TALKING FOM BOTH SIDES OF THE MOUTH SIMULTANEOUSLY.
The pathetic British Broadcasting Corporation was at it again this week. In their main national news slot, we were treated to a lengthy item regarding the demise of many of our natural species of wild life here in the UK. Many reasons were given for reduced numbers, the most absurd being the increase in temperature. Those of you living in the British Isles will be aware of the current appalling weather patterns, mainly cold and wet, with the occasional moderately sunny day. Their following weather forecast reflecting this misery.
The author is an avid reader of letters to the press; one such contribution this week from an Alasdair Maclean, Stourbridge, West Midlands, who lists weather variation over the last century or so. The following is an extract from the letter:
'Our most brilliant English May was in 1909 with 327 hours at Greenwich observatory, followed by a plunge to a chilly grey June with only 106 hours sunshine at Greenwich. May 1922 had a blaze of heat with 91f on two days in London, but that year's summer obtained the undesired distinction of the wettest and coldest summer of the 20th. century.
May 1935 had a protracted spell of frosts, damaging crops and fruit. The 17th. of the month had widespread snow in England (echoed last week) with five inches of snow as far apart as Harrogate and Tiverton.
May 1956 was dry and much more congenial than the May of the previous year. However, during the summer, umbrellas were given far more exercise than bottles of suntan lotion. The rain poured and poured and August was one of coldest Augusts of the century. Cricketers groaned and complained with their repetitive frustrations.
The last three Mays of the Sixties, in 1967, '68 and '69, were notably wet in England and Wales. The summers that followed those three Mays were among the best of that decade, even though they did not attain the first-rank status for good weather like the summers of 1868, 1911, 1947, 1976 and 1995.'
I have a feeling that the complainants from these wildlife groups think, by mentioning the possibility of 'global warming', this should put them in line for government grants funded by taxpayer GB. The BBC loves this type of largesse.
ALTERNATIVELY, COULD OVER-POPULATION BE THE PROBLEM?
The author is an avid reader of letters to the press; one such contribution this week from an Alasdair Maclean, Stourbridge, West Midlands, who lists weather variation over the last century or so. The following is an extract from the letter:
'Our most brilliant English May was in 1909 with 327 hours at Greenwich observatory, followed by a plunge to a chilly grey June with only 106 hours sunshine at Greenwich. May 1922 had a blaze of heat with 91f on two days in London, but that year's summer obtained the undesired distinction of the wettest and coldest summer of the 20th. century.
May 1935 had a protracted spell of frosts, damaging crops and fruit. The 17th. of the month had widespread snow in England (echoed last week) with five inches of snow as far apart as Harrogate and Tiverton.
May 1956 was dry and much more congenial than the May of the previous year. However, during the summer, umbrellas were given far more exercise than bottles of suntan lotion. The rain poured and poured and August was one of coldest Augusts of the century. Cricketers groaned and complained with their repetitive frustrations.
The last three Mays of the Sixties, in 1967, '68 and '69, were notably wet in England and Wales. The summers that followed those three Mays were among the best of that decade, even though they did not attain the first-rank status for good weather like the summers of 1868, 1911, 1947, 1976 and 1995.'
I have a feeling that the complainants from these wildlife groups think, by mentioning the possibility of 'global warming', this should put them in line for government grants funded by taxpayer GB. The BBC loves this type of largesse.
ALTERNATIVELY, COULD OVER-POPULATION BE THE PROBLEM?