Stormy Weather

[doversoul1]

We in the UK are famous for our obsession with the Weather and yet in the US they have a major TV Channel - the Weather Channel which covers nothing else. Would such a channel survive in the UK I wonder?

I am almost sure it wouldn’t. It’s talking about it that the British are obsessed with and not so much with the weather itself.

Well, still not a drop of rain down this end of Kent. The badgers have been digging up any plants newly planted in the ground, in tubs or in pots. That’s the only place they seem to be able to dig up to look for food. And there is still no rain forecasted….

[amateur51]

The seasons seem hopelessly mixed this year. We had July in March/April, now in May it's gone back to late March/April weather. I just hope that earlier weather wasn't our summer

If I see a Christmas pudding on sale in Sainsbury's in June I'll know it's all true, salymap!

I, possible alone, am greatly enjoying this topsy-turvy weather - the early sunshine has eased my mind and the warmth has eased my joints. I don't mind taking out half a dozen bowls of water to 'feed' my patio garden - and when one more smug soul tells me 'that's the wrong sort of rain, dear!' I just point to how happy it's all looking

Human and Nature in harmony .. -ish

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

yep amateur51 it is a tad blissful innit ...but not in the USA where the Mississippi is yet to reach its peak levels and they are likely to have the worst flooding since 1927 .... [i use one of those curly hoses and long necked end things to reach the baskets and pots up on the walls, leaks like a sieve and soaks me but what fun ...]

[Serial_Apologist]

yep amateur51 it is a tad blissful innit ...but not in the USA where the Mississippi is yet to reach its peak levels and they are likely to have the worst flooding since 1927 .... [i use one of those curly hoses and long necked end things to reach the baskets and pots up on the walls, leaks like a sieve and soaks me but what fun ...]

Yes, the weather has been topsy-turvy now for several months - not just here but worldwide. Whether or not it's to do with El Nino I'm not sure; but the low pressure systems that normally give us in the UK our customary mixed weather are tracking much further south than usual - and that goes for the States as well.

[marthe]

We in the UK are famous for our obsession with the Weather and yet in the US they have a major TV Channel - the Weather Channel which covers nothing else. Would such a channel survive in the UK I wonder?

I no longer have a TV but used to watch the Weather Channel's forecasts and, occasionally, get sucked into watching high weather drama on a program called "Storm Stories" which was mostly about tornadoes and hurricanes. I still use the Weather Channel's online forecasts to see what kind of weather to expect for the coming week. I was always amused by weather reports on Radio 4 that would forecast rain with bright intervals!

[antongould]

They still have hour upon hour of Storm Stories and they can become compulsive! You do have a lot of weather over here!!

[salymap]

It is cloudy and according to BBC Weather the SE/Kent are to get a shower at 1pm today. This is really nail-biting stuff, is it possible?

The good side is that the weeds are drooping as well as the plants in my garden. Wow.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

well it is very changeable weather but the news in the middle kingdom is a two hour power cut [on Cup Final Saturday!] .... a salutory reminder of what life without electricity would be like ....

[amateur51]

well it is very changeable weather but the news in the middle kingdom is a two hour power cut [on Cup Final Saturday!] .... a salutory reminder of what life without electricity would be like ....

Oh are we all going to gather around the ol' Joanna in the parlour & make our own entertainment, then?

I'd rather be dead in a ditch me, but ...

How is ol' Joanna I wonder?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvL5chzEhUQ

[antongould]

It is cloudy and according to BBC Weather the SE/Kent are to get a shower at 1pm today. This is really nail-biting stuff, is it possible?

The good side is that the weeds are drooping as well as the plants in my garden. Wow.

Well did the monsoon arrive or is it still palm trees and camels in Sidcup?

[salymap]

No rain, Holst's Beni Mora played as the camels pass by. Six or seven drops on the window only. bws

[antongould]

Hope you used the drops wisely - my Ditzy daughters still can't remember if the coalfields have had any drops or not!!

[marthe]

They still have hour upon hour of Storm Stories and they can become compulsive! You do have a lot of weather over here!!

Compulsive indeed! Yes, we have a lot of weather over here...but it's a big country! Hurricane season starts next month which will make for interesting weather hype on The Weather Channel! Hurricanes are nothing to be sniffed at and we're very lucky to have been spared any major storms for quite a while. I good nor'easter can do almost as much damage as a hurricane, though.

[antongould]

Yes we have decided to come to Florida this year before the Hurricane season starts as in the past we have had some narrow escapes!

[marthe]

Yikes! Come to New England...wonderful summer weather once it gets here! I know, shameless plug etc. Over and out. Time to go to work.