wow this could get interesting
 

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Only just joined myself & think you could be right. Is that Amazon as in you have depth like the river or amazonian as in you`ll kick my butt if I take the mickey?

Calm down there dude.

Probably depth like the river she would like to toss you in.

Am in england Remoc, we get rain in biblical proportion and are born with webbed feet, no fear of drowning. Nice to meet you, enjoy your day.

Half-a-sixpence-is......
 

I sympathise with Dale Martin here as there is still no confirmed reassurance that amazon is not half a tit !

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Does it really rain in Englandland ? :cheesy:

Used to rain like hell ursula. Nowadays, be it through global warming or rays of sunshine that eminated from our ex prime minister blairs radiant smile there has been a definite climate shift, the seasons have changed dramatically in my opinion & we just don`t see snow anymore. So here I stand with webbed feet & nowhere to paddle. Ha

As for Amazon, she is possibly sharpening her spears and will retort later, let`s hope I don`t find myself on the sharp end of that one.

Webbed feet would work where I am!
 

We are in Northern Saskatchewan Canada and it has not stopped raining or snowing since October 2006. If this is global warming, I need a seat on the next space shuttle to mars.(apparently it is quite warm and dry there)
What the heck is a trackback?
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Webbed feet; It could happen to you.
 

Hi Kie 654,
Only rained where you are since last year! In England it started raining around 2 months before Noah started to build the ark and ended around October 25th 1998 at around 3.45pm. By the year of our lord 1582 all englishmen had genetically morphed into half human half amphibian creatures that were as at home on the sea as they were on land, hence are proclivity to travel the oceans, skull and cross bones fluttering merrily and fish around in many other countries sticking our noses in everyone elses business. Thank god it stopped raining when it did, the next genetic step was to breath through gills placed strategically behind my ears and I really was not up for that.

Hi Dale,
Historically, and I do mean historically, we used to be at the bottom of some damn ancient sea. If the current weather conditions keep up, guess where we are going to end up. As a Canadian, we pretend we are not sticking our noses in everyone elses business (rain or not) and that would be a lie, or at least what we try to tell ourselves. We are the 'Great Pretenders'. Fortunately, I will not be shot for saying so. I am too far from the ocean to turn into an amphibian so it really has to stop raining. (It snowed here yesterday, yuk!) Did it really stop raining in the UK? You were known for it.

It certainly doesn`t rain like it used to. the greatest shift I have noticed over the last 20 years is in our winters though, it does not seem to get as cold as it used to and snow has become a thing of the past. Around our coastline can be seen a growth in the number of jellyfish and sightings of shark in areas not normally seen before.

Hey guys, be thankful for what ever rain you get. As you will see below, we hardly ever get any. :annoyed: :(

Phoenix Weather
Waking up to the sun every morning is probably something Greater Phoenix residents take for granted, but we love to share our more than 325 days of annual sunshine. With only 7.66 inches of rain per year and an average high temperature of 85 degrees, our region offers an ideal setting for outdoor activity. :flame:

Dale

You know, I like our changing weather, I remember in the early seventies summers so cold it snowed, and worse some scientist were predicting another ice age.

Now we have those same type of scientist (and the media) going on about global warming. Tell you what, I didn't believe those S.O.Bs then and I don't believe them now, tabloid scientist will say anything to get/keep their government grants.


UK Bob

The jellyfish and sharks I can do without. In our part of the world we have seen an increase in the number of cougars and bears, creatures not known in this area at all up until 3 years ago. Our winters have become 'you're worst nightmare'. Extreme cold (-40 C) and mountains of snow. But the worst of it is, the winter solstice seems to have shifted to a good 4 weeks earlier than in previous years. Logically, you would think the spring solstice would be 4 weeks earlier, not. Ah well, that would be why significant numbers of Canadians head to Arizona in the fall.

:rofl: Oh Kie, so you are familiar with the term: Snowbird. We get them from all over the world. That is Hilarious. :D I hope your not one of the ones that I scream profanities at for going 20mph / 32km/H in a 65mph / 105km/H zone. :cheesy:

Hey Remoc, I am very familiar with the term, I just have a few more years before I become one. I have been in your part of the world, which is why I will be coming back, beautiful weather. I will make sure I am still young enough to be able to read the speed signs, don't want to irritate the natives.

(-40c) Kie, I used to work in a company that stored goods at (-37) and the rule was 40 minutes in there and back out for 20, and that`s in a static environment without wind chill factors Etc. Having been in those kinds of temperatures you have my sympathy. I`m not sure on the issue of global warming, one group of scientists say one thing, another the opposite. I am sure of one thing though, nature may not be a thinking, decision making entity but if we don`t respect and look after it then we could quite easily pay a terrible price for that. We are amazingly clever, we can send rockets to the moon, build amazing machines and exert great control over our surroundings, but we walk a fine line between beneficial technological advancement and detrimental arrogant complacency.

hmmm....well strangely enough the 'scientists' that argue against warming are paid by big oil companies and such, and the ones who support the theory aren't....

Totally agree with you, on the balance of things I tend to lean toward greenpeace Etc. The other data is heavily flawed by the ****** of financial incentive.

Kie, We welcome you one and all. The economic impact to the Valley during Snowbird Season is enormous. :D