[Gllug] Hello from Cape Town

[Les Matthew]

John G Walker wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:25:34 +0100 Les Matthew <lesmcdm at clara.co.uk>
> wrote:
> 
>>> Uh - anecdotal evidence is no better merely because it happens to be
>>> aligned with the science. You wouldn't accept "It's unusually cold
>>> _here_, global warming must be rubbish"; nor should you accept "It's
>>> unusually warm here, ..."
>>>   
>> But would you accept "It's unusually wet here in the UK"? ;)
> 
> I wouldn't, because the cause of the current flooding is the southward
> shift of the Jet Stream. No one is quite sure what this is evidence of
> - although it's certainly not cyclical, as one poster implied he
> thought it was,
> 
> 

Sorry, my comment was a bit tongue in cheek. I have often seen flooding in the 
Gloucester/Cheltenham area as I travel to and from Hereford to see my parents 
over the last 30ish years. I'm sure I've not seen it on this scale before, 
though I may be wrong.


les...
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