"Shillelagh" wrote in message
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"Not Likely" notinthislifetime@yougottabejoking wrote in message
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Wow... stay away from the news and computer news for a couple of days and
look what I missed. I am so sorry to hear of the horrible flooding going
on, and glad that our rcty British friends are safe.

Last Friday night, a small town 30 minutes straight south of where I live
was torn apart by an F4 tornado. Thankfully, no one was killed. A local
mill was damaged and 19 people are out of work for now. Article and
picture
links below:
http://tinyurl.com/2cywz9
http://tinyurl.com/2ys55y

Yes, there are far worse weather conditions in other parts of the world than
what's happening in Britain right now.

And there are things happening in Britain which we don't know about, a son
who's a volunteer in one of the emergency services told me yesterday that an
area in our city, about three miles away, was flooded and houses were being
evacuated. But it wasn't as dramatic as the potential damburst so it's
ignored by the media. York will have been flooded, it alsays is when there's
even modest rain, but that hasn't been reported either, it's too well known
to be sensational!

This was just a little too close for comfort for me. I live in a mobile
home and would have to run if I knew a tornado was coming. On Saturday
night there was a terrible storm in cottage country and 1500 cottages and
cabins were damaged.
http://tinyurl.com/2gzdst

I feel for you.

Since we get severe weather here every summer I'm not going to hop on the
climate change bandwagon yet.

Well, I'm old enough to have seen changes and don't want to contribute to
any more so I'm being very careful with our carbon footprint - but that's
another story.

Mary