ronbutton wrote:
I know it's non scientific to talk about the law of averages ,but it does
seem funny that the drought sricken areas of central and eastern England
seem to be making up the deficit in bucket loads now (north Essex over 2"in
3 days ) for instance .
Secondly,how long does it take for the 6" of water covering most of England
at the moment to seep down into the aquafers ?,all the ponds in this area
are full to the brim,and with very little evaporation going on now because
of the perishingly low temps,it must be going somewhere,oh yes ,the River
Lee is two miles away,and the drains are also overflowing. All the trees not
standing in water ,are in danger of hyponatremia (look it up) and all the
messages continuing to flow from the 'experts' urging us not to be
complacent,because next winter maybe dry quite frankly ****es me off !

Now that feels better.

RonB


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We do always seem to see Nature compensating or even over compensating.
I agree to some extent because water abstraction from rivers will soon
be able to top up resevoirs where this is their main source, But
underground aquifers work on much larger timescales as you know, so
there has to be an element of long term prudence.
My rainfall so far this year is only 200mm with half of that coming last
month. That would equate to a fairly low less than 500mm for the year.
Dave