Weather

[chesters1]

she still doesnt realise if you twiddle the wall thermostat it tells you the temperature the room is at by the click when we could afford oil (rare pleasure) i came home on the bike and walked in and my visor immediately misted up ,a twiddle let me know the blooming temp was about 30 but "strangely" the pointer was on 20

still does it

[Ken L]

Interesting weather site here. It's pretty up to date in the daylight hours and very handy for seeing where it might be raining or snowing.

[barry luxton]

quote todays news: Britain is facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years with conditions this week set to cause "widespread, persistent and severe" problems, forecasters have said. end quote.

 

Also a bit cold in china, Usa, etc etc.......................

 

Just wondering if this is yet proof of another item that both brown and milliband have failed in and that is their lastest support for the global warming brigade. They both can't be right for a change can they?

[chesters1]

i heard we have already had the coldest winter ever why hasnt the thames frozen 1ft deep like it did 300 years ago then?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Thames_frost_fairs

 

seems "ever" could be since last year or any other year but one that proves them wrong."since records began" erhem an engraving of a frozen thames is a record ,the aercheological proof that people lived on the bed of which is now the english channel is a record in the past things were colder than now it may not have temperatures marked but you could theoretically work out at what temperature an open fire wouldnt burn through solid ice or indeed the temp needed to provide conditions for the sea to freeze (some parts did in 1963 which is conveniently forgotten)

we need a decent winter to kill bugs even now (and it was -7.8 last night) we have roses with leaves on ,we need -7.8 for a solid month or so not the odd night

 

"From 1400 into the 19th century, there were 24 winters in which the Thames was recorded to have frozen over at London; if "more or less frozen over" years (in parentheses) are included, the number is 26: 1408, 1435, 1506, 1514, 1537, 1565, 1595, 1608, 1621, 1635, 1649, 1655, 1663, 1666, 1677, 1684, 1695, 1709, 1716, 1740, (1768), 1776, (1785), 1788, 1795, and 1814.[19]"

 

has the thames been filled with anti freeze or is the weather almost tropical compared to the past? does global warming just mean were actually colder than before the dates above? was pre medieval ice age britain basking in balmy tropical weather? remember 2000 years ago romans grew grapes almost up to hadrians wall ,global warming = tax raising blarney.

it feels warmer because we are warmer theres far more central heating today than i was a kid so going out gives the impression its colder than it is ,in yesteryear you went outside and it was little different to being inside you excepted the winter was colder than the summer and got on with life not blamed silly greenhouses

Edited January 5, 2010 by chesters1

[ColinW]

Blackburn, year 2030:

"Aaah remember back in the early 2000's when we were all told the planet was getting warmer. Now me tongue sticks t't knife when I'm eating peas off it. Chuck another bucket of nutty slack on the fire Kylie."

 

mutters into tea mug

"At least them that lived next door have buggered off home."

[chesters1]

Blackburn, year 2030:

"Aaah remember back in the early 2000's when we were all told the planet was getting warmer. Now me tongue sticks t't knife when I'm eating peas off it. Chuck another bucket of nutty slack on the fire Kylie."

 

mutters into tea mug

"At least them that lived next door have buggered off home."

 

sounds like Monty python ,we had it tuff

[Jim Roper]

I think I read somewhere that the 'Mini Ice Age', after the 'Medieval Warm Period', lasted until about 1930.

[Newt]

I do think the world's best job has to be weather forecasting. I found this bit of rock solid info for my area on a weather site this morning:

 

According to the climate prediction center there is a

- 23% chance that the average temperature for the 3-month period from January through March will be above normal

- 32% chance near normal

- 45% chance below normal

[pfcruleok]

Just heard on radio 2 news that we only have 8 days supply of gas left and yesterday we consumed a record amount of gas !

Surely this cant be right, only 8 days supply left ?

[chesters1]

yes and not unusual ,we dont have means of mass storage because non state companies have shareholders who want money not convenience for non share holders.

trouble is before the utilities were split up the supply system was tipped off so they split from the major company.you got the national grid with no other function than to maintain a grid and the utilities pay highly to use it and transco who are the same for gas.Both just milk the user and make huge profits and have no reason to do anything extra.

we have 8 days storage but all the time we have supply from overseas (about 50% is north sea gas some from norway ,europe and the far east etc) we are not using the 8 day cache ,if the supply from abroad was cut off the supply is topped up by the stored gas until its gone.

I cant remember a gas strike can anyone before it turned to natural gas from town gas (early 60's if i remember???) ,i presume town gas being national? was easy to disrupt with strikes?

 

its strange how natural gas and the huge cost to re-jet every gas appliance was done ,why isnt it possible to have town gas again but changed so it can use the jets we have now? and tell the arabs to poke it up their whoopsy.

admittedly it wasnt nice stuff and killed if breathed (head in the gas oven was a way of suicide) but modern technology could make it cleaner i'm sure ,all those defunct coal mines could prosper again if their not drowned.

 

we worry when the gas and oil goes but big business has a secret it wont disappear when the gas and coal does ,petrol diesel and gas can be made from coal even nasty rubbish coal ,their profits will spiral but only the rich will have the privilege ,i think we will return to the 50's and early 60's where heating was expensive and if you were fortunate to own a car it sat outside because to use it was a big cost.

the planet will not get cleaner cars wont disappear just yet the supply of man made fuel will pollute far more than the natural stuff does now ,fuel poverty will abound and as usual the poor will suffer to help the rich ,"you've never had it so good " is now not then or in the future

Edited January 5, 2010 by chesters1