Storm Babet

[mancity2012_eamo]

How can a local government know how the weather will progress over 50 years?

The storms we are getting are now far more frequent than in the past, with flash flooding popping up randomly around the country. Perhaps you have some psychic ability to prepare for where the next storm will hit.

This thread is about the current storm battering Scotland and Ireland mostly. The forecast and reporting of it has probably saved lives.

You don’t seem to think that forecasting weather is important.

It is to most people though.

Weather forecasting is crucial to many businesses as well as the community in general. Getting upset at the naming of weather patterns, storms, showers of rain or whatever is petty.
We cannot control the weather but unless you don’t believe in climate change or more accurately, our part in it’s reality, then I would say that there is overwhelming evidence that we are in the middle of a change in what we would have believed to be normal seasonal patterns.
Whether this would be cyclical with or without us is not really that questionable in my mind. People will believe whatever they want.

But everything from the pollution, green house gases, to polar ice cap melting, to cutting down of forest which would naturally drain the soil, etc etc. have all contributed, no doubt.
And yes our own stupidity in building on natural flood plains doesn’t help us with the consequences.

Being petty over what we call a storm though, is well…. petty.

 

[Gray]

Weather forecasting is crucial to many businesses as well as the community in general. Getting upset at the naming of weather patterns, storms, showers of rain or whatever is petty.
We cannot control the weather but unless you don’t believe in climate change or more accurately, our part in it’s reality, then I would say that there is overwhelming evidence that we are in the middle of a change in what we would have believed to be normal seasonal patterns.
Whether this would be cyclical with or without us is not really that questionable in my mind. People will believe whatever they want.

But everything from the pollution, green house gases, to polar ice cap melting, to cutting down of forest which would naturally drain the soil, etc etc. have all contributed, no doubt.
And yes our own stupidity in building on natural flood plains doesn’t help us with the consequences.

Being petty over what we call a storm though, is well…. petty.

Everything you say is correct. However, even before man started adding to the problems, the planet had gone through lots of climatic cycles. How much of todays problems are caused by us or just part of a continuing cycle is the great debate.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I've certainly rattled your cage haven't I...!

Do you live in the countryside by any chance, or just a townie?

I’m not rattled by you. You’re just another person devoid of empathy.

In answer to your question, yes, I either live in the countryside or in a town.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Weather forecasting is crucial to many businesses as well as the community in general. Getting upset at the naming of weather patterns, storms, showers of rain or whatever is petty.
We cannot control the weather but unless you don’t believe in climate change or more accurately, our part in it’s reality, then I would say that there is overwhelming evidence that we are in the middle of a change in what we would have believed to be normal seasonal patterns.
Whether this would be cyclical with or without us is not really that questionable in my mind. People will believe whatever they want.

But everything from the pollution, green house gases, to polar ice cap melting, to cutting down of forest which would naturally drain the soil, etc etc. have all contributed, no doubt.
And yes our own stupidity in building on natural flood plains doesn’t help us with the consequences.

Being petty over what we call a storm though, is well…. petty.

Totally agree.

 

[KS55]

Rain has lashed down here (Yorks) all day. My roof has sprung a big leak over the bedroom. Our usual roofer is stuffed with work but promises to come soon. Please, pretty please, my bollocks are getting wet.

 

[Barcon]

Rain has lashed down here (Yorks) all day. My roof has sprung a big leak over the bedroom. Our usual roofer is stuffed with work but promises to come soon. Please, pretty please, my bollocks are getting wet.

Come on, admit it. You have strategically placed your bollocks directly under the hole in the roof as some sort of sex thing.

 

[KS55]

Weather forecasting is crucial to many businesses as well as the community in general. Getting upset at the naming of weather patterns, storms, showers of rain or whatever is petty.
We cannot control the weather but unless you don’t believe in climate change or more accurately, our part in it’s reality, then I would say that there is overwhelming evidence that we are in the middle of a change in what we would have believed to be normal seasonal patterns.
Whether this would be cyclical with or without us is not really that questionable in my mind. People will believe whatever they want.

But everything from the pollution, green house gases, to polar ice cap melting, to cutting down of forest which would naturally drain the soil, etc etc. have all contributed, no doubt.
And yes our own stupidity in building on natural flood plains doesn’t help us with the consequences.

Being petty over what we call a storm though, is well…. petty.

Also concreting over everything with little drainage is brainless.

 

[Marklr]

Will footy be cancelled tomorrow?

 

[Eccles Blue]

Probably visiting Israel

In Egypt apparently.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Will footy be cancelled tomorrow?

Some will, but not our game.