Thread: What are your most memorable weather events for your area in yourlifetime?
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Default What are your most memorable weather events for your area inyour lifetime?
On 27/08/11 15:11, Anne Burgess wrote:
Summers of 1955 and 1976 for long hot dry spells
Winter of 1962/3 for lots of snow and (even better) putting the
school hockey/lacrosse pitches out of action for weeks on end
:-)

September 2009 - floods
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1474069

January 2010 - disastrous amounts of snow
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1666032
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1666074
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1666063

December 2010 - unable to get the car out of the driveway for 16
consecutive days owing to poor/non-existent snow clearing by the
local council :-(

Why is it that bad weather is more memorable than good weather?

Anne





Because it tends to be more spectacular in appearance, and more
disruptive to your life.
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