Just put the heating on

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SueEllen replied

2 August 2023, 16:20
Originally posted by Paddy View Post

'No rain' is forecast for next Wednesday with a temperature of 22c, Can't wait for the hosepipe ban and England is boiling headlines.

Have you missed the news about various water companies? Any hosepipe ban would be due to the fact that more water leaks away due to poorly maintained infrastructure in some areas than the average person uses.
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Paddy replied

2 August 2023, 11:21
'No rain' is forecast for next Wednesday with a temperature of 22c, Can't wait for the hosepipe ban and England is boiling headlines.
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BlasterBates replied

2 August 2023, 08:57
It was the 6th wettest July on record.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2385663.html

Last edited by BlasterBates; 2 August 2023, 08:59.
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SueEllen replied

2 August 2023, 08:49
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...july-on-record

Wettest July on record in NI and some parts of England - so it ain't normal weather.

Last edited by SueEllen; 2 August 2023, 10:37.
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SueEllen replied

2 August 2023, 08:26
Originally posted by xoggoth View Post

You need heating on at this time of year? You must be an older old fart than this old fart.

You are just cheap.
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xoggoth replied

2 August 2023, 08:16
You need heating on at this time of year? You must be an older old fart than this old fart.
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SueEllen replied

2 August 2023, 08:09
I am soaked to the skin from the rain just coming down.
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Paddy replied

2 August 2023, 07:54
Originally posted by Snooky View Post

You do understand that climate change screws up familiar weather patterns, resulting in unseasonable or previously unseen excesses of variation?

You do understand that England had always had bad summers long before "climate change" even far back as 1314 to 1316

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryU...amine-of-1314/
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Snooky replied

2 August 2023, 07:30
Originally posted by Paddy View Post

Got to admire the BBC referring to "The unseasonable weather with low temperatures and rain" but it's "Climate change and runaway global warming making southern Europe boil

You do understand that climate change screws up familiar weather patterns, resulting in unseasonable or previously unseen excesses of variation?
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Mordac replied

1 August 2023, 22:39
It's the middle of winter down under. The BBC didn't mention that either.
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Paddy started a topic Just put the heating on

1 August 2023, 19:40
Just put the heating on

Just put the heating on for the first time in any August. Got to admire the BBC referring to "The unseasonable weather with low temperatures and rain" but it's "Climate change and runaway global warming making southern Europe boil
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