Drought in Yorkshire

[BlueSharp]

Ah, it's just a lack of rain, not Yorkshire Ale, you had me worried then!

[willendure]

Back in my day, we used to dream a having the luxury of a drought. We were so poor, we lived in a lake, but not a proper lake, mind, it were a big puddle and it weren’t filled wi water neither, that were slurry and we were grateful for it.

I was on holiday in Wales in 2022 and got chatting to the local butcher about the drought. He said he remembered 1976 and it was way worse than 2022. All the water was turned off, but men were still working in the coal pits in those days. They came home at the end of the day completely black with coal dust head to toe and they had no water to wash in, a situation that went on for months.

[jamesbrown]

Back in my day, we used to dream a having the luxury of a drought. We were so poor, we lived in a lake, but not a proper lake, mind, it were a big puddle and it weren’t filled wi water neither, that were slurry and we were grateful for it.

[willendure]

BBC News - Environment Agency declares drought across Yorkshire - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr4zyq4rde4o

You've all been warned.

As predicted by myself.

1976
1983
1990
1997
2004
2011
2018
2025

Not all of those are drought years, and some that were were more severe than others. 1976 famously was. 2011/18/25 have all been. 83/90/97/04 were not exactly on those years, things shifted maybe a year either side, and whatever droughts were not bad. But there is definitely a strong cycle of 7 years to it.

2022 was a particularly strong drought. A bit out of sequence.

[Uncle Albert]

Sheffield isn’t Yorkshire, anything below the M62 is France

Absolutely. You a Loiner?

[SimonMac]

I blame Sheffield.

No particular reason, the doylems just look shifty out that way.

Anyway, as long as we stick to supping our beer and leave water for the sheep, we'll be reyt.

Sheffield isn’t Yorkshire, anything below the M62 is France

[SueEllen]

*Brews cuppa while looking out the window at the rain*

If the ground is already hard then the rain won't be able to penetrate into the ground which is why you want a wet Spring and Autumn.

[Uncle Albert]

I blame Sheffield.

No particular reason, the doylems just look shifty out that way.

Anyway, as long as we stick to supping our beer and leave water for the sheep, we'll be reyt.

[SimonMac]

*Brews cuppa while looking out the window at the rain*

[sadkingbilly]

[SueEllen]

BBC News - Environment Agency declares drought across Yorkshire - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr4zyq4rde4o

You've all been warned.