Stormy Weather

[vinteuil]

... and of course some prefer the French Republican calendar -

The Republican calendar year began at the autumn equinox and had twelve months of 30 days each, which were given new names based on nature, principally having to do with the prevailing weather in and around Paris.

Autumn:
Vendémiaire in French (from Latin vindemia, "grape harvest"), starting 22, 23 or 24 September
Brumaire (from French brume, "fog"), starting 22, 23 or 24 October
Frimaire (From French frimas, "frost"), starting 21, 22 or 23 November

Winter:
Nivôse (from Latin nivosus, "snowy"), starting 21, 22 or 23 December
Pluviôse (from Latin pluvius, "rainy"), starting 20, 21 or 22 January
Ventôse (from Latin ventosus, "windy"), starting 19, 20 or 21 February

Spring:
Germinal (from Latin germen, "germination"), starting 20 or 21 March
Floréal (from Latin flos, "flower"), starting 20 or 21 April
Prairial (from French prairie, "pasture"), starting 20 or 21 May

Summer:
Messidor (from Latin messis, "harvest"), starting 19 or 20 June
Thermidor (or Fervidor) (from Greek thermon, "summer heat"), starting 19 or 20 July
Fructidor (from Latin fructus, "fruit"), starting 18 or 19 August

[Serial_Apologist]

Serial - Apologist

sounds to me as if you might be suited to the 'ecological seasons'...
I quote from wiki -

Ecological seasons
Ecologically speaking, a season is a period of the year in which only certain types of floral and animal events happen (e.g.: flowers bloom—spring; hedgehogs hibernate—winter). So, if we can observe a change in daily floral/animal events, the season is changing.
Temperate areas
Six seasons can be distinguished. Mild temperate regions tend to experience the beginning of the hibernal season up to a month later than cool temperate areas, while the prevernal and vernal seasons begin up to a month earlier. For example, prevernal crocus blooms typically appear as early as February in mild coastal areas of British Columbia, the British Isles, and western and southern Europe. The actual dates for each season vary by climate region and can shift from one year to the next. Average dates listed here are for cool temperate climate zones in the Northern Hemisphere:

Prevernal (ca.1 March–1 May)
Vernal (ca.1 May–15 June)
Estival (ca.15 June–15 August)
Serotinal (ca.15 August–15 September)
Autumnal (ca.15 September–1 November)
Hibernal (ca.1 November–1 March)

I am definitely in the serotinal phase!

[amateur51]

... and of course some prefer the French Republican calendar -

The Republican calendar year began at the autumn equinox and had twelve months of 30 days each, which were given new names based on nature, principally having to do with the prevailing weather in and around Paris.

Autumn:
Vendémiaire in French (from Latin vindemia, "grape harvest"), starting 22, 23 or 24 September
Brumaire (from French brume, "fog"), starting 22, 23 or 24 October
Frimaire (From French frimas, "frost"), starting 21, 22 or 23 November

Winter:
Nivôse (from Latin nivosus, "snowy"), starting 21, 22 or 23 December
Pluviôse (from Latin pluvius, "rainy"), starting 20, 21 or 22 January
Ventôse (from Latin ventosus, "windy"), starting 19, 20 or 21 February

Spring:
Germinal (from Latin germen, "germination"), starting 20 or 21 March
Floréal (from Latin flos, "flower"), starting 20 or 21 April
Prairial (from French prairie, "pasture"), starting 20 or 21 May

Summer:
Messidor (from Latin messis, "harvest"), starting 19 or 20 June
Thermidor (or Fervidor) (from Greek thermon, "summer heat"), starting 19 or 20 July
Fructidor (from Latin fructus, "fruit"), starting 18 or 19 August

You get that from your Letts Boy Scouts Diary, vinteuil?

[Serial_Apologist]

You get that from your Letts Boy Scouts Diary, vinteuil?

That's very camp, AM51

[salymap]

Yes well,

A good year for grass and hedge cutters who must be making a fortune. Someone said it is possible to buy artificial grass. I expect it rots or the foxes poo on it. Gardens are expensive.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

well we have the ominous clouds but no rain yet but it is coming i trust ... i have deliberately left the sheets out on the line, very creased from lying in the machine, nowt like a good soaking to get em nice 'n flat

[Serial_Apologist]

Yes well,

A good year for grass and hedge cutters who must be making a fortune. Someone said it is possible to buy artificial grass. I expect it rots or the foxes poo on it. Gardens are expensive.

Hedge funds make more money for.... some

[Serial_Apologist]

well we have the ominous clouds but no rain yet but it is coming i trust ... i have deliberately left the sheets out on the line, very creased from lying in the machine, nowt like a good soaking to get em nice 'n flat

One of my neighbours left her washing out in a thunderstorm. "Don't worry", I told her, "it'll be all charged with electricity, which will make you tingle all over!" I think I may have said the wrong thing.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

..er i could be quite partial to a nice tingle ......

[Chris Newman]

I made the mistake of going to Bournemouth with the hope of watching the Air Fair on the beach. Should have seen the Red Arrows and Vulcan Bomber amongst other aircraft. The bus dropped us off on the edge of the town centre as Bournemouth was having the heaviest rain in living memory. The hole in the road amongst these photos is the usual bus stop for the Wilts and Dorset X3 between Salisbury and Bournemouth. It is by the park (which today was a lake) in Gervis Place that runs from the Civic Centre down to the Pier.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-14574705

I met an elderly Polish gentleman who had lived in Bournemouth since the war. He said that there was a tunnel under Gervis Place that had been used as an air-raid shelter and used to get pretty wet in heavy rain. He said he bet that nobody knew it was still there. Apparently it ran from the park and under the shops (Plummer-Roddis, no longer there which was part of Harrods). The entrance was blocked up to stop hanky-panky so the deluge decided to come out through the road surface. I have never seen man-hole covers lifted up until today. The shops with basements were flooded (Beales, the department store, WHSmiths, Waterstones, and the Russell-Coates museum which actually is on top of a cliff!?!)

[Pianorak]

. . . Should have seen the Red Arrows and Vulcan Bomber amongst other aircraft. . .

Not the Red Arrows and the Vulcan, but . . .

Friday, 19 Aug 2011 17:45 to 19:00 (GMT or Zulu!)

AIR DISPLAY/ AEROBATICS AND FLYPAST BY BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL
FLIGHT ACFT WI 3NM RADIUS 5130N 00046W (WHITE WALTHAM)
11-08-0089/AS 1

White Waltham - Maidenhead/Berks.

[Chris Newman]

Not the Red Arrows and the Vulcan, but . . .

Friday, 19 Aug 2011 17:45 to 19:00 (GMT or Zulu!)

AIR DISPLAY/ AEROBATICS AND FLYPAST BY BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL
FLIGHT ACFT WI 3NM RADIUS 5130N 00046W (WHITE WALTHAM)

Oh dear. I shall miss you, Pianorak. Apologies, I am due to hear Bernard Haitink twice at the Proms this weekend. I shall also be trying out the digs offered by Imperial College.
Bon voyage.

[Ventilhorn]

I made the mistake of going to Bournemouth with the hope of watching the Air Fair on the beach. Should have seen the Red Arrows and Vulcan Bomber amongst other aircraft. The bus dropped us off on the edge of the town centre as Bournemouth was having the heaviest rain in living memory. The hole in the road amongst these photos is the usual bus stop for the Wilts and Dorset X3 between Salisbury and Bournemouth. It is by the park (which today was a lake) in Gervis Place that runs from the Civic Centre down to the Pier.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-14574705

I met an elderly Polish gentleman who had lived in Bournemouth since the war. He said that there was a tunnel under Gervis Place that had been used as an air-raid shelter and used to get pretty wet in heavy rain. He said he bet that nobody knew it was still there. Apparently it ran from the park and under the shops (Plummer-Roddis, no longer there which was part of Harrods). The entrance was blocked up to stop hanky-panky so the deluge decided to come out through the road surface. I have never seen man-hole covers lifted up until today. The shops with basements were flooded (Beales, the department store, WHSmiths, Waterstones, and the Russell-Coates museum which actually is on top of a cliff!?!)

Good evening Chris,

I was out in that lot, walking down to the Doctor's surgery for a 1030 appointment. There was no hope of taking the car out - I wouldn't have been able to park it. So it was 15 minutes there and, half an hour later, when the storm was at its peak, 15 minutes back.

When I got home, I stripped off ALL my clothes and put them on radiators to dry. Five hours later they were still damp.

Yes, I did put something else on for the remainder of the day.

Thanks for the link to those BBC pictures, BTW

VH (from my wet clothes)

[salymap]

well, I had to put the lights on at about 5.30 and it's been pouring with rain on and off all day but so far not up to [or down to] the weather in Bournemouth.

I thought that was the English Riviera.

[amateur51]

well, I had to put the lights on at about 5.30 and it's been pouring with rain on and off all day but so far not up to [or down to] the weather in Bournemouth.

I thought that was the English Riviera.

How's your guttering doing in all thus rain, saly?