As yet we cannot control the weather but we can make it worse
The U.K. had a brief burst of spring sunshine last week, it almost felt summery, but now it is back to grey skies, cold weather and rain. Spare a thought if you are in the U.K. though for people in the U.S. who have had a hell of a winter and it has not ended yet.
The latest from the U.S.A. is that storms are lashing parts of the copuntry reining down giant hailstones.
Oklahoma City in the state of Oklahoma, suffered the giant hailstones, reported to be one and half inches in diameter by MSN News, and bitterly cold temperatures. The world and its weather is beginning to resemble the movie The Day After Tomorrow but try not to panic. Strange weather patterns are nothing new and sometimes plague regions for a couple of years. That said however mankind has damaged the quality of earth so much you never can tell.
In Tennessee and Texas it was torrential rain causing flooding with some roads impassable. A storm battered Houston, Texas. Heavy rain, ice and cold temperatures resulted in a virtual " river of ice".
Comment
In these timese perhaps we should always be prepared for any eventuality. Certainly if you are driving any distance it will pay you to have items in the boot or to hand which could prove lifesavers if extreme weather hits. Items such as a little refreshment, the means to keep warm and dry, a form of lighting, something to dig your vehicle out of snow or mud and a cell or mobile phone are a few obvious choices.
We English are used to strange and inclement weather, often at the most inconvenient times, but the U.K. has, or had, a temperate climate. This meant that extremes of weather were rare. Not any more though.
Inspite of sophisticated weather predicting services these days forecasters still get it wrong sometimes. If you are simply caught in heavy rain, so what? If you are caught in extreme weather it could be life or death.
Related reading: U.S.A National Weather channel
The latest from the U.S.A. is that storms are lashing parts of the copuntry reining down giant hailstones.
Oklahoma City in the state of Oklahoma, suffered the giant hailstones, reported to be one and half inches in diameter by MSN News, and bitterly cold temperatures. The world and its weather is beginning to resemble the movie The Day After Tomorrow but try not to panic. Strange weather patterns are nothing new and sometimes plague regions for a couple of years. That said however mankind has damaged the quality of earth so much you never can tell.
In Tennessee and Texas it was torrential rain causing flooding with some roads impassable. A storm battered Houston, Texas. Heavy rain, ice and cold temperatures resulted in a virtual " river of ice".
Comment
In these timese perhaps we should always be prepared for any eventuality. Certainly if you are driving any distance it will pay you to have items in the boot or to hand which could prove lifesavers if extreme weather hits. Items such as a little refreshment, the means to keep warm and dry, a form of lighting, something to dig your vehicle out of snow or mud and a cell or mobile phone are a few obvious choices.
We English are used to strange and inclement weather, often at the most inconvenient times, but the U.K. has, or had, a temperate climate. This meant that extremes of weather were rare. Not any more though.
Inspite of sophisticated weather predicting services these days forecasters still get it wrong sometimes. If you are simply caught in heavy rain, so what? If you are caught in extreme weather it could be life or death.
Related reading: U.S.A National Weather channel
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