Saturday 23 March 2013

It's snow joke about the british weather!

Ok, who else can taste the cheese of the title?

Yeah... so... moving onto the topic....

The UK is once again, largely coverd in snow and temp's back down to being in the minus? I'm i shocked? NO.

The UK itself seems to be situated on this plannet in an area where weather can be a very odd things at times. I can't tell you how many times we've had the back-lash off some american storm, or how many times a low pressure system has gotten stuck over us.... or the same for high pressure.

I will state at this point, i like my sunshine and i like some heat.

Last year, some of you may remember, i went off to Toronto in Canada for just under 3 weeks. While there, let me explain to you the weather....

First night, once i'd landed, done battle with the border force and had gotten back to my aunt and uncle's place where i was staying, the sky opend and it rained.... and hard!

The next day, it was like the rain had never existed, it was sunny and warm, actually hot for me, considering where i'm from. Over the next week or so, the sun was out all day, every day. I LOVED it! Sitting out by the pool having a beer or two and working on my tan (well i had to take something home). The only time the weather took a change for the worse (and admittedly, i shat my pants) was on the day of the family BBQ. My aunt and uncle had worked hard at getting as many people together as they could, so i could meet some more of my canadian family. It was to be a BBQ, a few beers and just a good giggle. I remember i'd gone to bed the night before, it'd been a lovely warm day and i was partly expecting the same again the day after, only i should have known my luck, in that when something gets planned like that, the bad weather comes to get us....

I woke up in the morning, quite early... not knowing what time it was or knowing if anyone was up, i flicked on the tv to one of the news channels, that were reporting thunder storms, but that it'd still be a hot day, but maybe with some rain thrown in. The next minute, it sounded like a bomb had gone off, the windows and door rattled and the power went off to the whole neighbourhood. I remember laying in bed thinking "OMG, WTF just happend, have they bombed the area?". I presume Canada has either the fastest repair team known man, or the thunder had just tripped something out... either way, after a few minutes, and another rumble, the power came back on. Over the next hour or so, i remember it rained on and off... then within a few minutes of the rain stopping, the clouds moved on and it was sunny and warm again.

Talk about bi-polar weather!

The rest of the time in Canada, they were having heatwaves and of course warning people to drink lots of water and stay out of the sun during it's strongest hours (Usually between 12 and 3 in the afternoon i believe).

I came home to a country that itself had had thunderstorms... and near enough none stop rain. Of course that didn't change because i was home.

Since then, the UK went quickly into winter type weather and doesn't really seem to have come out of it. We had "The beast from the east" storm, which was where an area of low pressure from nothern europe came over the UK and stayed here for a few days, moving slowly over us all, before going south and back to the east if i remember rightly.

After that, the weather started to go ok again, the temp was picking up in line with what were used to.... that was until 2 nights ago. It's started to go colder and yes, the snow is back. As were no longer in winter, people are wondering why we have this weather and what will happen in the future.

This, in my eyes, is mother nature's way of telling us to look after her abit more. Global warming might not be happening as people expect, but climate change IS. If current trends continue, the weather looks set to get even more strange... literally going from one extreme onto the next. Forecasters in America have warned of this, saying that while it might not snow as much in future, when it does snow, it will be harder and more of a challange to deal with. When it gets colder, it will be extreme and obv when it gets hot... you won't like it.

So, question...

Are you doing ALL you can to be more eco-friendly? Do a little google search on it now and see if theres improvements you can make in your life... if we all make the effort, we all recieve the benefits.

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