WORLD WEATHER THREAD

The storm causing all the havoc in the US:


Imagery from NOAA's GOES-East satellite from Dec. 26 to 28, 2015, shows the eastward movement of the storm system that generated snow in the Four Corners region and tornadoes in Texas. The EF-4 tornado hit Garland, Texas, around 6:45 p.m. (0045 UTC, Dec. 27).
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I wonder how big the gap between economic cost of defence and loss from damage is at the moment?

Probably on curve not particularly nice to admit.
 
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rickjames said:
Yeah it has, it's just rather tame in comparison to previous ones.

Essentially I just want to play cricket again, bored of football on Monday nights...
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Take up field hockey... that's a good "winter" sport.

Can it just stop raining and do something else already? I'd take snow at this point in time... just anything other than rain!!
 
CaptainRAVE said:
Seems like we broke a lot of records this year. The weather has certainly changed in recent years.
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weather changes

we always get these odd years

5 years ago there was a foot of snow everywhere and 4ft icicles hanging from guttering. that lasted weeks

8 years ago we had the same storms we are having now. lost all our fencing. lots of damage etc
 
StriderX said:
I wonder how big the gap between economic cost of defence and loss from damage is at the moment?

Probably on curve not particularly nice to admit.
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Taken from UK Parliament report....

Flood damage costs in England are around £1.1 billion per year. 1 The Environment Agency
has calculated that:
• Around one in six properties in England is at risk of flooding.
• Over 2.4 million properties are at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea in
England, of which nearly half a million are at significant risk.
• One million of these are also vulnerable to surface water flooding with a further
2.8 million properties susceptible to surface water flooding alone.
• 55 per cent living in flood risk areas knew they were at risk and for these three
out of five of them had taken some action to prepare for flooding. 2 3


The challenge posed by flooding could increase in future due to a number of factors. Annual
flood damage costs could exceed £27 billion across the UK by 2080.4 The main factors
include:
• climate change, which could lead to rising sea levels and changes in rainfall;
• ageing drainage and flood defence infrastructure;
• more buildings in flood-prone areas; and
• more paving, which increases the volume of water running off the ground. 5
It has been calculated that spending on flood defences would have to increase by £10-£30
million plus inflation per year to maintain existing levels of flood protection to 2035. 6

Additional funds for surface and groundwater flooding, £150 million a year, would also be
needed. The Environment Agency found that increasing spending by around £20 million
each year would deliver benefits of some £180 billion over the next 100 years.7
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jasonsony735 said:
What I find really odd is the fact all of Europe is Freezing cold 0 to -5 and we are still at 12 - 15c ? WTF Very odd if you ask me but I'm guessing its to do with the constant western weather system hitting us and not from above.
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Just couldn't not reply in slight amusement :D I'm originally from Lithuania, it's pretty warm in there now, around -12 :D don't know, somehow I get smile all over my face when I hear Brits say 'freezing' when it's only 0 ~ -5. Over 3 years here, still amused.
 
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