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Post by squeamishossifrage on Jan 22, 2023 12:07:09 GMT
Thanks for that - I think... Having absorbed the salient points, I think I shall go and mix myself a sangria, and pretend I am on a Spanish summer holiday - but back in the sixties.  |
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Post by andy on Jan 22, 2023 12:25:13 GMT
Thanks for that - I think... Having absorbed the salient points, I think I shall go and mix myself a sangria, and pretend I am on a Spanish summer holiday - but back in the sixties. I didn't think it was that interesting but there doesn't seem to be much else to go on. It certainly doesn't change my view on boggy and wooded uplands managing the flow of water though. |
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Post by squeamishossifrage on Jan 22, 2023 13:29:56 GMT
To me the interesting data was in the projections of rainfall and temperature. It looks to me as if the country is going to need a lot more reservoir storage, because the winter rainfall is mostly going to run off and leave the land hard and dry, and the rivers flooding continuously unless the water-flow can can be regulated.
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Post by daves on Jan 22, 2023 14:00:47 GMT
What Sabine Hossenfelder has to say.
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Post by andy on Jan 22, 2023 14:59:16 GMT
To me the interesting data was in the projections of rainfall and temperature. It looks to me as if the country is going to need a lot more reservoir storage, because the winter rainfall is mostly going to run off and leave the land hard and dry, and the rivers flooding continuously unless the water-flow can can be regulated. That's what the boggy uplands should be doing. |
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Post by daves on Jan 25, 2023 8:20:19 GMT
Foggy morning here with a heavy dew dripping off every surface. At least the temperature is above freezing.
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Post by John Farrell on Jan 25, 2023 23:29:17 GMT
A pleasant summer's day here - a light breeze and temperature in the mid 20s.
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Post by John Farrell on Jan 27, 2023 20:56:49 GMT
We have another pleasant summer's day here, mild and partly cloudy. Auckland, though, 1000km or so north of me, has just had its heaviest rainfall ever - 249mm in the 24 hours to 9am today. That's 10 inches of rain...
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Post by willien on Jan 27, 2023 21:54:20 GMT
We have another pleasant summer's day here, mild and partly cloudy. Auckland, though, 1000km or so north of me, has just had its heaviest rainfall ever - 249mm in the 24 hours to 9am today. That's 10 inches of rain... ****in' hell! |
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Post by John Farrell on Jan 28, 2023 21:37:02 GMT
Heavy damage in Auckland, from the rain - there could be 5000 houses uninhabitable. There is another similar rainstorm predicted for early next week. Meanwhile, we have a pleasant day, with a week of fine days coming up.
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Post by andy on Jan 28, 2023 22:50:31 GMT
Heavy damage in Auckland, from the rain - there could be 5000 houses uninhabitable. There is another similar rainstorm predicted for early next week. Meanwhile, we have a pleasant day, with a week of fine days coming up. Is there much precedent for that level of rainfall there? Sounds awful either way. |
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Post by John Farrell on Jan 28, 2023 23:53:04 GMT
Heavy damage in Auckland, from the rain - there could be 5000 houses uninhabitable. There is another similar rainstorm predicted for early next week. Meanwhile, we have a pleasant day, with a week of fine days coming up. Is there much precedent for that level of rainfall there? Sounds awful either way. Highest rainfall recorded since records began. |
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Post by John Farrell on Jan 30, 2023 20:28:03 GMT
We have another fine day - a little more windy than I like. Meanwhile, Auckland is waiting for yet another storm to hit, later today. It could be as bad as the previous weekend. They also have a political storm, with their mayor, elected last year, proving to be as useless as his detractors predicted. Yet another reason not to let rightwingers with lots of money put busnessmen into positions of power.
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Post by willien on Jan 30, 2023 21:01:39 GMT
We have another fine day - a little more windy than I like. Meanwhile, Auckland is waiting for yet another storm to hit, later today. It could be as bad as the previous weekend. They also have a political storm, with their mayor, elected last year, proving to be as useless as his detractors predicted. Yet another reason not to let rightwingers with lots of money put busnessmen into positions of power.Ah you have been following the Zahawi saga... |
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Post by kate on Jan 31, 2023 19:03:57 GMT
I have a nasty feeling about tonight's storm passing over us. It has started to wind up now. Thermos filled. Phone charged, kindle the same. I'm not usually feeling so apprehensive, but for some reason tonight is different.
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