There's a hosepipe ban for Dublin only, it started today, it may include other parts of the country as the weeks go on, as we are heading towards an official drought. There is a fine of 125 euros if the ban is flaunted.
I’m not so sure, @raisingirl. I live in the Thames Valley which isn’t renowned for rainfall, and there’s been no appreciable rainfall since the thunderstorms on 27 May, and no regular rainfall for weeks before that. Odd. But then again, if we all had perfect recall, we’d remember similar periods.
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He didnt turn up so now I'm back at the property again. Waiting in the heat again. I bet if I sneak off for an ice cream he'd turn up. I don't think this landrover has been washed more than twice since I bought it and the previous owner definitely didnt wash it at all.
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I’m not so sure, @raisingirl. I live in the Thames Valley which isn’t renowned for rainfall, and there’s been no appreciable rainfall since the thunderstorms on 27 May, and no regular rainfall for weeks before that. Odd. But then again, if we all had perfect recall, we’d remember similar periods.
I didn't mean the weather. You're right, in terms of actual amount falling out of the sky, Berkshire has had less rain than Ulster in the last 6 months or so - though with perhaps less difference than is usual. But you don't have a hosepipe ban and they do.
In terms of a change from 'normal' rainfall levels in that region, both Northern Ireland and the Southeast of England had pretty much normal winter rainfall. Southeast England (actually almost all of England) had a relatively wet Spring - whereas NI's was about average overall. Yet NI is the first place having hosepipe ban - even before the NW of England which did have a more noticeably dry Spring.
It seems that the places where it usually rains more are finding it harder to keep the taps on. I suppose there's less expectation of a demand for watering gardens and farms in places where it usually rains at least once a fortnight and is hardly ever hot, than in the Southeast, where summer happens more often.
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In terms of a change from 'normal' rainfall levels in that region, both Northern Ireland and the Southeast of England had pretty much normal winter rainfall. Southeast England (actually almost all of England) had a relatively wet Spring - whereas NI's was about average overall. Yet NI is the first place having hosepipe ban - even before the NW of England which did have a more noticeably dry Spring.
It seems that the places where it usually rains more are finding it harder to keep the taps on. I suppose there's less expectation of a demand for watering gardens and farms in places where it usually rains at least once a fortnight and is hardly ever hot, than in the Southeast, where summer happens more often.
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