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Old February 17th 05, 11:44 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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My garnden is well and truly in spring mode with daffs, crocus,
snowdrops and many other flowers as well as blossom on nearby trees.
The black birds are building their nests and full bird song can be
heard in the mornings.

Now it seems a good chance that a prolong spell of very cold and
possibly snowy weather is on its way. Why can't it snow nature thinks
its still winter rather than spring. Same thing happened last year
with a brief spell of snow in march.

My garden is one thing but if this cold spell does turn out as bad as
it looks it could whats going to happen to other parts of the
ecosystem. Birds, insects, and crops seem to me be at risk of major
damage because they are too far ahead of themselves.

Simon Sheaf
Sheffield
South Yorkshire.

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If it's genocidal to slugs and snails, then at least some good will
come of it

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This is what happened in 1916 following a very mild January and mild first
three weeks of February. Daffodils were out and Queen wasps were killed in
January as they stirred from hibernation. Then it turned very cold. An
observer near me added up the snowfalls and they amounted to 1.5 metres or
almost 5 feet in the period Feb 21st to end of March 1916. It was much
snowier in the Pennines.with depths exceeding 3 metres. It was similar in
1937 but where these examples differed from the current situation is that
both winters had been wet.
Ian Currie-Coulsdon
www.frostedearth.com




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My garnden is well and truly in spring mode with daffs, crocus,
snowdrops and many other flowers as well as blossom on nearby trees.
The black birds are building their nests and full bird song can be
heard in the mornings.


Simon Sheaf
Sheffield
South Yorkshire.




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