Soggy Swansea, Wales, Stunned By Sun And Drought

SWANSEA, Wales - (KRT) - "This small Welsh coastal town knows all too well the meaning of the term 'marine climate'. With an average of nearly 45 inch4s a year, it has the distinction of being the wettest spot in England and Wales, two notoriuously soggy places. Since autumn and winter are its rainiest seasons, in a normal year it would be well and truly waterlogged by now.

Instead, Swansea and the rest of southern Britain are experiencing some of the driest weather since the Meteorological Office began keeping reliable records in 1873. In the first 10 months of the year, less than 23 inches of rain fell here, barely half the town's average annual total.

Continuous high-pressure systems during the last three months have kept much of England and Wales all but rain-free. Only 2.2 inches fell in August and September, one-third the average since 1990 of 6.7 inches. An additional 1.2 inches fell in October, still below the monthly average of 4.6 inches. There has also been more sunshine this year - 1,621 hours through October - than in any full year since record-keeping began in 1961, as well as unprecedented high temperatures through the summer months.

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Reservoirs have dropped so low that England's largest water company, Thames Water, has asked its seven million customers to conserve. Compulsory metering of all British homes is being contemplated, to discourage waste. Meanwhile, grass and trees in London's Hyde Park are desiccated and must be replaced, at a cost of $425,000 - more than twice what the Royal Parks Constabulary usually spends to restore the park at the end of each year."

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http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/world/7645943.htm

and i don't like it, either! But the military thinks it can do whatever it likes even tho it affects the whole planet.

Stupid HAARP.