S.Way back they took against anyone who was Eurosceptic, then rubbished anyone who dared to question climate change.Last night saw some overpaid, overpensioned reporter sent down to Devon to try and collate the awfulness of this awful hot weather.Fortunately he interviewed a very sensible Harbourmaster.BBC "so what problems has the hot weather and high temperature caused here"HM " none, it's lovely really, boat visitors are up and we're having a good season" There may be more than one view on Europe, but there is only one on climate change, it is happening, the ice caps are melting, the polar bears are suffering, the jet stream has been affected, as has the gulf stream, the North West passage is now open to shipping. We can expect extreme weather. These are not arguments they are facts. You can argue about what's causing climate change, whether we're causing it or whether it's a natural phenomenon, but you can't argue that it isn't happening because it is.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Sun 21 Jul, 2013 5:27 pm

You may well be right major.I don't know, I've seen stuff that concerns me. The point I made was about BBC B.S*it.This included two stances on two topics which stifled open debate. And in doing so did 'these causes' no favours, although the Corporation has expressed some regret for this recently.