2022 - How's the Weather Where You Are?

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hollydolly said:
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Wimbledon Common today...

Usually..

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There's now a water shortage in some parts of England...

People are having to queue to have water bottles filled ..after one of the Major water suppliers..literally
texted customers in north London, Oxfordshire and Surrey warning them of low pressure, dry taps and rationed bottled water if they need it.

After a string of major leaks in the capital and Kent this week, a new burst pipe is currently hitting homes and businesses in the Cricklewood and Kilburn areas of north London. Another major leak also caused problems in a large area between Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire and Oxford.


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Supermarkets are now severely rationing water..

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Another fire in a London Flatland area..
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Oh wow, you guys are really going through it.
 
Still no rain here in the South where I am ....... but.....

Households should pack 'grab bags' containing mobile phones, insurance documents and emergency cash the Met Office has said, as an 'incredible deluge' will see three million homes at risk of flooding this week.

Britain was hammered by heavy rain and storms yesterday – bringing a turbulent end to one of the driest heatwaves on record.

Families braced themselves for traffic chaos and power cuts as forecasters warned of dangerous flash floods.

And local authorities told people to prepare an emergency bag of vital belongings in case their homes are damaged by deluges.

However experts warned that the drought is far from over as the country needs weeks of rainfall to replenish supplies.

It comes after the country's driest July on record and the driest first half of the year since 1976.

Christine Colvin, from the Rivers Trust NGO, warned there is a risk that people will not take the drought seriously in the coming days, adding: 'We want people to keep this rainfall event in context and as part of the bigger picture.

'The bigger picture is that we've actually still had an incredibly dry year as well as a dry summer and it's going to take sustained rainfall to replenish our supplies. Just because it rains, it doesn't mean the drought is over.'

The weather comes after weeks of soaring temperatures with the mercury hitting a record 40.3C (104.5F) last month.

The Met Office issued a yellow thunderstorm alert for most of the UK yesterday and today which is due to stay in place across the South of England tomorrow. Forecasters warned that the downpours could cause deep flood water, posing a danger to life.

I hate when they say Britain was hammered with rain.. Britain certainly was not.. parts of Britain may have been , but definitely not here..
It's the same when I hear the Oft repeated from tourists or people who live in the North .. ''It always rains in the UK, or The UK only ever gets just 2 days of summer'' when they actually mean The North of the UK>.



Anyway.. I hope it rains today.. and rains a lot here... but I could do without any power outages..
 
hollydolly said:
Isn't this Nuts ?

This is a beach in Cornwall England...

I would never dream of pitching on a beach that had even half that amount of people on it...

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And people travel long distances to be like a sardine in a tin on a bit of sand..... utterly crazy!!!
I prefer the rain in my back garden, yes, Holly, lovely, lovely rain. 😊
 
Look at this...... this is the weather pattern today... floods and heavy rain everywhere in the south including London...

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Guess who hasn't had any ?.... 😖 😖 absolutely cannot believe it.. it's soooo humid here.. I've just driven through 2 Counties.. and in the county east of me there was a few drops of rain on the windscreen.. but only enough to dirty the car... but nothing at all here in my county.. just grey laden skies, and HUMIDITY..

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I think we're now the only place in the UK who haven't had rain.. despite the forecast for the last 2 days of Thunderstorms and dire warnings of Heavy rain causing floods and damage .. Today is sunny...79 deg f..

Don't get me wrong, I'm not asking for floods or damage.. but we're desperate for Rain...
 
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We finally had ... 🌧️⛈️🌧️🌧️..it chucked it down for an hour, very heavy rain.. a few claps of thunder, and one or 2 flashes of lightening.. and that was it.. ONE HOUR!!...and it hasn't dropped the temps at all..
 
Well it has been boiling hot here, over 100 degrees for a couple of months. We have also not had rain. Got a little rain last week. This next week we have been informed that we will be getting a lot of rain, dangers of flash flooding. I am so ready for it. The house is stocked but I may go out to get some wine to sip while the rain comes down.
 
The promised rain has just started to fall, got the dogs out for a quick bathroom break. I even stood out there and got myself sprinkled, the sound of it is just wonderful.
 
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