biblical rain

Morrisman · Jul 15, 2023

Ged93 said:
You should be here in Italy .
Sun is so hard that can crack rocks , here in my town ( north-est of Italy ) we have 34-36 °C and tons of humidity .
40-41 °C in places like Sicily , Tuscany and Sardinia .
Good thing for tourists , not so good while welding in the shop .

Tomorrow I'm planning to have a lone dirtbike train session in the woods so I have to wake up at 5:00 am , breakfast and packing some stuff , and I'll be there around 6:30 am , that's the only way to train at a decent temperature ( it will take probably 2-3 hours ) .
And nobody is out there , like bicycles or horses or just people walking .. so I can enjoy it all .

It's damn hot , damn damn hot here .

Hey , you could be here in approx. 2 hours by plane from London , so why spending a weekend on the sofa while it's raining there ? Take a plane and spend 2-3 days in places like Italy , or Spain , or Greece .
I would have done by myself , but simply I cannot stay too far from the shop for too long ..

I lived in the Philippines for 20 years, 35°c was the norm. Nice for tourists, but like you say, not in the workshop.

I'd be wearing coveralls just dripping wet like I'd been in the shower, some days. I'd have an electric fan, that I had to move every time I moved, to keep it blowing on me.

Seadog · Jul 15, 2023

Matchless said:
My wife is away camping with the girl guides at Gilwell park, rather her than me!

At least she doesn't have far to go for dry clothing

bricol · Jul 15, 2023

Sorry . . .

After several weeks of sun on my newly sown grass seed, I finally cracked and bought a cheap lawn sprinkler from Toolstation last saturday morning. Ran it for a good few hours to get some moisture in the ground . . . I'd just got it turned off and tidied away that evening when the heavens opened . . .

It's not stopped much since . . .

RichardM · Jul 15, 2023

Went to Minehead Somerset last Saturday, 5 hr trip down, 8 hr trip back yesterday.

Wildefalcon · Jul 15, 2023

I'm wondering what the winter will be like. I've never seen so many hazelnuts on the hazel trees.

ukracer · Jul 15, 2023

bricol said:
Sorry . . .

After several weeks of sun on my newly sown grass seed, I finally cracked and bought a cheap lawn sprinkler from Toolstation last saturday morning. Ran it for a good few hours to get some moisture in the ground . . . I'd just got it turned off and tidied away that evening when the heavens opened . . .

It's not stopped much since . . .

It's your fault then. Lol

CornishPete · Jul 15, 2023

Been at the flying legends air show today. They wouldn't even let us in for first half an hour due to lightening and thunderstorms! It did brighten up just in time for a reduced show. Gutted they cancelled the Balbo at the end but under the weather constraints we probably saw 3/4 of the planned aircraft so could have been worse!

Robotstar5 · Jul 15, 2023

Biblical rain is not new, this was from where I lived in the 80's

bricol · Jul 15, 2023

Wildefalcon said:
I'm wondering what the winter will be like. I've never seen so many hazelnuts on the hazel trees.

You sound like my mum . . . worries every year I can remember how bad the winter will be, how many hundredweight bag of potatoes she'll need to see her through . . .

Since I've been driving (1987) there's been precisely . . . no winter day I've been unable to get to her . . . :doh:

addjunkie · Jul 16, 2023

bricol said:
You sound like my mum . . . worries every year I can remember how bad the winter will be, how many hundredweight bag of potatoes she'll need to see her through . . .

Since I've been driving (1987) there's been precisely . . . no winter day I've been unable to get to her . . .

Guess it depends where you live.

Arc Tourist · Jul 16, 2023

addjunkie said:
Guess it depends where you live.
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My friend Dan carried a photo in his wallet of a cabin with what looked like a couple of chimneys that rose about a dozen feet above the roof. He said " one of them was the way out in winter ".

Pond frog · Jul 16, 2023

Robotstar5 said:
Biblical rain is not new, this was from where I lived in the 80's

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Bournville ?

magnet · Jul 16, 2023

All this rain sould be suiting you, Pond frog

Robotstar5 · Jul 16, 2023

Pond frog said:
Bournville ?

Bearwood.

Pond frog · Jul 16, 2023

magnet said:
All this rain sould be suiting you, Pond frog

Yes the home pond is nice and full me and mrs frog are having a chilled Sunday morning relaxing on the lily pad

Cobbler · Jul 16, 2023

Pond frog said:
Yes the home pond is nice and full me and mrs frog are having a chilled Sunday morning relaxing on the lily pad

a relative? :laughing:

Morrisman · Jul 16, 2023

Robotstar5 said:
Biblical rain is not new, this was from where I lived in the 80's

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It's not the amount of rain that is new and unusual, it's the quantity of water dropping from the sky in such an extremely short period. I've never seen rain this heavy before in this country.

magnet · Jul 16, 2023

Morrisman said:
It's not the amount of rain that is new and unusual, it's the quantity of water dropping from the sky in such an extremely short period. I've never seen rain this heavy before in this country.

I did in 2012 when my hometown of morpeth flooded i went to secure my dads house and evacuate him.
We were filling fertilizer bags with soil in his back garden to use as sand bags. He was holding them open and i was shoveling, the rain was so heavy i couldnt see him even that close.
I feature in this book https://www.edwardplatt.co.uk/the-great-flood/ This guy was a friend of mine at primary school who i got in touch with 40 years later and he put my story in his book.

Bobupndown · Jul 16, 2023

It's bloody miserable here in NI (where rain is not exactly unexpected) had 3 spectacular sunny warm weeks in June but literally since the end of June it has not stopped raining every day. I don't remember such a stormy period of weather with thunder and lightning such a frequent occurrence. It like what you get in Florida - without the heat!
Grass needs cut badly (or goodly

), who knows when it will be dry enough to do it? The coming week is looking no better.

Morrisman · Jul 16, 2023

Fear not, warmer weather is on the way...... :whistle:

Britain set to bask in blistering nine-week heatwave with blazing hot sunshine until late September

UK told to expect two months of scorching weather as forecast of African plumes force bookies to slash odds on autumn sizzler

www.gbnews.com

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