On 8/3/2014 10:56 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On 8/2/2014 6:28 PM, Janet wrote:
>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What crap. Seattle's at Latitude 46 N, further south than Russia,
>>>>> Scandinavia and the entire UK .
>>>>>
>>>>> Janet UK
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> They do get an inordinate amount of rain up there. I spent two weeks in
>>>> a town outside Seattle and saw the sun for about a total of 9 minutes.
>>>> I could never live there. Very depressing.
>>>
>>> Seattle gets less than half the annual rainfall we do :-)
>>>
>>> Janet UK
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Nope, you get more but nowhere near double
>> Seattle got 36" last year
>> http://average-rainfall.findthebest....tle-Washington
>>
>> London 42" (1091 mm)
>> http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/...es/2013/annual
>
> only I'm not in London which is one of the drier areas of England. I'm
> on an island off the wet West coast of Scotland . Our rainfall last
> year (here, West Scotland) was over 100 inches last year.
>
>
>> As an information point, neither is as much as New York with 60"
>
> See above
>
>> Total rainfall though, does not tell the whole story. Seattle has light
>> rain over many dismal days.
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Scotland
>
> "Rainfall totals vary widely across Scotland? the western highlands of
> Scotland is one of the wettest places in Europe with annual rainfall up
> to 4,577 mm (180.2 in"..."Scotland lies in the path of eastward-moving
> Atlantic depressions and these bring wind and clouds regularly
> throughout the year."
>
>
> Janet UK
>


Would you please be so kind as to save some of that rain and ship it
over here. Texas is in an awful drought and we would be ever so
grateful for your rain. :-)

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From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas