August 30, 20179 yr Author Hurricane Harvey has shed 21 trillion gallons of rainfall. That's 31 million Olympic sized swimming pools. Fookin ell.
August 30, 20179 yr Haha I'm with you all the way mate. Complete weather geek. To be fair it's very rare we are stopped completely, even in the worst of storms. There's always something we can fall back on. Bit of a challenge is good. 2 years ago took the piss though. 13 consecutive storm fronts throughout the winter fucked us right up. For her 79th birthday I bought her an iPad. Her favourite website is lightingmaps.org. She texts me if she thinks storms are heading our way Winter storms are shit. They add nothing. Summer storms are ace. Relieve the pressure and freshen things up. Plus the atmospherics with the cloud formations can be awesone
August 30, 20179 yr Hurricane Harvey has shed 21 trillion gallons of rainfall. That's 31 million Olympic sized swimming pools. Fookin ell. In the Basque Country at the minute and have escaped the rain and winds the rest of the peninsula has had until this afternoon. I have seen rain as heavy but not for so long. Bloody hell.
August 30, 20179 yr Hurricane Harvey has shed 21 trillion gallons of rainfall. That's 31 million Olympic sized swimming pools. Fookin ell. Yeah because until you compared it to 31 million swimming pools I couldn't comprehend how much water that was
August 30, 20179 yr Yeah because until you compared it to 31 million swimming pools I couldn't comprehend how much water that was There are around 10.8 m swimming pools in the USA, so enough to fill them all 3 times over. Mind, not all will be olympic sized.
August 30, 20179 yr There are around 10.8 m swimming pools in the USA, so enough to fill them all 3 times over. Mind, not all will be olympic sized. Can you round it down to a small ocean or large lake?
August 30, 20179 yr Can you round it down to a small ocean or large lake? Windermere holds 300bn, so getting there
August 31, 20179 yr Author For her 79th birthday I bought her an iPad. Her favourite website is lightingmaps.org. She texts me if she thinks storms are heading our way Winter storms are shit. They add nothing. Summer storms are ace. Relieve the pressure and freshen things up. Plus the atmospherics with the cloud formations can be awesone Nice storm over this way from about 5am this morning. Plenty of Thunder and lightening. I'm gonna get wet.
August 31, 20179 yr Nice storm over this way from about 5am this morning. Plenty of Thunder and lightening. I'm gonna get wet. Yeah, it seems I spoke too soon. Wife's just driven through a deluge over Belmont way. Even carol Kirkwood is mentioning Lancashire's weather!
August 31, 20179 yr Author It's bright out to sea and the wind is due to switch to west from south in an hour or so. That will clear this shite eventually as it's at snails pace. Only day I actually want wind.
August 31, 20179 yr It's bright out to sea and the wind is due to switch to west from south in an hour or so. That will clear this shite eventually as it's at snails pace. Only day I actually want wind. Do you listen to the shipping forecast or something?
August 31, 20179 yr Author Do you listen to the shipping forecast or something? Haha it's all about working what the wind is up to and what's out to sea and how the different variants effect our battle plan. Worked a treat to today. Rain was predicted all day according to BBC. But standing on the coast you could see bright spells appearing north and west. The wind was predicted to change to west therefore bringing the bright spell with it. Which it did. The forecasters can predict weather fronts in land all day long, and their wind speed is always spot on. But what they struggle with most is what exactly is forming out to sea and what're going to happen when is hits dry land. That's why it's such a challenge to work it all out on days like today. It never rains all day.
August 31, 20179 yr I don't take any notice whatsoever I went out in jeans and a coat the other week, got to the boozer and all the lads had shorts and t shirt on I was fucking boiling all day, horrible
September 3, 20178 yr Like a winters day today. It's coming Nah,we've got our Indian summer to come yet.
September 3, 20178 yr Like a winters day today. It's coming Seems like a genuine, early autumn day. Few leaves dropping and the greens are fading to straw colours.
September 3, 20178 yr Yeah, enjoy it when its breezy and the leaves are rattling, but its not cold enough to freeze your extremities. Recently acquired three pups, just looking forward to when they're old enough to come along.
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