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SXS said:
anyone know why this damn weather is as poor as it is? summers gone and it doesnt feel like it happened.... grrrr
Jet stream move south, holding all the good weather to the south and we have the rubbish crap left. Its the same in Canada and North America. Canada are have a cold damp Summer while the US are having heatwaves to the west and wet weather to the east.If any of have never seen "The Great Global Warming Swindle", as Petrol Heads you owe it to yourselves to watch this video.
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julian64 said:
Told my wife not to bother renewing our house insurance next year. No way I want to be paying for everyones flooded house over the next ten years 
From what I gather having read a few reports, it'll be those affected who will receive sky high premiums, whilst others affected will be denied insurance altogether. I think there will be a backlash on insurance companies if they offset their losses against people who haven't claimed. There will be some insurers who haven't been hit and therefore won't need to recover. They could clean-up if their prices are better than those who are recouping costs, which in turn would force even those insurers to "get real".
You're only hurting yourself by not being insured. It's still cheap when you consider how much in value you are insuring.
Mars said:
You're only hurting yourself by not being insured. It's still cheap when you consider how much in value you are insuring.
Totally agree, and WTF should the govt' pay out for plebs' who weren't insured? If that's going to happen then maybe they should all pay for our our cars to be repaired if we have an uninsured accident.Tim
VYT said:
SXS said:
anyone know why this damn weather is as poor as it is? summers gone and it doesnt feel like it happened.... grrrr
I think some would say it is caused by us, chaps that drive big V8 motors... though I only have a six so it isn't my fault. 
The UK is the only country where the propaganda about Global Warming is working, and everyone is unplugging their Sky box, their phone chargers etc and driving around in silly little cars.
In Europe they don't care, they drive around in 2CVs and those funny corrugated iron vans which belch out smoke, and they have good weather.
China - lots of pollution - good weather.
USA - lots of big engines - good weather.
Here - all hand-wringing and worried and cutting down on carbon footprints - crap weather.
We need MORE emissions, so we'll get good weather like everywhere else!
Andy.
Mars said:
julian64 said:
Told my wife not to bother renewing our house insurance next year. No way I want to be paying for everyones flooded house over the next ten years
From what I gather having read a few reports, it'll be those affected who will receive sky high premiums, whilst others affected will be denied insurance altogether. I think there will be a backlash on insurance companies if they offset their losses against people who haven't claimed. There will be some insurers who haven't been hit and therefore won't need to recover. They could clean-up if their prices are better than those who are recouping costs, which in turn would force even those insurers to "get real".
You're only hurting yourself by not being insured. It's still cheap when you consider how much in value you are insuring.
Its true what you say about the market forces driving insurance premiums, but the simple fact is that the bill is now very large, and I don't see insurance companies pricing themselves out of the sky high areas any more than I see then wanting to lose their current custom. Hence I see a global rise and a targetted rise. Its what I'd do if I was them. Which is why I'll vote with my feet.
frazer guest said:
JensenA said:
If any of have never seen "The Great Global Warming Swindle", as Petrol Heads you owe it to yourselves to watch this video.
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Good video. GlobalWarming
Good Video....
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China - lots of pollution - good weather.
I don't know which part of China you are referring to, but the weather in China, is bloody awful, not helped by the extreme pollution in most cities and towns. And if that doesn't get you the earthquakes and terrible driving conditions probably will!!
I thought the video was very good.
China - lots of pollution - good weather.
I don't know which part of China you are referring to, but the weather in China, is bloody awful, not helped by the extreme pollution in most cities and towns. And if that doesn't get you the earthquakes and terrible driving conditions probably will!!
I thought the video was very good.
Quick update - just got power back at home.
Drove the Cerbera home although it took a little juggling to get out of Newbury. Many roads were flooded, the bypass was jammed solid as the new underpass under the motorway was flooded as the pumping station packed up. This caused the whole of the Newbury area to get jammed. It didn't help they restricted the M4 junc 13 to 14 to one lane because of a landslide.
So I went cross country, travvessed a few lightly flooded areas, which the cerber went through fine. The worse caused a little spillage through the door sills on the drivers side, but I drove very slowly throught that one.
Made it cross country to Swindon Junc 15 which was jammed solid up the A419. Took 45 mins to get to the motorway (about 1/2 mile) as every other road was jammed and that was moving slightly.
Seems everyone took runups at the water and came a cropper, so abandoned cars everywhere. 95 mins to get home in the end - the Cerbera was brilliant.
Got home to discover we had no power and it only returned earlier today.
Had to return to work last night as the emergency generator had arrived. Went on the motorbike and fell foul of the police stopping traffic on the M4 by Newbury as the tarmac banding had lifted for about 3 miles. A crew was pulling it off the road.
The cerbera is now in the garage, mats stripped out the drivers side with a fan heater drying it out.
Drove the Cerbera home although it took a little juggling to get out of Newbury. Many roads were flooded, the bypass was jammed solid as the new underpass under the motorway was flooded as the pumping station packed up. This caused the whole of the Newbury area to get jammed. It didn't help they restricted the M4 junc 13 to 14 to one lane because of a landslide.
So I went cross country, travvessed a few lightly flooded areas, which the cerber went through fine. The worse caused a little spillage through the door sills on the drivers side, but I drove very slowly throught that one.
Made it cross country to Swindon Junc 15 which was jammed solid up the A419. Took 45 mins to get to the motorway (about 1/2 mile) as every other road was jammed and that was moving slightly.
Seems everyone took runups at the water and came a cropper, so abandoned cars everywhere. 95 mins to get home in the end - the Cerbera was brilliant.
Got home to discover we had no power and it only returned earlier today.
Had to return to work last night as the emergency generator had arrived. Went on the motorbike and fell foul of the police stopping traffic on the M4 by Newbury as the tarmac banding had lifted for about 3 miles. A crew was pulling it off the road.
The cerbera is now in the garage, mats stripped out the drivers side with a fan heater drying it out.
Byker28i said:
Quick update - just got power back at home.
Drove the Cerbera home although it took a little juggling to get out of Newbury. Many roads were flooded, the bypass was jammed solid as the new underpass under the motorway was flooded as the pumping station packed up. This caused the whole of the Newbury area to get jammed. It didn't help they restricted the M4 junc 13 to 14 to one lane because of a landslide.
So I went cross country, travvessed a few lightly flooded areas, which the cerber went through fine. The worse caused a little spillage through the door sills on the drivers side, but I drove very slowly throught that one.
Made it cross country to Swindon Junc 15 which was jammed solid up the A419. Took 45 mins to get to the motorway (about 1/2 mile) as every other road was jammed and that was moving slightly.
Seems everyone took runups at the water and came a cropper, so abandoned cars everywhere. 95 mins to get home in the end - the Cerbera was brilliant.
Got home to discover we had no power and it only returned earlier today.
Had to return to work last night as the emergency generator had arrived. Went on the motorbike and fell foul of the police stopping traffic on the M4 by Newbury as the tarmac banding had lifted for about 3 miles. A crew was pulling it off the road.
The cerbera is now in the garage, mats stripped out the drivers side with a fan heater drying it out.
top story! this should definitely go in the "good news" thread Drove the Cerbera home although it took a little juggling to get out of Newbury. Many roads were flooded, the bypass was jammed solid as the new underpass under the motorway was flooded as the pumping station packed up. This caused the whole of the Newbury area to get jammed. It didn't help they restricted the M4 junc 13 to 14 to one lane because of a landslide.
So I went cross country, travvessed a few lightly flooded areas, which the cerber went through fine. The worse caused a little spillage through the door sills on the drivers side, but I drove very slowly throught that one.
Made it cross country to Swindon Junc 15 which was jammed solid up the A419. Took 45 mins to get to the motorway (about 1/2 mile) as every other road was jammed and that was moving slightly.
Seems everyone took runups at the water and came a cropper, so abandoned cars everywhere. 95 mins to get home in the end - the Cerbera was brilliant.
Got home to discover we had no power and it only returned earlier today.
Had to return to work last night as the emergency generator had arrived. Went on the motorbike and fell foul of the police stopping traffic on the M4 by Newbury as the tarmac banding had lifted for about 3 miles. A crew was pulling it off the road.
The cerbera is now in the garage, mats stripped out the drivers side with a fan heater drying it out.
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