The Weather

Salami · 06-18-2012, 04:06 PM

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Have you been to North America in winter? I hear they freeze their nuts off. It always seems that the major gripe about the UK weather seems to always be the grey skies rather than the cold, rain or lack of long hot summers.

Funnily enough I don't really mind the cold very much, but I do remember seeing a picture of a lighthouse in Ohio by the lake which was completely covered in icicles to the extent that it looked like a scene in a fantasy movie...
The thing about the old "rotten English Weather" isn't even about the amount of rain (and being from Derbyshire I get more than everywhere else in England except Cumberland), but the fact that it's always dull and overcast, and even if it looks fine you have to pack plenty of waterproof clothing in the likely event of another downpour.

However to be slightly more optimistic, I remember reflecting whilst being drenched watching the Pageant that this must signal the end for that hosepipe ban hitting the London folk, which probably only effects one sixteenth of you anyway, but still...

Unknown Soldier · 06-18-2012, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Salami

Funnily enough I don't really mind the cold very much, but I do remember seeing a picture of a lighthouse in Ohio by the lake which was completely covered in icicles to the extent that it looked like a scene in a fantasy movie...
The thing about the old "rotten English Weather" isn't even about the amount of rain (and being from Derbyshire I get more than everywhere else in England except Cumberland), but the fact that it's always dull and overcast, and even if it looks fine you have to pack plenty of waterproof clothing in the likely event of another downpour.

However to be slightly more optimistic, I remember reflecting whilst being drenched watching the Pageant that this must signal the end for that hosepipe ban hitting the London folk, which probably only effects one sixteenth of you anyway, but still...

The annual hosepipe ban in the UK must be one of the biggest jokes on the calender, I mean its not like we lack rain throughout the year.

FETCHER. · 06-18-2012, 06:13 PM

It was unusually sunny, perhaps it will start to brighten up

yay.

LoathsomePete · 06-18-2012, 06:17 PM

It got up to 100 yesterday and only dropped to about 70 degrees at night and pretty much stayed there. When I woke up at 7 I was amazed how warm it felt outside. Fortunately it's not going to get like that again this week, except maybe one day, and then it's going to drop to the low 80s / high 70's which I can deal with.

Geekoid · 06-18-2012, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Salami

I won't lie, North America has really got the better deal when it comes to weather. The temperature's generally hotter, and when I last visited I was amazed by just how long periods of blue sky would last. I'm also fascinated by the twisters and tornados you get in some places, terrifying I'm sure but amazing to behold.

Funny, since I always thought England had lovely weather. Moderate to cool year round, mild winters, grey skies.... I just like the melancholy of it all. But then again, people do say I should live there. Our winters here in Canada are intense. We probably get an average of a foot of snow to shovel every week in the winter (in southern Ontario, at least), and temperatures have been known to drop as low as -35 C.

But I would miss sunny days on the beach and the magnificent thunderstorms and extreme weather we get here. Southern Ontario is Canada's hot spot, and we get the occasional tornado. But it's always been a dream of mine to be a storm chaser! Tornadoes have fascinated me for as long as I can remember.

ElephantSack · 06-19-2012, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

It got up to 100 yesterday and only dropped to about 70 degrees at night and pretty much stayed there. When I woke up at 7 I was amazed how warm it felt outside. Fortunately it's not going to get like that again this week, except maybe one day, and then it's going to drop to the low 80s / high 70's which I can deal with.

Where are you from again?

Zaqarbal · 06-26-2012, 11:58 AM

A heat wave here. 39º C (102º F) now.

♫ "The heat is ooooon........" ♫

Unknown Soldier · 06-26-2012, 12:03 PM

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A heat wave here. 39º C (102º F) now.

♫ "The heat is ooooon........" ♫

Typical Spanish summer then.

Zaqarbal · 06-26-2012, 12:17 PM

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Typical Spanish summer then.

If it was August, yes. But it's June.

Unknown Soldier · 06-26-2012, 02:56 PM

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If it was August, yes. But it's June.

I've noticed that July is usually hotter than August in Spain now, so with everything moving a month forward....

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Zaqarbal Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Spain Posts: 824	A heat wave here. 39º C (102º F) now. ♫ "*The heat is ooooon........" ♫ __________________ "Lullabies for adults / crossed by the years / carry the flower of disappointment / tattooed in their gloomy melodies.*"