"Dave Cornwell" wrote in message
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On 01/09/2015 21:24, John Hall wrote:
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Scott W writes
On Tuesday, 1 September 2015 10:48:01 UTC+1, Dave Cornwell wrote:
Today is the tenth consecutive day of measurable rainfall for here.
There have only been two completely dry days in the last 15. Not all
complete washouts of course and sometimes pleasantly warm though often
cloudy. There have also been three murders locally in largely the same
period, unrelated to the weather though, I believe.
Dave, Laindon, S.Essex

Just a few drops so far today, barely enough to damp the ground but it
counts. Have the murders happened on darkened streets? It would make
an interesting PhD project: Does the murder rate increase during wet,
dull Augusts?



It might be that wet Augusts mean that families spend more time at home
together, which might lead to more murders resulting from people getting
on each other's nerves.
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Without wishing to sound like Lawrence it's not much fun to see your area
where you have always lived degenerating. I would have loved to live in
Devon despite all the rain and we've had that here this summer!!
Dave

I saw that happen in south Manchester in the 1980s. Lovely neighbourhood as
a boy but then late 70s a lot of criminal gangs took advantage of cheap
housing and basically ran the area until early 2000s when eventually the
police cleared them out and they moved on. Now it is much better again with
nice families moving in. Hopefully in your area it is a glitch Dave. Devon
has its fair share of roughness (mainly in the towns) and I can tell you,
you don't argue with a bunch of real Devon boys on a dark night :-)

Will
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