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southernlady5464 · 07-27-2007, 06:14 PM

Interesting way to report the weather by the BBC:

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Texas declared drought-free

BBC - Weather Centre - World Weather

Four (?) weeks of flooding and not a word about that, just that it's drought free. Liz

940 · 07-27-2007, 08:16 PM

Well I guess if the BBC says it's so, then it must be true and we must be out of a drought down here!!

catman · 07-28-2007, 02:35 PM

It's true, Dentonite. At least I think that's where you are. I lived there for about 20 years off and on. This is a very atypical summer. We were in a severe drought for two years, but all the flooding rains took care of it. Last summer it had been 100 degrees or more by now about 15 times; this year, not once yet. (Suits me!)

southernlady5464 · 07-28-2007, 05:01 PM

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We were in a severe drought for two years, but all the flooding rains took care of it.

It was just the WAY the BBC reported it.

NO mention of the torrential RAINS that caused the drought to end. Just that it was over.

And it was just the ONE statement...no story. Liz

catman · 07-29-2007, 12:02 AM

Sorry, Liz. I glossed over the distinction you were making.

Roma · 07-29-2007, 12:50 PM

Well we better be drought free after all the rain and flooding we got!!! I'm in Granbury and we had severe flooding.

TheHarvester · 07-30-2007, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by southernlady5464

It was just the WAY the BBC reported it.

NO mention of the torrential RAINS that caused the drought to end. Just that it was over.

Let me guess... you like Bill O'Reilly?

The UK has been having one of the worst flood years in recorded history, so they're up to their ears (literally) in flood news from their own turf. How much air time has been devoted to the flooding in NW Europe, the fires, heat and drought in SE Europe, and other international weather news on American TV and radio?

The United States is just another country. People live their entire lives in other places without knowing what "Texas" is, so give them a break. We're not the center of the universe.

southernlady5464 · 07-30-2007, 02:51 PM

Actually, a friend of mine gave me the link and he is from the UK living here in MI. Liz

CosmicWizard · 07-30-2007, 03:47 PM

southernlady5464 wrote

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Four (?) weeks of flooding and not a word about that, just that it's drought free. Liz

This seems like a case of seeing the glass as half empty, when perhaps it is actually half full. Let's give the BBC credit, at least they got it half right.

Like TheHarvester says, "People live their entire lives in other places without knowing what "Texas" is, so give them a break. We're not the center of the universe." AMEN to that, even though Texas is not that far from Colorado, the true center of the universe.

regards....Franco