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"When it rains, it pours. Make hay while the sun shines. Save for a rainy day.
Come rain or shine. The English language is overflowing with phrases about the
weather, especially rain, or the lack of it. Fascination with the weather seems
embedded in the UK’s national identity, but there is much people still need to
learn about it.
Scientists know there were terrible floods and brutal droughts in the country’s
past which could happen again. And as the climate changes, intense downpours in
particular are likely to become more common and even more extreme.
The government advises that defences must be able to withstand floods which are
so rare that they only occur once every 100 years. What does such a flood look
like? We need as much data from the past as possible to accurately describe
these events so that homes are properly protected.
Sadly, much of this information is stored in hand-written paper records which
amateur meteorologists compiled over centuries. But thanks to the work of
modern volunteers, millions of rainfall measurements were recently made
available to science, vastly expanding our understanding of Britain’s climate,
revealing new records and shedding light on just how extreme the weather can
get."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
