Posted on 8th February, 2007 by TW
After the faux-spring we had a few days ago it seems winter has arrived at last. At last the weather has reverted to what you expect for this time of year, possibly going further as an excited presenter on local radio today exclaimed this was “the first snow in ‘this’ area for nearly 10 years.” I am not convinced how true that is, but nevertheless, snow is rare here.
While the snow does indeed make everywhere look beautiful and is always fun to play in, this is a big shame. Following the blinding sunshine and really warm days we have been having, lots of plants and flowers (and I can only assume insects and animals) must have assumed it was really spring. I suspect this “sudden” cold snap will prove fatal to lots of them.
This really is a shame. Especially because snow is great.
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Posted on 16th January, 2007 by Heather
Further to the post on No winter, it seems that the Americans are currently getting the winter for 6 other countries.(Typical Americans, you might say.) There are some pictures on http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6267273.stm showing beautiful snow scenes in unlikely locations.
Americans use even more resources than we do in Europe. They are responsible for a disproportionate share of the activities that are seen as responsible for climate change. They are also fairly forward in refusing to accept any responsibilty for restraining human impact on the climate.
Appalling as the impact of freak weather - such as the ice storm and last year’s New Orleans disaster, is on individual Americans, maybe some general good could come out of it. The US population might start applying some political pressure on its leaders to take the issue of climate change more seriously.
(No smugness, here. Europe is hardly blamefree or immune from the impact of changing weather patterns.)
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Posted on 12th January, 2007 by Heather
Just got this picture from another member of the blogging team at WhyDontYou.org.uk. After exhaustive research (Google images then) I think it’s a praying mantis? If anyone sees this and recognises it, please let us know.
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Posted on 31st December, 2006 by TW
WhyDontYou has added a few new features to it’s posts - the main one is a “light box” for inline images (note: this does not include the images on Flickr and the like).
To see how this works, click on these images:
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After the faux-spring we had a few days ago it seems winter has arrived at last. At last the weather has reverted to what you expect for this time of year, possibly going further as an excited presenter on local radio today exclaimed this was “the first snow in ‘this’ area for nearly 10 years.” I am not convinced how true that is, but nevertheless, snow is rare here.
