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1 metre, pah! :-)
Over 2 metres so far this year in Haytor, wettest year since I came here Jan 146 Feb 33 Mar 33 Apr 216 May 89 Jun 272 Jul 121 Aug 284 Sep 101 Oct 237 Nov 282 Dec (so far) 235 Total 2012 (so far) 2049 mm No wonder Devon is flooding and getting worse. No wonder my vegetable growing was a complete disaster this year :-( There will have been much more higher up of course. Will -- http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl) --------------------------------------------- |
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On Dec 24, 8:52*am, "Eskimo Will" wrote:
1 metre, pah! :-) Over 2 metres so far this year in Haytor, wettest year since I came here Jan 146 Feb 33 Mar 33 Apr 216 May 89 Jun 272 Jul 121 Aug 284 Sep 101 Oct 237 Nov 282 Dec (so far) 235 Total 2012 (so far) 2049 mm No wonder Devon is flooding and getting worse. No wonder my vegetable growing was a complete disaster this year :-( There will have been much more higher up of course. The amount of water in the atmosphere is 12,900 cubic kilometers, if it were to completely rain out, atmospheric moisture would cover the Earth’s surface to a depth of only 2.5 centimeters. 495,000 cubic kilometers of rain falls every year. It is as if the entire amount of water in the air were removed and replenished nearly 40 times a year. You should consider yourself lucky. At least it all flows downhill from you. According to NASA: The sea level around the globe has risen approximately 17 centimeters over the course of the twentieth century. [Doesn't this mean we have drained the world's aquifers by by the equivalent of 6 or 7 inches over three quarters of the world's surface? Or is it as "scientists" would have it, that: Sea level has been rising over the past century, partly due to thermal expansion of the ocean as it warms and partly due to the melting of glaciers and ice caps. The Ocean level can't possibly increase in mass and warmth. Can it? More "science": One expected effect of climate change will be an increase in precipitation intensity: a larger proportion of rain will fall in a shorter amount of time than it has historically. On the other hand as temperatures in the tropics reach entropy, the ability to form tropical storms will either increase or decrease to completion. Except that it can not be the former as long as rainbows can form and god makes little green apples. I have an impression that as long as things change, they will stay the same. Or not, as the case may be. If you are in a hole it may ideally suited to storing water. Start digging. |
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![]() "Eskimo Will" wrote in message ... 1 metre, pah! :-) Over 2 metres so far this year in Haytor, wettest year since I came here Jan 146 Feb 33 Mar 33 Apr 216 May 89 Jun 272 Jul 121 Aug 284 Sep 101 Oct 237 Nov 282 Dec (so far) 235 Total 2012 (so far) 2049 mm No wonder Devon is flooding and getting worse. No wonder my vegetable growing was a complete disaster this year :-( There will have been much more higher up of course. Will -- http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl) --------------------------------------------- And for comparison here are my totals from Romansleigh, North Devon (195 m AMSL):- Jan 133.1 Feb 39.6 Mar 40.3 Apr 176.5 May 28.9 Jun 176.0 Jul 160.8 Aug 113.2 Sep 86.4 Oct 154.7 Nov 162.4 Dec (so far) 169.5 Total 2012 (so far) 1441.2 mm Have a great Christmas. -- Andy http://www.romansleighweather.co.uk/ |
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