Now I'm not racist but...

[snorri]

Imagine if it's like this during the Olympics!

If they hold the Olympics in the UK in July then it will be like this.
Brief heavy showers are the norm at this time of year, but the higher temperatures soon dry everything out.
The rain keeps the dust down, refreshes the atmosphere and puts colour in the vegetation.

 

[ColinJ]

The rain keeps the dust down, refreshes the atmosphere and puts colour in the vegetation.

And two days later, flash floods wash that vegetation away...

 

[Jonathan M]

Well, if consumer rights applied to weather forecasting, we'd all be suing the @rse off the Met Office, after their forecast of a "barbeque summer". Now its fecking obvious its going to be shite all summer, guess, what? They've downgraded their forecast

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8173533.stm

 

[JamesAC]

Well, if consumer rights applied to weather forecasting, we'd all be suing the @rse off the Met Office, after their forecast of a "barbeque summer". Now its fecking obvious its going to be shite all summer, guess, what? They've downgraded their forecast

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8173533.stm

To be fair, the Met Office didn't forecast a "barbeque summer". This was the spin put on the headline by the pr people. The forecast was for temperature at or above the seasonal norm, rainfall below or at seasonal norm.

 

[summerdays]

Well my youngest and a friend have just gone and played outside with a hose in the rain... as if there wasn't enough water coming down, then found a polystyrene sheet left by builders and broken it up. I've made them pick up some of the pieces but in this rain I haven't got the heart to make them pick up the rest - they are totally soaked. (As it is I'm trying to get the other child's clothing dry before his mum turns up to pick him up). When its dry my son can clean it up on his own!!! Glad I'm not camping in this.

 

[snapper_37]

Non-stop rain here since 6.30 a.m.

Least I get to ride home in it

 

[Night Train]

I've just had to go and let the neighbour's cat in as it was soaking wet in a sudden extra heavy downpour.
Two of my own cats, however, are quite happily sleeping on the garden bench and refusing to come in!

 

[ComedyPilot]

Who needs a 3 week forecast?

Have we lost all sense of spontaneity?

I rode home, got a little wet, but was glad to spin the pedals.

 

[Jonathan M]

To be fair, the Met Office didn't forecast a "barbeque summer". This was the spin put on the headline by the pr people. The forecast was for temperature at or above the seasonal norm, rainfall below or at seasonal norm.

Conspiracy theory: In order to ensure more "staycations" there had to be an early statement of a good summer. Job well done by all accounts.