On Thu, 03 May 2012 20:03:21 +0100
Adam Lea wrote:

On 03/05/12 12:58, Dave Cornwell wrote:
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

Plus it is primarily winter rainfall that recharges the aquifers.

It takes really wet months for anything significant to recharge
aquifers at this time of year.

Apparently, we'll need twice as much rainfall as normal over the next
six months.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17875456

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