Monsoon season

[Mr Phoebus]

Here, (Solihull, West Mids) the rain's coming down so heavy the drains can't clear it fast enough watching the cars outside, starting to aquaplane.

 

[Bigtallfatbloke]

..it's just eased up here in Essex. It was torrential just a few minutes ago. Who shall we blame?

 

[Mr Phoebus]

I'm thankful that the weather behaved itself for the start of the TdF.
God must be a cyclist?

 

[Arch]

Coming this way I think. Better nip out to Post Office sooner rather than later...

I think, this year, St Swithun might have got it right...

 

[Mr Phoebus]

I cycled with the kids to school this morning at about 8.30. Despite the rain, we soldiered on, and I told them not to worry, it'll be lovely by the end of school I am starting to think that actually it may not be, actually we may well be underwater It has not stopped raining, even for a moment, all morning!!

Hope you're OK? and you don't end up like all those other unfortunate souls.

 

[andyoxon]

This is the worst rain I can remember in 10 yrs - apparently about one inch/hr. It's been raining here heavily since about 8am...

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/se/se_forecast_radar.html

We're in the white! bit...

Andy

 

[Kirstie]

Pouring down and blowing a gale in the east midlands. Luckily I live on top of a hill...it hasn't really got light all day and from where I'm sitting it looks like November rather than July.

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

I've just realised why it's the lead item on the news - it's affecting southern England.

 

[chris42]

really lucky here in Dover, sunny and warm but a bit of a breeze.

 

[andyoxon]

I've just realised why it's the lead item on the news - it's affecting southern England.

Never fear Patrick, there's a radar 'red bit' heading your way - but there is a good chance it will peter out on the more significant hills on the way up...

Andy

 

[Arch]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6907316.stm

"In Hereford, the council has been handing out wellington boots to help motorists rescue about 200 vehicles stranded in a car park. "

There is, somehow, something quintessentially British about a council handing out Wellington boots...

If it gets any worse, they'll have to ration to one boot each, and make people hop!

 

[cookiemonster]

Took off from Gatwick airport this morning en route to Hamburg. Jeez, was that a scary take off or what!!!

 

[fuzzy29]

Down here in South Somerset, it's overcast with bits of sun and only the odd spot of rain. Not too bad given the forecast.

 

[andyoxon]

'Some foriegn chap just knocked on my door and asked if I had any pairs of rare animals he could buy. He said God had told him to make some kind of floating zoo and he had a REALLY long list of animals to collect. What a nutter.

Oh, it's started raining quite hard outside, bloomin weather!'


from bbc

 

[Arch]

I remember coming back from Mexico last summer - at that time of year they have a thunderstorm every night at about 8. We were taking off at about 8. I just had to suppose it was alright to take off through a thunderstorm, or they wouldn't do it... :?: (Yes, I know all about Faraday cages...)

Seeing lightning from above, a few minutes later, that was cool!