Summer Floods

Greenish · #1 (**permalink**) 19-01-2008, 09:05 PM

Hello!

You know the Summer floods that came last year, Do you think that they'll come round again this summer?

And, also, what do you think caused all that rain?

I, myself, have no clue, but I just want to see what everyone else thinks!

Bethany

naturelover · #2 (**permalink**) 19-01-2008, 09:09 PM

Hi bethany i think we are going to get lots and lots of rain winter and summer now,its all to do with the greenhouse effect i am afraid,its nature taking over and there is not a lot any of us can do but mop it up.

Greenish · #3 (**permalink**) 19-01-2008, 09:12 PM

Maybe... just maybe one day we might be able to control the weather!

(It would make life a lot easier!

)
Bethany

naturelover · #4 (**permalink**) 19-01-2008, 09:14 PM

you are right there girl if only.

Greenish · #5 (**permalink**) 19-01-2008, 09:20 PM

Yes, If only!

agrumpycow · #6 (**permalink**) 19-01-2008, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by naturelover

Hi bethany i think we are going to get lots and lots of rain winter and summer now,its all to do with the greenhouse effect i am afraid,its nature taking over and there is not a lot any of us can do but mop it up.

Hi naturelover,
I think you're getting the greenhouse effect and global warming confused.

The greenhouse effect is a natural part of the earth's atmosphere, without it temperatures would be a hell of a lot lower than they are (brrr

). It isn't the cause of more rainfall.

Global warming is a likely cause of more rainfall . One reason is more water from the surface condenses in warmer temperatures ultimately causing more water in the atmosphere which falls to earth as rain. It's not that there's more rainwater, it's a change in where the water is stored in the earth and it's atmosphere.

Billy Wobble Dagger · #7 (**permalink**) 20-01-2008, 09:00 AM

I'm a bit hazy on details for this. But during the summer one of the weather systems that normally sits either to the South or North of the UK decided it would set up home over the UK. This weather system happens every year but usually misses us. I'll try and find out whats its called. Thinking about it I guess it normally sits to the North of the UK.

BWD