Where Did It All Go?

[Greebo]

Been having frequent rains in Manchester since...end of April?

you're lucky. ERven in the north East we have hardly anything for two months now and the ground is like dust.

 

[coltpython3]

Ahmedinnerjacket accuses the west of stealing irans rain

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...adinejad-says-Europe-stealing-Irans-rain.html

Moments after him making the accusation it started to rain....LOL

lol and you believe everything you hear in the media?

 

[Uhtred]

No, we had basically a month of snow and everyone in the UK getting self important and declaring the world had ended.

+1

 

[Landy]

Rained here in west yorks from about 11 this morning and stopped about an hour ago

 

[Amp34]

Here's not forgetting that large parts of the country only had 3-4 inches of snow that lasted a couple of weeks and then large periods of dry, cold weather. Probably less than an inch of actual precipitation in a month and not much for a lot of the rest of the winter (harsh winters usually mean little water). Spring has been so dry in the SE, we had about 6 weeks of no rain in March and April and its only been the last week that we've really had significant rain in Surrey! A water shortage this summer has been expected for months!

 

[timmy85]

So where has all the water gone from the record snowfall?

I think China dropped it all on their reactors.

 

[Cleeecooo]

Been raining a lot in Croydon these few days. Supposed to be sunny and 24 tmrw though!

 

[Laser402]

*Shifty Eyes* New pool in my garden would have anything to do with it... would it

 

[spleenharvester]

Where has the op been? A lot of the country has had the driest April and May for decades with rainfall been less then 20% of normal for some areas

This is normally the time the reservoirs fill up to try and last through summer. Crops are failing all over.

This is going to be a long hosepipe ban for some people.

wat, it's been nothing but rain down in Telford here this year

 

[Windle]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13722013

So parts of England are officially facing drought conditions and i am wondering why?

Haven't we just had one of the worst winters on record? Now I'm no expert but i know snow melts into water So where has all the water gone from the record snowfall?

"Across England and Wales as a whole it has been the driest spring since 1990"

 

[ElvisFan]

Well in Sheffield and Chesterfield it's rained every other hour for the last month.

 

[explicit4u]

I was baffled by this news earlier, it's been raining for the past week or so in London - It's still coming down now!

 

[matthewhotdude]

Had nothing but rain here

 

[Jimbeam3678]

I really dont't think its short term , for last 6-9 months overall there has been very little rain.

If we like it or not we are slowly raping this earth of its resources. Hopefully we'll find a way to reverse or stop it. I'm no eco warrior but its hard to argue against it.

Before anyone says it I don't agree with the stupid ECO taxs either TBH I don't believe that is the answer

 

[albert]

..well this year has been snow snow rain rain 4 days of hot sunshine rain .......

 

[Haggisman]

From looking out my window the last few days, I think it's all in Bath/Bristol... sure there's got to be a joke in there about all the water being in the bath or so, but i really can't be bothered!

 

[Pixel]

Outside our shop today we had a board out with the headline from a local paper, going on about the drought. It rained all day.

 

[Mark A]

This thread makes me sad . I mean I don't like it when its too hot, especially at night, but we have had hardly any sun at all this year up here.

Looks like you might be getting a bit of rain in the south this next week according to BBC weather.

 

[Helveticat]

I think China dropped it all on their reactors.

You mean Japan?

 

[MonkeyNews]

You mean Japan?

But the sentence 'I think China dropped it all on their Japan.' doesn't make sense?!