Bizarrely, just as Wales has entered drought status, a couple of streets a few miles away were flooded with contaminated water and mud yesterday following an explosion at a local quarry - it seems the blast opened some flooded underground caves but I don’t think they’re quite sure yet exactly what has happened.
There’s a few wild fires in South Wales and the local Fire and Rescue Service reckons that half of them are accidentally or deliberately caused by human activity.
There was also an incident a few miles from us on an industrial estate that caused explosions (probably gas bottles) so some roads have been closed. I’m not sure that is due to the weather, but with persistent heat and minimal rain, who knows.
Just wondering how many people have a 'prepper' bag or some such. I'm in London so have never had to worry about natural disasters like earthquakes, but with everything so dry I'm beginning to think about planning for a short notice evacuation. I have a dog and a cat so it's really more about how to manage them (particularly the cat - he's indoor only) in the case of an emergency.
Interested in others' views.....
I don't have a bag, but I have a list. In my case it's the risk of flooding rather than fire, so we'd have some time to prep. I have a "to-do" list so that if necessary I wouldn't have to think, I'd just have to work my way down the list.
We have a prestigious model aircraft event in a few weeks. I'm running the rocketry competitions. Unless we have a good deal of rain soon these is likely to be cancelled.
I small thing I know, but we retro-modellers look forward to these things!
Lots of heritage railways are relying mainly on diesel traction at the moment, owing to the fire risk - a small outbreak on the lineside might easily spread to adjacent fields and woods before it could be contained...
The last few days we have been under a fire weather warning. High winds, low humidity and high temperatures. Pullman is surrounded by wheat fields and there have been times when they have burned. Fortunately, nothing has happened in the immediate vicinity.
However, it appears northern Spokane is on fire. There are level three evacuations to the northern part of the city. We did not realize it was so bad because we had the TV off. Just turned on to catch up on the regional news.
Tomorrow will be much cooler. Hopefully, that will help calm the fires.
They have announced some of the National Guard troops have been activated to fight the fires all through the state. Don't know how many have been assigned to Spokane area.
Lots of heritage railways are relying mainly on diesel traction at the moment, owing to the fire risk - a small outbreak on the lineside might easily spread to adjacent fields and woods before it could be contained...
The Bluebell Railway have announced that they’re suspending all their steam operations for the time being
Lots of heritage railways are relying mainly on diesel traction at the moment, owing to the fire risk - a small outbreak on the lineside might easily spread to adjacent fields and woods before it could be contained...
The Bluebell Railway have announced that they’re suspending all their steam operations for the time being
The Kent & East Sussex Railway is also using heritage diesels (including a very smart DMU) for all trains, at least for this coming week. No doubt the situation is being kept under review.
Lots of heritage railways are relying mainly on diesel traction at the moment, owing to the fire risk - a small outbreak on the lineside might easily spread to adjacent fields and woods before it could be contained...
The Bluebell Railway have announced that they’re suspending all their steam operations for the time being
The Kent & East Sussex Railway is also using heritage diesels (including a very smart DMU) for all trains, at least for this coming week. No doubt the situation is being kept under review.
At risk of turning this into the railway thread, this is a line I must travel on again one day, I spent a week in each of 1987 and 1988 clearing trees from the line to Northiam, and have never been back since. I'm also in the process of cleaning up a 1908 SECR chair that I *ahem* liberated from the trackside back then - I reckon I lugged the damn thing at least a mile, and I wasn't a big lad then (TBH, I'm not now, but I'd not try these days!).
Lots of heritage railways are relying mainly on diesel traction at the moment, owing to the fire risk - a small outbreak on the lineside might easily spread to adjacent fields and woods before it could be contained...
The Bluebell Railway have announced that they’re suspending all their steam operations for the time being
The Kent & East Sussex Railway is also using heritage diesels (including a very smart DMU) for all trains, at least for this coming week. No doubt the situation is being kept under review.
Lots of heritage railways are relying mainly on diesel traction at the moment, owing to the fire risk - a small outbreak on the lineside might easily spread to adjacent fields and woods before it could be contained...
The Bluebell Railway have announced that they’re suspending all their steam operations for the time being
The Kent & East Sussex Railway is also using heritage diesels (including a very smart DMU) for all trains, at least for this coming week. No doubt the situation is being kept under review.
Oooh, I like DMUs. I’ll have to pay them a visit.
I've put a link to a video on the Railway thread upstairs.
Here is a pretty detailed article on the fires in Spokane. I think they said on the local news over 10 million acres have burned in the America West this summer.
There’s a DMZ between foraged and theft: if it’s the cash crop in someone else’s field then it’s theft, if it’s something else (wild herbs and mushrooms etc) then it is filched.
Been there, done it all. Very fresh, very tasty.
I bit of googlery suggests that gleaning is indeed illegal if you don't get the owner's permission. The Bible sees it a different way: Leviticus 19: 9-10, which I had always thought was sufficient guidance. But I remember when we lived in a village in Fife and some ladies gathered a few potatoes after the field had been harvested, the farmer threw a hairy fit. The idea that someone might score something of value from him, even if he had been going to plough it in, was more than he could bear.
I bit of googlery suggests that gleaning is indeed illegal if you don't get the owner's permission. The Bible sees it a different way: Leviticus 19: 9-10, which I had always thought was sufficient guidance. But I remember when we lived in a village in Fife and some ladies gathered a few potatoes after the field had been harvested, the farmer threw a hairy fit. The idea that someone might score something of value from him, even if he had been going to plough it in, was more than he could bear.
Farmers do that, said ladies were lucky to not get a load of buckshot in their behinds from Farmer Palmer. “‘Ere, get off my land”.
Forecast high of 22c today and I had to put a quilt over the duvet cover we have used since mid-May. Even contemplated wearing jeans today but decided against it.
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Thankfully, not too hot and intermittent rain here - ie normal Scottish summer.
There was also an incident a few miles from us on an industrial estate that caused explosions (probably gas bottles) so some roads have been closed. I’m not sure that is due to the weather, but with persistent heat and minimal rain, who knows.
I don't have a bag, but I have a list. In my case it's the risk of flooding rather than fire, so we'd have some time to prep. I have a "to-do" list so that if necessary I wouldn't have to think, I'd just have to work my way down the list.
I small thing I know, but we retro-modellers look forward to these things!
Lots of heritage railways are relying mainly on diesel traction at the moment, owing to the fire risk - a small outbreak on the lineside might easily spread to adjacent fields and woods before it could be contained...
However, it appears northern Spokane is on fire. There are level three evacuations to the northern part of the city. We did not realize it was so bad because we had the TV off. Just turned on to catch up on the regional news.
Tomorrow will be much cooler. Hopefully, that will help calm the fires.
They have announced some of the National Guard troops have been activated to fight the fires all through the state. Don't know how many have been assigned to Spokane area.
The long range forecast is continued dry.
The Bluebell Railway have announced that they’re suspending all their steam operations for the time being
The Kent & East Sussex Railway is also using heritage diesels (including a very smart DMU) for all trains, at least for this coming week. No doubt the situation is being kept under review.
At risk of turning this into the railway thread, this is a line I must travel on again one day, I spent a week in each of 1987 and 1988 clearing trees from the line to Northiam, and have never been back since. I'm also in the process of cleaning up a 1908 SECR chair that I *ahem* liberated from the trackside back then - I reckon I lugged the damn thing at least a mile, and I wasn't a big lad then (TBH, I'm not now, but I'd not try these days!).
Oooh, I like DMUs. I’ll have to pay them a visit.
It does get warm sometimes. But yes, hot is not Norfolk. Cold - it does that very well.
The forecast is for 29 round the Wash. What? I've never seen that in 40 years.
I've put a link to a video on the Railway thread upstairs.
Way too warm to put any kind of coat on. Some were celebrating it.
"Foraged"
"Filched"
Been there, done it all. Very fresh, very tasty.
"Vehicular scrumping"
Farmers do that, said ladies were lucky to not get a load of buckshot in their behinds from Farmer Palmer. “‘Ere, get off my land”.