Weather winter 2010/2011

[Paul T]

Angie,

Or a VERY large hot chocolate to melt the marshmallow in. 

[angie]

Sounds great 

Angie

[astragalus]

Angie,

Or a VERY large hot chocolate to melt the marshmallow in. 

Now you're talking! 

[Hoy]

Have some of this rain in Australia filled lake Eyre or is it as dry as usual there?

[David Nicholson]

Having seen the horrors in Queensland, Brazil and Sri Lanca on the news I'd resolved never to complain about our weather again, but of course I will.

It was what passes for a good day in Devon today. 11C, a little blue sky between heavy showers, just sufficient to keep me in the greenhouse and my pots got some badly needed water. Noticed that two pots of newly germinated seedlings of Cyclamen rohlfsianum had gone to great garden in the sky-I knew I should have brought them into the house-so it's my own fault. Weather forecast next week looks as though it's goiung to be wet, again!!, and much colder. Probably means I get my shorts out.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Probably means I get get my shorts out.

Looking forward to your pictures David... 

[David Nicholson]

Probably means I get get my shorts out.

Looking forward to your pictures David... 

You haven't seen my legs Luc

[Luc Gilgemyn]

 

[Graham Catlow]

For the first time since the end of November there is no snow or ice in my garden.
Not too much damage to the shrubs from the qweight of the snow, and in general things look ok,  but I will have to wait to see what has actually succumed and what doesn't appear in the coming weeks.

The photos show the loss of a very old terracotta pot. The squirrel guard almost held it together but it fell apart when I removed it.

[angie]

For the first time since the end of November there is no snow or ice in my garden.
Not too much damage to the shrubs from the qweight of the snow, and in general things look ok,  but I will have to wait to see what has actually succumed and what doesn't appear in the coming weeks.

Graham same here snow and ice gone but not so lucky as you with my shrubs my Crinodendron Hookeria that I have had for 16 years is totally brown and my Camellia Bowen Briant is for sure dead, my Cistus plants don't look good and my Ceanothus is dead. Lots more things not looking good. One thing for sure is nursery's are going to make some money this year from me. I hate losing plants that I have had for such a long time.

Angie

[cohan]

high of -23C today, with windchill..
we had prob 5cm or more snow yesterday, another 10 overnight, still coming down, at least another 5-8 predicted..
starts to warm again monday-tues...

so i wont be looking at shrubs in my garden for a few months yet
i was looking at snow depths around the open areas in the acreage yesterday--varied from 12-16inches (thats after some warmish days, and settling), would vary more in the bush, of course much less under spruce... and our piles near the house and driveway range from 18-36inches... still nothing compared to really snowy places

hope all our members around the world are safe with some of these extreme weather events!

[Hoy]

Not much snow here at the coast now but the forecast says heavy rain and flooding this weekend due to mild weather in the mountains and rapid snowmelting. However, flooding here will never gain the proportions that we see other places.

[Paul T]

Howdy All,

Just to inject a little weirdness into the flood stories from Queensland.... imagine coming home to find a cow on your roof.  

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/floods/8197266/flood-hit-residents-return-home-to-rooftop-cow

For those interested, this is one of our Aussie news sites, so there is plenty on there on the current flood cleanup in Queensland, plus the record floods now happening in Victoria, and Tasmania (and some in South Australia and New South Wales too, just to give you the full set!! ).

[Armin]

Hi Paul,
I watched the picture show. Intangible! What comes immediately to my mind is that it looks similar to the flood of Lousiana when hit by the hurricane 'Kathrina' or the flooding in Pakistan. I can't believe those catastrophies are normal weather phenomena and should not be related to global warming.
We have a flood of the river 'Main' here too but the dimension compared is 'peanuts'.
I wish all people affected get quick help.
 

[Hoy]

Man's memory is short and man's settlements are new! Besides, the settlements are often built along rivers or at the coast, trees and forests are removed, wetland acting as sponges are destroyed, and the result is seen every year and more in years to come. The more earth's surface is covered with  concrete, macadam, asphalt etc and roofs  the quicker are the drainage and the more devastating are the floodings.