global warming

[B0LLIKS]

Is it just me. I was thinking the other day we never seem to have those big window rattling thunderstorms i remember from years ago, with all this global warming i thought we should have more. i like a good storm now and again.

[ShadownINja]

Oh, I dunno. It's a bank holiday and it's sunny. I'm very suspicious.

[ZOLLAR]

Had a big storm in south wales just over a week ago, lightning thunder etc went on for hours.
Although i feel theres more flooding these days!.

[sunbeam_alpine]

We had one yesterday, but we've finished with it now. Would you like me to send it on to you?

[Jasandjules]

It's not very warm for all the Global Warming.....

[B0LLIKS]

sunbeam_alpine said:

We had one yesterday, but we've finished with it now. Would you like me to send it on to you?

only if its free.

[Laurel Green]

Jasandjules said:

It's not very warm for all the Global Warming.....

Too true it's not! Nearly resorted to turning the heating on last night.

[ShadownINja]

Jasandjules said:

It's not very warm for all the Global Warming.....

Well, yesterday it was so hot that the sun was crying. (Stolen from another PHer.)

[magpie215]

global warming?.....is it that again? Or are we back onto climate change next week???

[dreamz]

i was workin last night outdoors - frikkin freezing - two t-shirts, a shirt, blazer and a fleece.

thank god we had a great summer at least!

[ellroy]

Massive electrical storm over Bailden week before last. Huge hailstones, road flooding the works.

O/P seems you're just living in a good spot, don't knock it!

[B0LLIKS]

ellroy said:

Massive electrical storm over Bailden week before last. Huge hailstones, road flooding the works.

O/P seems you're just living in a good spot, don't knock it!

just outside poole.

[Magog]

B0LLIKS said:

ellroy said:

Massive electrical storm over Bailden week before last. Huge hailstones, road flooding the works.

O/P seems you're just living in a good spot, don't knock it!

just outside poole.

That explains it, Harry Redknapp will have been having one of his men pass Mother Nature brown paper envolopes to keep her on side.

[zakelwe]

B0LLIKS said:

Is it just me. I was thinking the other day we never seem to have those big window rattling thunderstorms i remember from years ago, with all this global warming i thought we should have more. i like a good storm now and again.

You sound like my mum, everything was better in the past !

This is more a case of as you get older things like that don't register as much unless you are interested in it. Also, when younger you probably spent more time in your vicinity, now you might be travelling for work, doing a full time job so miss it etc etc etc.

If you want to see some thunderstorms check out mid Africa

http://aviationweather.gov/data/obs/sat/intl/ir_IC...

Andy

[deeps]

ZOLLAR said:

Had a big storm in south wales just over a week ago, lightning thunder etc went on for hours.
Although i feel theres more flooding these days!.

I watched that from across the water in Burnham On Sea, the sky was as black as a bag (a black bag that is) from Minehead and all across South Wales, nice and bright in Burnham though.

Do you really think there's more flooding now than at any time in the past? I would wager that extreme weather events are no different today than they were 100, 500 or 1000+ years ago, the only difference is they're reported and mediarised these days, whereas 500 years ago pigeon post was a little slower, not that anyone gave a damn anyway. Funny thing is, in all those years man still hasn't learnt that if you build on flood plains and valleys you will at some point get flooded!

[Flintstone]

deeps said:

mediarised

You made that up


I love watching thunderstorms either from the ground or (from a distance) in the air. When I used to live in Darwin the wet season was brilliant. Regular, daily thunderstorms where the rain was so warm you could shower in them. When flying at night between towering cumulo-nimbus you could watch airstrikes as lightning arced across from one cloud to another.

St Elmo's fire on the propellor and windscreen was a sure sign that you were getting close. Fascinating but scary in a small aircraft. Watched bush fires start from lightning strikes too. The initial fire in the couple of seconds after the lightning struck was bright, very bright. Actinic.

Ah, happy days.

[Scraggles]

was camping in hampshire with some friends, had the odd tent blow down, but no thunderstorms lukcily

[JMGS4]

Global wombling? Bovine Manure... the coldest and wettest August in Germany since records began here!!!!

[Hedders]

magpie215 said:

global warming?.....is it that again? Or are we back onto climate change next week???

I always give it it's full title "Man Made Global Warming". I see no reason for a name change unless they are admitting they are wrong.