forest of dean redneck 11,944 Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 just read online the bridge got destroyed by trees in floodwater,they reckon the stones could been a ton in weight each,thats some force right there! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Millet 4,497 Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 It's been there for around 3000yr's and survived all the other flood's..so it just goes to show how much rain we have had.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,944 Posted January 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 i think it said 10 ft higher than usual Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 hope they have the common sense to send someone out to check all the old bridges after the floods go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 It's been there for around 3000yr's and survived all the other flood's..so it just goes to show how much rain we have had.. did someone mention rain ive been investigating the possible causes of all this rain and the evidence points to the melting of the polar ice sheet warming the sea in the artic and pushing the jet stream further south than it ever has been before, hence all the wet weather, although it now seems the north atlanic is starting to cool this should push the jet stream north giving us dry warm weather from the south. but nobody knows which one will be the prevailing factor :laugh: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnGalway 1,043 Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 Uhm the gulf stream gives us the climate we have AFAIK, if that goes. Well, look at the earth in 2D and compare us to other similar latitudes. Get your igloo building skills up to date 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 It's been there for around 3000yr's and survived all the other flood's..so it just goes to show how much rain we have had.. did someone mention rain ive been investigating the possible causes of all this rain and the evidence points to the melting of the polar ice sheet warming the sea in the artic and pushing the jet stream further south than it ever has been before, hence all the wet weather, although it now seems the north atlanic is starting to cool this should push the jet stream north giving us dry warm weather from the south. but nobody knows which one will be the prevailing factor :laugh: Think you'll find melting ice has a cooling effect on the ocean, try chucking a few ice cubes into a cup of tea to check it out.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnGalway 1,043 Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 All this time I've been boiling kettles, when I coulda gotten free hot water from the sea ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnGalway 1,043 Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 Had to look up that bridge on Google. It wasn't at all what I had been expecting. Wonder will it get rebuilt? Shame to lose something like that over a bit of water. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 Uhm the gulf stream gives us the climate we have AFAIK, if that goes. Well, look at the earth in 2D and compare us to other similar latitudes. Get your igloo building skills up to date the jet stream has a massive effect on our climate http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18868494 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 It's been there for around 3000yr's and survived all the other flood's..so it just goes to show how much rain we have had.. did someone mention rain ive been investigating the possible causes of all this rain and the evidence points to the melting of the polar ice sheet warming the sea in the artic and pushing the jet stream further south than it ever has been before, hence all the wet weather, although it now seems the north atlanic is starting to cool this should push the jet stream north giving us dry warm weather from the south. but nobody knows which one will be the prevailing factor :laugh: Think you'll find melting ice has a cooling effect on the ocean, try chucking a few ice cubes into a cup of tea to check it out.. the water temprature has to be warm enough to allow the ice to melt below the surface so the surface temprature has to be rising so the sea is getting warmer http://www.arcticsystem.no/en/outsideworld/oceancurrents/warmer-ocean.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 It's been there for around 3000yr's and survived all the other flood's..so it just goes to show how much rain we have had.. did someone mention rain ive been investigating the possible causes of all this rain and the evidence points to the melting of the polar ice sheet warming the sea in the artic and pushing the jet stream further south than it ever has been before, hence all the wet weather, although it now seems the north atlanic is starting to cool this should push the jet stream north giving us dry warm weather from the south. but nobody knows which one will be the prevailing factor :laugh: Think you'll find melting ice has a cooling effect on the ocean, try chucking a few ice cubes into a cup of tea to check it out.. the water temprature has to be warm enough to allow the ice to melt below the surface so the surface temprature has to be rising so the sea is getting warmer http://www.arcticsystem.no/en/outsideworld/oceancurrents/warmer-ocean.html Yes, but the melt water going into the ocean is cold so it cools the ocean where it's melting. Watched a program on it a while back, reckoned the colder water could knock the Gulf Stream current south and eventually bring us colder winters more in line with other countries at our latitude.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,561 Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 They had the 2012 average rain fall on the weather today and there was only three months it was less than average most it was double Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 It's been there for around 3000yr's and survived all the other flood's..so it just goes to show how much rain we have had.. did someone mention rain ive been investigating the possible causes of all this rain and the evidence points to the melting of the polar ice sheet warming the sea in the artic and pushing the jet stream further south than it ever has been before, hence all the wet weather, although it now seems the north atlanic is starting to cool this should push the jet stream north giving us dry warm weather from the south. but nobody knows which one will be the prevailing factor :laugh: Think you'll find melting ice has a cooling effect on the ocean, try chucking a few ice cubes into a cup of tea to check it out.. the water temprature has to be warm enough to allow the ice to melt below the surface so the surface temprature has to be rising so the sea is getting warmer http://www.arcticsys...rmer-ocean.html Yes, but the melt water going into the ocean is cold so it cools the ocean where it's melting. Watched a program on it a while back, reckoned the colder water could knock the Gulf Stream current south and eventually bring us colder winters more in line with other countries at our latitude.. but that water doesnt stay in the artic hence the antartic is becoming colder. if that started to melt we would be in shit street :laugh: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tilfertilfer 706 Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 malt and paulus :laugh: 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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