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    South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 03/03/2018 Onwards

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    I hope I can say this without rendering myself or netweather liable to a libel case, because he did actually say it, but I'll spare his blushes and not mention his name:

    In March 2000 a senior person at the CRU (UEA) said that "within a few years Winter snowfall will be a thing of the past" and that "children just aren't going to know what snow is".

    Roll on 18 years............??

    SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 03/03/2018 onwards

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    5 hours ago, SLEETY said:

    strange time to ask that question.why not just look on the met office website instead .

    Because we are not sure exactly where Bletchley Park is, being strangers to the Southeast. I had checked Met Office for Milton Keynes'   forecast thinking that might be nearby, but also thought it would be good to have local input. Do you object to visitors or something? ?

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    SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 03/03/2018 onwards

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    4 minutes ago, Stu_London said:

    Reckon it will be fine, but a bit of a nowcast situation. The more disruptive stuff should be a bit south of your daughters route

    Thank you Stu, that is reassuring! Our knowledge of Southeastern geography is sadly not very good and as Nweatherers are a fine bunch of folk I thought I'd pay a visit and ask! ??

    In the last lot of snow my other daughter was heavily pregnant, in Somerset, and gave birth to a beautiful baby boy at 2am on 2nd March, at the height of the blizzard. Whilst I love snow, it is happening at inconvenient times lately!

    Thank you again and love to all in the SE. ??

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    South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 03/03/2018 Onwards

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    Posted · Edited by noggin

    Yesterday I drove from Coalpit Heath to Bath, then on to edge of Mendips and back to Coalpit Heath and I saw 6 burst water mains. That was just on main(ish) roads........goodness knows how many bursts there are on other roads. I understand that the government has castigated the water companies for a lack of planning, especially as they had been forewarned of last week's weather. Tut tut!

    PS Really looking forward to Spring now.

    South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 03/03/2018 Onwards

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    14 minutes ago, EllyTech said:

    Congratulations on your new grandchild of the snow. 

    My take:

    Regarding shortages, well, I got a few things in (not excessive) well she'd

    I've shortened your post to save space Elly hope you don't mind!

    Thank you for your congratulations.......I have been referring to him as a snowbaby, but I rather like "child of the snow"....... I was actually a snowbaby myself as well!

    Re shortages...we'll just have to have an odd combination of food for tea. When I saw how much milk the dairy farmers were having to throw away, I did wonder if that might affect supplies for a day or two as well.

    The Bath half marathon for yesterday was cancelled, but coming through Bath on the way home yesterday we saw that a lot of the runners were doing it anyway as there had been such a quick thaw along the route.

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    South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 03/03/2018 Onwards

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    I just went to my Sainsbury's Local to get some carrots. There is no fresh veg, no frozen veg, hardly any fresh fruit, milk, pet food or chocolate.

    This is just reporting the situation, it's not a complaint, because I have something much better........my first grandchild, a beautiful boy born at 2am on Friday, in the middle of the blizzard, in Somerset. I only managed to get home yesterday!

    I just saw something in the Daily Mail which said that we were going to have an extreme Summer, this was apropos tons of sea creatures being washed up on Yorkshire beaches due to the sudden drop in temperature and storm force winds. Is this likely to be pure speculation or is there some indication that this might be the case?

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    South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 22/02/2018 Onwards

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    19 minutes ago, jethro said:

    Can I make a plea..... this is the regional thread and I reckon it's one of the best on here, we have a laugh, swap stories, make shopping lists and occasionally even discuss the weather. What doesn't usually happen in here is bickering and I for one am thankful for that. There's the Mad thread for serious disagreements, I can't see there's a need for that to spill over into here.

    I know the stakes are high, probably higher than it's ever been in all the years on here but please, please can we keep it friendly and light hearted.

    Quite. I have just read through the last few pages and was "bothered" by some posts........there actually seemed to be some nastiness creeping in. Not nice.

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