h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

essex
midday
29/1/04
Blue skies, sunny, cold, frozen snow and ice on pavements.

Hertfordshire 14.17 & ... Ditto

N. Pennines

ditto too - except that we don't have pavements

the wind's becoming stronger...

Canary Wharf.

Bright sunny and coldish with a huge abundance of pavements.

Canberra, 5:20pm Friday 30 January

About 20C, breezy, a bit cloudy. There was some rain earlier but it only lasted 5 minutes and there aren't even any puddles as proof that it happened.

Maz - I'm just watching the 7 o'clock news - I see that your part of the world is a little damp at the moment. Have you been flooded or otherwise affected?

Oh, I don't know - Melbourne's swamped, Canberra's dry as a bone - do you get the feeling that things could have been organised better?

Ivan.

I certainly do get that feeling. What on earth is the use of all this water falling on the suburbs and not in the catchment areas? another of those 'mysteries of life!'

We had a massive deluge over some of the inner suburbs ( some of the more affluent ones this time!) and there were a lot of properties flooded. Quite a lot of cars got stuck on lower parts of the roads. Apparently the problem was not blocked drains just the fact that the drains aren't big enough! Fortunately I live on the northern edge of Melbourne and we are also on the top af a rise. An awful lot of houses would have to be under water for us to have a problem!

Maz

Canary Wharf London 12.55

bright, grey (if that makes sense)

Pavements multiplying

2004-01-30 13:00 Manchester (central), UK

Back to the normal sort of weather for these parts - rain.

23.59 North Pennines.

Most of the snow has melted, the wind's dropped a little and it appears to be raining.

Still no pavements though.

Greetings from Buckinghamshire

Our skies are clear our winds are windy and our pavements clear of ice........and our bins haven't been picked up since last week.

Back in Minnesota

Currently -8 / -22
Mostly Clear
High:  0 / -17
Low: -12 / -24

Sidewalks packed snow
Pavement packed snow, plowed half-assedly,

Canberra, 3:20pm Saturday 31 January

About 22C, gusty winds (they *do* exist ), overcast. There was some rain earlier but it only lasted 5 minutes and there aren't even any puddles as proof that it happened. I think I said that yesterday. The weather must be in re-runs or something.

Ivan.

Portsmouth, England

Gales

Rain

As per bloody usual

Ipswich, GB. 14:15

Dull, grey, windy but not actually raining at present. Need the lights on all day. Very mild.

Portsmouth England

17.01

Still raining

Still windy

The Isle of Wight ferry's been cancelled, I felt seasick on the Gosport Ferry, nearly blown over a couple of times, pretty average for this time of year

Bucks 17.08

Hooo boy is it windy, with a bit of luck my neighbours tree might blow down tonight and let lots more ligh into our garden.

Well, its an ill wind...........

N. Pennines 21.42

Enough of the snow got washed away for the postie to reach us so we got an entire week's worth of mail.

The rain turned back to snow shortly after sunset though and we STILL don't have any pavements.

(We nearly always need the lights on all day Lizzbett. Old houses on windy hillsides have 2ft thick walls and tiny windows)

hi,it's been sometime(a year or so, with another name.) and this tread is still going! well the weather report from brighton is as such: the wind is howling and the sea is in turmoil and it's lovely and cold!

Melbourne, Australia Sunday 1115am

20C cloudy no wind. We have been promised 24C , cloudy and a few showers.

The mens tennis final is today - barracking for Marat Safin!! Martina Navratalova etc have just started the mixed doubled.

Maz