[Something Very Fishy.............]

Anyone see the program about nuclear power the other night? Apparently no more than 47(IIRC) people died as a direct result of the Chernobyl accident. This in the same week that the government announces plans that it wants more nuclear power stations(although hasn't a clue how it will fund them). At the time of the accident we heard nothing but reports of people dieing of radiation sickness and the abnormailties that occured in later years in children and animals near the plant. This program seemed hell bent of dispelling all of this! ........

The Australian Uranium Information Centre has issued a briefing paper (dated March 2006) which gives more extensive details of the Chernobyl accident and subsequent investigations. The Centre is funded by companies involved in uranium exploration, mining and export in Australia, but the paper does appear to be factually accurate.

The International Atomic Energy Authority has coverage of Chernobyl in it's In Focus series.

[Storm Reports 05th July 2006]

Couple of rumbles of thunder around 18.20. Brief spell of light rain 19.00.

[Storm Reports: 4th July 2006]

Thunder heard from around 20.20, occasional flashes of lightning to south. Could it be your storm Louise?

20.38 Getting closer. Here comes the rain.

21.05 Storm moving away, rain ceased, passed to east of my location.

Another storm moving in from SW around 21.30 took out my computer. Fortunately no serious damage.

[Storm Reports: 4th July 2006]

Thunder heard from around 20.20, occasional flashes of lightning to south. Could it be your storm Louise?

20.38 Getting closer. Here comes the rain.

21.05 Storm moving away, rain ceased, passed to east of my location.

[Weather For West Country For 76]

This was the year of the so-called Great Drought. There is some general information here on the weather and some of its consequences. However, I imagine you are aware of this already?