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Post by westender on Jun 16, 2011 22:53:59 GMT -1
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Post by bormes on Jun 17, 2011 7:05:39 GMT -1
Brilliant, you couldn't do that if you tried !!
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Post by heidie on Jun 17, 2011 17:19:11 GMT -1
Its a pupppeeeeeettttt!
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Post by peony on Jun 20, 2011 15:39:43 GMT -1
Oh, those fur bearin' varmits. lol
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Post by yonzabam on Jun 20, 2011 16:42:34 GMT -1
Oh, those fur bearin' varmits. lol Hi, Peony. How's the heat in Texas? I read Houston recorded a record breaking 105 degrees at the start of June. That's very early in the year to be breaking records. At least you don't have to worry about the tornados, now. They've moved north and there's a 'moderate risk' warning for west of Chicago today. We complain a lot about the weather over here, but it's nothing compared to the extremes you get. I read you need rain really badly. And the prediction is for a hyperactive hurricane season. Hope it ain't global warming, cos if it is, it's only gonna get worser. Interesting times. |
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Post by westender on Jun 20, 2011 17:28:33 GMT -1
Oh, those fur bearin' varmits. lol Indeed - some are much nicer lookin than others. |
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Post by bormes on Jun 20, 2011 18:18:21 GMT -1
I think they look wonderful made into cats, jackets hats and gloves !!!!
I realise the above statement could be a danger to life and limb !!!!
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Post by peony on Jun 20, 2011 19:39:00 GMT -1
Hey, Yonza - Houston usually gets 54 inches of rain annually. So far this year (which is half over) we've gotten a little over two inches. Spring is generally the monsoon season. It's pretty brutal when I get to the dog park at 6 am it's already 77 degrees and I'm sweating up a storm. At 7 am it's time to go home and garden. I come in to the house between 930 and 1000 and hide from the heat. It's damned hot and doesn't appear to be getting any better. My gardens are all set up to drain quickly and now I'm watering every day, at least once. We are working on a drip irrigation system.
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Post by peony on Jun 20, 2011 19:40:09 GMT -1
Oh, my dog has turned into a hunter par excellence. She snatches birds on the wing and has killed many rats and mice at the dog park. I wish she wouldn't. I know a lady out in west Texas who's entire garden is being devoured by rats driven in by lack of water and feed. Here we are constantly on the lookout for snakes (copperheads, cottonmouths, and coral snakes) looking for water. I have put out dishes for all the little toads etc that need water and at night I secretly run a ditch full of water for the critters on the other side of the fence hoping they stay there. All the fires in Texas at the moment: ticc.tamu.edu/Response/FireActivity/There are many others in New Mexico, Arizona, Georgia, etc. |
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Post by westender on Jun 20, 2011 20:13:04 GMT -1
Sell up and come to Scotland, peony... we've mair water than we can handle, thank goodness ;D and it's never too hot to handle for weeks on end.
Well, except for '76, '77, 2003, 2007. That last I had to spend June days in London and use the tube, in 35 degree heat. I was close to spontaneous combustion; one of the worst physical experiences I've ever undergone. Feckin nightmare. Never again.
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Post by peony on Jun 20, 2011 20:22:11 GMT -1
Very tempting, Westie.  |
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Post by yonzabam on Jun 21, 2011 10:51:28 GMT -1
Mexico has had record droughts and deluges in the past few years, exactly the kind of thing predicted by global warming theory. However, there is currently a category 2 hurricane (Beatriz) grazing the Pacific coast and bringing welcome rain to the interior. Don't think you'll get much of it in Texas, but the moisture field has spread into the Gulf of Mexico, so you might get some of it down the road.
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MEXICO CITY – About 40 percent of Mexico’s territory has been experiencing the worst drought in seven decades, President Felipe Calderon said.
Climate change has caused extreme weather events in Mexico in the past three years, ranging from torrential rains to severe droughts, Calderon said during an event held in connection with the celebration earlier this week of World Environment Day.
Mexico experienced its second worst drought in 60 years in 2009, while 2010 was the rainiest year on record and this year has seen parts of the country suffer from the worst drought in 70 years, the president said.
There are areas in Mexico where it has not rained since September, causing wildfires in states like Coahuila, where 193,000 hectares (476,543 acres) burned between March and April.
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Post by ozneil on Jun 21, 2011 10:58:48 GMT -1
We have had the Coldest & wettest Autumn for 40 years. Today we have had snow lying 50 miles West of Sydney!!! Wouldn't mind some heat  |
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Post by notanimby on Jun 21, 2011 11:24:11 GMT -1
We have had the Coldest & wettest Autumn for 40 years. Today we have had snow lying 50 miles West of Sydney!!! Wouldn't mind some heat that'll be thon global warmin fur ye  make the most of it before, before it gets really roastin cauld |
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Post by peony on Jun 21, 2011 12:17:52 GMT -1
I think they are saying that Texas' situation is caused by La Nina.
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