Don’t complain about the weather

January 29th, 2009

Over the past couple of months the weather has changed constantly. We have had the snow storms, cold snaps with temperatures dipping to -6 or below and surprisingly warmer days. One thing that does stay constant is the moaning that we all make about it.

However, maybe we should be counting our blessings. An article in The Times reports that at this time back in 1809 ‘heavy rain froze into sheets of ice on the ground, followed by thick snowballs’. On the 24th of January several ships sunk due to a terrific gale. It goes on to explain how the storm brought great rain which melted the snow. As the snow was sitting on sheets of ice the water just ran off causing huge amounts of flooding making roads impassable and houses collapsing.

Over the next few days weather forecasters are predicting another cold snap will hit the UK with temperatures expected to fall to a possible -3 degrees so wrap up warm. Lets just hope that we don’t have a repeat of 1809!

Entry Filed under: Winter