"Albert" wrote in message
...
"Trevor Harley" wrote in message
news:2007041708573816807-taharley@dundeeacuk...
... Talking of April showers, a pesky one has just ruined our drought.
0.2 mm of rain, not enough to do the garden any good at all, now already
almost evaporated, just enough to tip the rain gauge (you could hear it
balanced on the edge), but just enough bringing to an end 18 rainless
days. This is the fourth longest drought in my records, and not that far
short of the record 21 days in summer 1999.

This rain wasn't forecast; indeed, none was forecast until Thursday. It's
all very annoying.

Trevor Harley
Lundie, 10 miles NW Dundee
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/


I would hardly call 18 rainless days a drought.

You should have been down here in the south east of England last year to
see what a drought is really like. Reservoirs dried up to only 25% of
what they should be, continuous hosepipe ban for 18 months etc.....

------------------------
I was in pretty much the driest area of all but Essex and Suffolk Water
managed to get through without a hosepipe ban.
Dave, S.Essex