Up to 1800 10th my February total stands at 147.1mm .

My "winter" DJF total is now 923.1 mm.

A record metre (1000mm) of rain this winter is now certain, but how much
more than a metre?

I must be the wettest place in England apart from a few higher spots on
Dartmoor?
Cool eh? No problems with flooding either, free draining soil is still
workable :-)

Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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"Will Hand" wrote in message
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Up to 1800 10th my February total stands at 147.1mm .

My "winter" DJF total is now 923.1 mm.

A record metre (1000mm) of rain this winter is now certain, but how much
more than a metre?

I must be the wettest place in England apart from a few higher spots on
Dartmoor?
Cool eh?
No problems with flooding either, free draining soil is still workable :-)

Yes, it is probably draining down into the Somerset Levels :-(

Cheers, Alastair.

"Alastair McDonald" wrote in message
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"Will Hand" wrote in message
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Up to 1800 10th my February total stands at 147.1mm .

My "winter" DJF total is now 923.1 mm.

A record metre (1000mm) of rain this winter is now certain, but how much
more than a metre?

I must be the wettest place in England apart from a few higher spots on
Dartmoor?
Cool eh?
No problems with flooding either, free draining soil is still workable
:-)

Yes, it is probably draining down into the Somerset Levels :-(

And ultimately into the sea of course, contributing to sea level rise.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg

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Col writes:

"Alastair McDonald" wrote in message
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"Will Hand" wrote in message
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Up to 1800 10th my February total stands at 147.1mm .

My "winter" DJF total is now 923.1 mm.

A record metre (1000mm) of rain this winter is now certain, but how much
more than a metre?

I must be the wettest place in England apart from a few higher spots on
Dartmoor?
Cool eh?
No problems with flooding either, free draining soil is still workable
:-)

Yes, it is probably draining down into the Somerset Levels :-(

And ultimately into the sea of course, contributing to sea level rise.

I hope your tongue was in your cheek.
--
John Hall "He crams with cans of poisoned meat
The subjects of the King,
And when they die by thousands G.K.Chesterton:
Why, he laughs like anything." from "Song Against Grocers"

On 11/02/2014 23:00, Alastair McDonald wrote:
"Will Hand" wrote in message
news
Up to 1800 10th my February total stands at 147.1mm .

My "winter" DJF total is now 923.1 mm.

A record metre (1000mm) of rain this winter is now certain, but how much
more than a metre?

I must be the wettest place in England apart from a few higher spots on
Dartmoor?
Cool eh?
No problems with flooding either, free draining soil is still workable :-)

Yes, it is probably draining down into the Somerset Levels :-(


No floods here in Cheltenham so far - but coming back from Gloucester on
the bus yesterday, you're left with no doubt why certain areas are
called 'flood plains'!


--

Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

On Wednesday, 12 February 2014 07:21:54 UTC, vidcapper wrote:

Coming back from Gloucester, you're left with no doubt why certain areas are
called 'flood plains'!

But not with the reason why builders are allowed to put houses on them.
Or why people who live in no such places are taxed with paying for them.

TWIMC:

DO NOT sign anything presented by a loss adjuster until you have paid an independent surveyor to look at your flood damaged property. Make sure he has paid careful attention to the foundations.

Built on flood plains are drained to excess in normal years and to criminally damned in dry ones. River valleys tend to have many layers of clay rich sediment with nothing to ensure that between said layers of clay a sand or pebble layer can't build up a ballooning aquifer.

Such a situation can easily cause the surface to rise (and later fall) 12 feet and more ( personally seen that... never mind what that Fidiot Dawlish (or sock thereto) has to say about glowballs and melting ice.)

It doesn't help that all the rivers downstream along the Thames are enclosed, brick lined sewers.

A comment on another thread some weeks back pointed to the fact that the least troubled region of the flooded levels were the ones that still had their trees. Trees don't so much stabilise the top soil as moderate conditions in the deeper levels.

On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:58:03 AM UTC, wrote:
Up to 1800 10th my February total stands at 147.1mm .



My "winter" DJF total is now 923.1 mm.



A record metre (1000mm) of rain this winter is now certain, but how much

more than a metre?



I must be the wettest place in England apart from a few higher spots on

Dartmoor?

Cool eh? No problems with flooding either, free draining soil is still

workable :-)



Will

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http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm

Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)

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Not really cool at all, Will (your question mark invited comment). Why anyone would actually enjoy these conditions is a mystery to me and to everyone else except for a select few like yourself. *))

Why anyone would actually enjoy these conditions is a mystery to me and to everyone else except for a select few like yourself. *))

Blimey, if you can't "enjoy" extreme conditions, then you need to find a new hobby.
Like many have said on here before, no-one would wish anyone's life or property to be affected by the weather, however it's inevitable.
I record the weather, not for statistical pleasure, but so I know when it's been the hottest, coldest, wettest, whatever and I "enjoy" extremes, of whatever type.
I like to look at figures from around the UK to see when I've been coldest at night, which happens fairly frequently. I "enjoyed" the fact that in December we were the driest part of the country.
My interest in the weather is not scientific but emotional and it's just a shame that you don't get that and feel the need to pick on someone who shares my emotions.

On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 9:03:26 AM UTC, David Mitchell wrote:
Why anyone would actually enjoy these conditions is a mystery to me and to everyone else except for a select few like yourself. *))



Blimey, if you can't "enjoy" extreme conditions, then you need to find a new hobby.

Like many have said on here before, no-one would wish anyone's life or property to be affected by the weather, however it's inevitable.

I record the weather, not for statistical pleasure, but so I know when it's been the hottest, coldest, wettest, whatever and I "enjoy" extremes, of whatever type.

I like to look at figures from around the UK to see when I've been coldest at night, which happens fairly frequently. I "enjoyed" the fact that in December we were the driest part of the country.

My interest in the weather is not scientific but emotional and it's just a shame that you don't get that and feel the need to pick on someone who shares my emotions.

Your support is admirable, if a little obsequious. My opinion remains the same. *))

On Wednesday, 12 February 2014 13:47:49 UTC, Dawlish wrote:
On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 9:03:26 AM UTC, David Mitchell wrote:

Why anyone would actually enjoy these conditions is a mystery to me and to everyone else except for a select few like yourself. *))







Blimey, if you can't "enjoy" extreme conditions, then you need to find a new hobby.



Like many have said on here before, no-one would wish anyone's life or property to be affected by the weather, however it's inevitable.



I record the weather, not for statistical pleasure, but so I know when it's been the hottest, coldest, wettest, whatever and I "enjoy" extremes, of whatever type.



I like to look at figures from around the UK to see when I've been coldest at night, which happens fairly frequently. I "enjoyed" the fact that in December we were the driest part of the country.



My interest in the weather is not scientific but emotional and it's just a shame that you don't get that and feel the need to pick on someone who shares my emotions.



Your support is admirable, if a little obsequious. My opinion remains the same. *))

Says the Uriah Heap of AGW blogging