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nelly1
4,922 posts
100 months
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Pothole said: Huge fail, indeed. From you and whoever made that pic up. 
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Pothole
18,100 posts
151 months
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Cos it's come at the end of two pages of explanation as to why it's stupid? I don't think it's funny, really. OMG, I'M SUCH A DOWNER!!!!
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nelly1
4,922 posts
100 months
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Drought = Shortage of water. Flood = Excess of water. Inept = Water companies unable to catch and contain enough wet stuff that falls from the sky and forms large flooded areas that are supposedly in 'Drought'. Annoyed (see also 'Not Idiots')= Residents of areas of 'Drought' (see above) fed up with being under three feet of water while being told to conserve this precious resource. The definition of ' Irony' I'll leave you to look up. 
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VinceFox
14,284 posts
41 months
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I dont know much about water tables, geology and so on, but i can sniff out bulls  t a mile a way. A more sceptical observer might suggest the reason we keep getting drought warnings is that some topslicing f kpigs aren't putting enough investment into repairing and maintaining the systems for catching and storing water. Twas ever thus* - (c) Archangel phrases and memes. All rights reserved.
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Jinx
5,894 posts
129 months
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c7xlg said: Jinx... I have no idea what you are on about. I haven't fallen for any propaganda, other than maybe the content of my university lectures c.20 years ago. Sorry c7 my mistake I thought you were quoting the msm storyline. Quite simply the whole thing makes me angry. 50 years ago the situation would have been considered a civil engineering problem to be dealt with by a modern aquaduct solution. These days its a fear inducing panic- According to the idiots at the msm and in government. What happened to humanity? Where is the desire to solve problems rather than be scared of them?
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dandarez
4,478 posts
152 months
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VinceFox said: I dont know much about water tables, geology and so on, but i can sniff out bulls t a mile a way. A more sceptical observer might suggest the reason we keep getting drought warnings is that some topslicing f kpigs aren't putting enough investment into repairing and maintaining the systems for catching and storing water. Twas ever thus* - (c) Archangel phrases and memes. All rights reserved.
But at the same time spending a bloody fortune on propaganda advertising in every conceivable part of the media, regional and otherwise, and apparently it seems even on buses, telling us the bleeding obvious, ie: what we already knew they would be telling us! Toddlers in nappies know more about water retention and leaks than this shower.
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turbobloke
55,495 posts
129 months
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nelly1 said: Drought = Shortage of water.
Flood = Excess of water.
Inept = Water companies unable to catch and contain enough wet stuff that falls from the sky and forms large flooded areas that are supposedly in 'Drought'.
Annoyed (see also 'Not Idiots')= Residents of areas of 'Drought' (see above) fed up with being under three feet of water while being told to conserve this precious resource. Quite right. Water companies are the joke only it's not particularly funny. Unlike the bus pic you posted which, within the bounds of irony, was hilarious as a marker of water company ineptitude. If this was the first drought ho ho ho we'd ever had then oops we were caught out would be an excuse, as things stand our weather variations are well known except to Mystic Met and the water companies of course, so those genius geologists and senior managers blessed with strategic thinking ho ho ho should have extracted their digit and not only plugged a few more leaks by now but by means of their collective intellect and the significant sums of money paid by water consumers they should also have found a means to avoid repetition in this country surrounded by water and now covered by it.
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southendpier
3,170 posts
98 months
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We are shown undated pictures of sunny empty reservoirs to reinforce we have a drought. Can we see a picture of the same reservoir today, rather than a swollen river?
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Sonic
2,969 posts
76 months
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southendpier said: We are shown undated pictures of sunny empty reservoirs to reinforce we have a drought. Can we see a picture of the same reservoir today, rather than a swollen river? There was a BBC reporter live at a reservoir a week or so back when the rain started, showing that it was lower than it should be. I'd really like to see how much it has risen, and if it hasn't, why not? When i lived in Cumbria some of the lakes would rise by many feet in just a few hours after a lot of rain. After the last week you'd hope some of the reservoirs would be many meters higher.
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nelly1
4,922 posts
100 months
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Thames Water saying on Sky News this morning that their reservoirs are now 100% full. See here... @ 2:05
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turbobloke
55,495 posts
129 months
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nelly1 said: Thames Water saying on Sky News this morning that their reservoirs are now 100% full. See here... @ 2:05 Unfortunately the holes in their pipes are still empty 
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Pothole
18,100 posts
151 months
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Sonic said: southendpier said: We are shown undated pictures of sunny empty reservoirs to reinforce we have a drought. Can we see a picture of the same reservoir today, rather than a swollen river? There was a BBC reporter live at a reservoir a week or so back when the rain started, showing that it was lower than it should be. I'd really like to see how much it has risen, and if it hasn't, why not? When i lived in Cumbria some of the lakes would rise by many feet in just a few hours after a lot of rain. After the last week you'd hope some of the reservoirs would be many meters higher. Many meters higher? Dream on.
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turbobloke
55,495 posts
129 months
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 Given the very large surface area involved, the volume change (not depth change) is enormous.
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Apache
38,250 posts
153 months
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Did a double take there, you have em the wrong way round old fruit......to use a technical term I'd say there was a shedload more water in May than March
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turbobloke
55,495 posts
129 months
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Apache said: Did a double take there, you have em the wrong way round old fruit......to use a technical term I'd say there was a shedload more water in May than March Me too. ??? The dates match the pics...did you mean the March one should have been on the left...I'll tell the newspaper editor...no hang on you can!
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Apache
38,250 posts
153 months
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turbobloke said: Apache said: Did a double take there, you have em the wrong way round old fruit......to use a technical term I'd say there was a shedload more water in May than March Me too. ??? The dates match the pics...did you mean the March one should have been on the left...I'll tell the newspaper editor...no hang on you can! well, we do read from left to right so it seems odd to put the latest pic on the left......thought you had done that not the paper
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RYH64E
3,112 posts
113 months
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southendpier said: We are shown undated pictures of sunny empty reservoirs to reinforce we have a drought. Can we see a picture of the same reservoir today, rather than a swollen river? Pictures of empty reservoirs are useful for making the case for drought as they are self explanatory, but we are expected to believe that pictures of full reservoirs are misleading because the problem is that the aquifiers are empty and we get most of our water from aquifiers. Don't remember that being mentioned when the empty reservoir pictures were shown...
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Megaflow
3,345 posts
94 months
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I'm curious by this drier than average, so I have had a bit of a look into, and bless them water companies, the UK has positively been like a desert compared to the average rainfall, for 2007-2011 the average rainfall for the UK has been... Wait for it... 105% of normal... The figures look like this: 2007 - 112 2008 - 115 2009 - 109 2010 - 86 2011 - 105 2012 - 120(to end of April) Yes, this is for the UK as a whole, and the south will be drier than the north, etc. So what the water companies should get a reaming for not having a national grid. Edit: Data taken from here: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/anomalygrap...Edit: April data included.
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FarleyRusk
1,005 posts
80 months
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Jinx said: Sorry c7 my mistake I thought you were quoting the msm storyline. Quite simply the whole thing makes me angry. 50 years ago the situation would have been considered a civil engineering problem to be dealt with by a modern aquaduct solution. These days its a fear inducing panic- According to the idiots at the msm and in government. What happened to humanity? Where is the desire to solve problems rather than be scared of them? Spot on. Looking at this from afar (NL) there is indeed panic being spread rather than solutions being sought. I had to cringe when the drone from the ministry of truth (environmental agency) said that desalination plants weren't a solution because of something called 'carbons' being bad for the environment. Oh FFS. Great article on the desalination solution at The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/02/water_vs_e...
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turbobloke
55,495 posts
129 months
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FarleyRusk said: I had to cringe when the drone from the ministry of truth (environmental agency) said that desalination plants weren't a solution because of something called 'carbons' being bad for the environment. Oh FFS. Great article on the desalination solution at The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/02/water_vs_e...It's clear that the lunatics are in charge of the asylum and one of their irrational fears, costing lives and a great deal of money, is 'carbons'. Massive collective idiocy on an unprecedented scale.
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