cheeky_monkey

WYorksWeather taxing the sheet out of stuff or banning will not work and it doesn't work..what works is making petrol cars etc obsolete through making other forms of power more efficient and less costly and we are just not there yet..IMO EV are a short term stop gap until other way more efficient modes of power generation is developed which will happen as technology advances

TwisterGirl81 when i lived in Exeter i worked for 3 years in Plymouth..often the weather would be utter garbage in Plymouth but when i got home it was fine and dry in Exeter esp in summer..have to say Plymouth can be pretty grim in the winter..often wet drab and grey and the weather is none too special either

for me the problem is not climate change and the world is warming because that is a known fact because it has already happened..thus that cannot be denied. The problem is nobody knows the actual consequences on the world 50-100 years down the line because it has not happened..what we have is an educated guess on future predictions that cannot be guaranteed due to the fact that all predictions for the future the past tells us they will always be wrong esp the further away you are from year zero.

Methuselah im just old enough to remember the summer of 1976..but i still put 1995 summer ahead of 1976 with 1983 a close third ..as for Spurs getting relegated in 1977 oh how we laughed ..until we got relegated the following season

110cm Edmonton by end of March 2011..not been close since

i remember going to West Edmonton mall (one of the biggest in the world) the day before it was closed for lockdown..there was literally me and two other people in the whole mall and only one shop remained open all the others out of nearly 900 had closed ..all the mall music was still playing but felt like you were in a some zombie apocalypses movie

Fantastic summer for me..spent 3 weeks in June on hols in Cyprus..in fact it was the last Holiday i have been on.

last time we went for El Nino into strong La Nina was 2010..winter that followed here was long cold and very snowy

1995 no arguments

SollyOlly cold and snow stinks at this time of the year ..i just want winter to be over

another miserable cold snowy day today

Don yep look how much the waters round south America have dropped in just the last 7 days some 3-5c

crap day here today -8c light snow..

*Stormforce~beka* You cant get lunch at walmart no such thing as sandwiches or a meal deal..they dont do proper bacon its just cheap rashers and nothing else..gammon just doesn't exist at all ..potatoes are garbage either yellow or russets and thats it ..choice of vegetables is pretty limited..fresh meat and fish forget it..mainly frozen and thawed out (sold as fresh)..mind you you can get your car fixed/serviced at walmart if you want..cashpoints are mainly inside the bank or you may find one at the mall (inside a bank lol)..can only cross the road at designated cross walks or traffic lights..people tend to go to bars/Restaurants or hybrids..which are located in shopping districts there is no town centre so to speak..no such thing as a pub crawl they are all far apart. i have lived in Canada so long now i dont really miss things in the UK..but when i do come home always have a Chinese, Indian & trip to the chippy..i always spend a day at the beach even if the weather is sheet and wonder in amazement at the countryside.

*Stormforce~beka* everyday things are different that you never really thought of..like going to Walmart is totally different to going to Tesco for example.the store layouts are different and everyday consumables that you take for granted in the UK just don't exist here..pubs don't exist..the way you bank is different people still write cheques etc..when i first came here i couldn't find a cash point where i would find them in the UK..Takeaways are not the same.. no popping to the local chippy, Chinese or Indian ..if you like burgers and pizza fill your boots!..jay walking is a crime here..the way the traffic lights change is different and you can turn right on a red light which you cant in the UK..If you dont have correct change on transit you cant get on..jeez they dont even have cashless transport system..i could go on

*Stormforce~beka* you would think that Canada would be easy...because everybody speaks English ..but its totally different to the UK

SollyOlly its garbage..nobody wants this kind of sheet after a lovely warm spring weekend.

hate spring sometimes

Earthshine its not just about the weather..you need to watch for culture shock when you move abroad

In Absence of True Seasons Kelowna is well known as heat trap sandwiched in the Rocky Mountains

its strange to think that in reality 43c in Edmonton Alberta should be more likely than the UK...however the hottest temperature ever recorded here is 37.2c back in 1937

the geese are back sure sign of spring here

Don i purposely didn't show the following week when it goes back to highs of -8c and snow ..damn those SSWs damn you all to hell

TheOgre I'm alright Jack

32.6c just because