Over the weekend I was driving across country. First opportunity to see for my
own eyes just how low reservoirs are adjacent the roads between Sheffield &
Manchester. Indeed, some are virtually empty with vast tracts of reservoir bed
exposed. It really sank home just how dry a year 2003 has been. Next
Spring/Summer could be interesting when water rationing is brought in,
methinks!

Cheers.

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dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers writes
Over the weekend I was driving across country. First opportunity to see for my
own eyes just how low reservoirs are adjacent the roads between Sheffield &
Manchester. Indeed, some are virtually empty with vast tracts of reservoir bed
exposed. It really sank home just how dry a year 2003 has been. Next
Spring/Summer could be interesting when water rationing is brought in,
methinks!

Glad I left Leeds last winter.... ;-)



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In article ,
dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers writes
Over the weekend I was driving across country. First opportunity to see
for my
own eyes just how low reservoirs are adjacent the roads between Sheffield
&
Manchester. Indeed, some are virtually empty with vast tracts of
reservoir bed
exposed. It really sank home just how dry a year 2003 has been. Next
Spring/Summer could be interesting when water rationing is brought in,
methinks!

Glad I left Leeds last winter.... ;-)

mind you, correct me if I am wrong in this, but hasn't Leeds always been
poorly provided with reserves? A friend of mine, now in his early 60s,
remembers as a boy in Leeds, there were always water shortages and threats
of hosepipe bans

Jim Webster



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In article ,
dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers writes
Over the weekend I was driving across country. First opportunity to see
for my
own eyes just how low reservoirs are adjacent the roads between Sheffield
&
Manchester. Indeed, some are virtually empty with vast tracts of
reservoir bed
exposed. It really sank home just how dry a year 2003 has been. Next
Spring/Summer could be interesting when water rationing is brought in,
methinks!

Glad I left Leeds last winter.... ;-)

mind you, correct me if I am wrong in this, but hasn't Leeds always been
poorly provided with reserves? A friend of mine, now in his early 60s,
remembers as a boy in Leeds, there were always water shortages and threats
of hosepipe bans

I lived there from (about) 1973 to this January, and remember two water
shortages - one back in the 70s, and one about 5 years ago. Each time
coincided with a *very* dry spell of water. I can't of course cast any
light on your friends boy-hood experiences - I'm too young and was
living in a different bit of the country!

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Over the weekend I was driving across country. First opportunity to see for my
own eyes just how low reservoirs are adjacent the roads between Sheffield &
Manchester. Indeed, some are virtually empty with vast tracts of reservoir bed
exposed. It really sank home just how dry a year 2003 has been. Next
Spring/Summer could be interesting when water rationing is brought in,
methinks!

Cheers.

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Yes I walked round ladybower last saturday and its the lowest I've
ever seen it. Normally you would see fishermen all round but they just
couldn't get to the water. Looking at the overflows at the damn it was
hard to believe the water could ever get that high.


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"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" wrote in
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Over the weekend I was driving across country. First opportunity to see for my
own eyes just how low reservoirs are adjacent the roads between Sheffield &
Manchester. Indeed, some are virtually empty with vast tracts of reservoir bed
exposed. It really sank home just how dry a year 2003 has been. Next
Spring/Summer could be interesting when water rationing is brought in,
methinks!

And the weather shows no sign of changing from it's predominantly
dry mood either. True, it's been wet over the last week or so but the
models are once again predicting a return to anticyclonic conditions
for the foreseable future.

This should be the wettest time of the year, yet where is the zonality?
As for water rationing, well I think it's a distinct possibility.
Certainly if we get through to February without any decent rainfall.

Col
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On 02 Nov 2003 10:51:33 GMT, omcom
(dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) wrote:

Seems to be okay here in south Wales - loadsa rain. :-)


Phil

Went up for a walk around Cod Beck resevoir near Northallerton on
Sunday, shocked at how empty it was, and this was after some significant
rain on Friday and Saturday night.

http://www.aozj96.dsl.pipex.com/codbeck.jpg
http://www.aozj96.dsl.pipex.com/codbeck2.jpg
http://www.aozj96.dsl.pipex.com/codbeck3.jpg

Billy Dods

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Went up for a walk around Cod Beck resevoir near Northallerton on
Sunday, shocked at how empty it was, and this was after some significant
rain on Friday and Saturday night.

http://www.aozj96.dsl.pipex.com/codbeck.jpg
http://www.aozj96.dsl.pipex.com/codbeck2.jpg
http://www.aozj96.dsl.pipex.com/codbeck3.jpg


I suspect you are talking in terms of several weeks of significant rain
to get it full again.

Billy Dods



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