Weather 2008

[Anthony Darby]

Well, it's official: the dullest August on record!

[mark smyth]

Everywhere? Our local news said it was N Ireland's dullest and wettest August since the 1950s

[David Nicholson]

David

Your being so cheerful keeps ME going.  In your place I would have moved years ago.

We were promised thunderstorms with lashings of rain yesterday - almost nothing     I put off gardening and watched the cricket - between the heavy rain showers falling not many miles from me.  This was after my team managed their first point in the Premiership - it is all positive now

Arthur, I wanted to move back to Yorkshire when I first retired, but Maureen wont leave her babies (they are in their 30s for God's sake!). Having heard the News yesterday we should be seriously thinking of moving to Scotland. Prospects of no Council Tax, and free health care for the elderly!!

[annew]

Guess what? It stopped raining today and the SUN came out!  I even ventured out into the garden/water feature and weeded my puddles. I'm seriously thinking of going into rice production.

[ranunculus]

I'm seriously thinking of going into rice production.

Expecting some advice from Paddy then?  It's within his field!   

[Paul T]

Oh Cliff!!! 

[Katherine J]

37° here and no rain for a couple weeks. And the forecast is "extremely hot and dry autumn". I have to convince myself to grow cacti. 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

17°C here today and lots of wind and rain....

[Paul T]

Are any forum members seriously affected by the widespread flooding in the UK, being reported here on our news?  One reporter was saying that even down in London it was heavier rain than she'd seen.  Nopthern England, Wales etc being affected with thousands of homes evacuated.  Here's hoping that no-one we know is affected too much.

[SueG]

I don't know if forumists here in north east england have been too badly affected, Chris B is away so I can't check with her but she's higher than I am so should be fine - I had about 6" or 20 cm of rain on the 5th and 6th of September and my local town (7 miles away) has been very badly flooded. On the drive into work today there are roads still closed, the Newcastle metro system is badly affected by flooding and there are huge amounts of water draining off the fields. It's not actually raining today but you could wring the air out so it's not exactly drying too much either. We've got more rain forecast this week. On the other hand compared to people who've had their homes or businesses flooded I can't complain.
If anyone would like to send some warm sunshire our way - we'd love it.
Sue

[Katherine J]

If anyone would like to send some warm sunshire our way - we'd love it.

If only I could, I would do it happily. Last night there was a little storm here with some rain, but now sunshine is back again, I'm going to post it to everybody who needs.

[SueG]

Thanks Kathrine - I'll send some rain over to you in exchange 

[Paul T]

Glorious spring days here, but I'd send you some happily if you could send us some rain!!!!!

[Peter Maguire]

At our local group meeting tonight, we learnt that Mike and Pearl Dale who are the show secretaries for the Newcastle autumn show, which will take place on 11th October, were severely affected by the flooding. They will be getting even more help with the organisation than usual this year, but currently have no telephone connection.
Arrangements will be made over the next few days for those who are entering plants in the show to communicate their entries: email will still work, although will probably be redirected automatically to someone else to deal with, details of phone numbers will be made available for entries on this website and on the AGS site, and will also be publicised at the AGS Loughborough show and SRGC discussion weekend which are both taking place the weekend before.
We'll let you know more when we can.

Peter

[Anthony Darby]

We've had none of the rain here in Dunblane. Quite a pleasant September holiday weekend.