On 14/02/2014 18:59, Graham P Davis wrote:
I must confess that after weeks of rain, hail, snow, lightning, floods
and hurricane-force winds I still didn't see this coming:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...d-9127516.html


Is it possible that the rain has soaked the overlying soil to such an
extent that the heat generated within the peat has been unable to
escape, causing the temperature to rise to a dangerous level?

jim, Northampton