It Looks Like Another Rainy Day
Does the weather ever do anything else?
Is This Bad Summer Caused By Climate Change?
It may be but there are many other factors at work.
I went to a lecture given by an eminent scientist from Cambridge about the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
He said that much of the trouble around the nuclear power stations was caused by inadequate sea defences against a known risk. However in Tokyo, everything swayed, but there were only two deaths, as buildings were designed to withstand a much larger earthquake.
The moral is that we should build to withstand the worst that nature can throw at us.
So that means no building on flood plains and probably moving some of our most picturesque villages to safer places.
Incidentally, my father always said that if you buy a house, make sure it’s on high ground and doesn’t get flooded.
James Miller
What Happened When The Torch Relay Went Into Windsor Castle To Meet The Queen
It rained of course. And heavily too. this was taken from the BBC’s text commentary.
Gina is then taken to meet the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. After curtseying she says: “It’s English weather isn’t it. You can’t do anything about it.”
To which the Queen, dressed wisely in a camel overcoat, responds: “No nothing.” She then breaks into a wide smile and later enquires of the torch: “What keeps it going?”
The Duke of Edinburgh then seemed to test the weight of the torch before asking Gina, “Are you going to take it home?”
So it seems the Queen may be fed up with the weather too!
Aren’t we all?
The Great British Stand-By
Around ten this morning I received an e-mail saying that the local party in the square will be held provided the weather is not too bad. If it deteriorates, it will be held in the crypt of the church. How very British to use the church instead.
There is also a rumour going around that if the weather gets worse the Olympics will be held in St. Paul’s cathedral.
Why The Weather Is So Bad?
There is a detailed explanation here in the Daily Telegraph. The first paragraph says it all.
The reason the weather is so bad this month is that a so-called jet stream, which lowers air pressure and brings unsettled weather, has become stuck over southern England.
I think it is a case of up the anchors and tow the country south.
But then summers were like this in the 1950s and 1960s. And we survived!
On the other hand we didn’t get all this flooding. But that’s because idiots allowed houses to be built on flood plains.
Even the Olympic Park has been built on a drained swamp, but it has lots of rivers running through it.
They’ve Cancelled The Stringbag
The weather has now got worse and the BBC has announced that the flypast by the Swordfish has been cancelled.
The Queen Gets Her Weather
It looks like the next four days, will be the Queen’s usual weather; dull with rain.
At least heavy rain doesn’t seem to be forecast.
Hopefully!
Summer Is Over
Does this picture herald the end of summer?
The Angel, Islington in the Rain
Or is the Queen getting her usual bad weather for the Diamond Jubilee?
Do You Think We Should Have a Whip-round to Buy God a New Bath-plug?
Our youngest son always used to say that thunderstorms were caused because God let the bath-water run over.
So, he might have said the title of this post, after all the bad weather, we’ve been having lately!
The Anonymous Widower 