Re: Wet, wet, wet

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:24:49 GMT, pibbur <oopsREM.OV512E@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:01:23 +0100, Witty Dragon <ten.nigriv@xxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>
>> pibbur wrote:
>>> No I'm not talking about that hideous band.
>>> But we have another episode of "monster rain". There's a lot of water
>>> falling down from the sky, which alsom means there's a lot of water
>>> falling down from the hills where I live.
>>> We have a very tiny "river" (what's it called in english), in the
>>> garden. Normally there's just a slight drizzle of water there, but
>>> today it has obviously reached puberty and is no longer satisfied with
>>> formerly accepted rules for conduct of water.
>>> So I've spent some quality time this morning digging a by-pass to keep
>>> it within proper limits (that is not invading my property). Things
>>> seem to be OK for the moment.
>>> I'm low on my supply of brimstone, otherwise I would have simply
>>> evaporated the surplus amount of weater. Too bad. I guess this is one
>>> of the few things my lawnmower lawnmower can't handle.
>>
>> Don't you live in Bergen? I'd have thought you'd be prepared for this
>> sort of thing, and only extended periods of sun (like a couple of days
>> or more) would catch you off guard.
>>
>
>Yes, I live in Bergen, and we're accustomed heavy rain. But the last 24
>hours has been extreme. Besides, we've had rain almost continuously the
>last couple of weeks (Well break the record for rain in november tomorrow,
>halfway through the month.). The ground is pretty much saturated with
>water, it just can't drain much more. Combined with the extreme rain
>today, we get flodding everywhere. I'm fortunate, I just had to perform a
>small surgical procedure on the bank of my river wannabe. In lower parts,
>we got flood in the houses, a lot of roads were closed (people had been
>warned not to drive their cars to town today, most didn't care. I suppose
>they cared when the traffic stood completely still.)
>
>But of course, more than a week of sunshine is much worse.
So that's when panic sets in? :-)
--
Optician Dragon
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