Drought declared in north Wales after driest period since 1976
Posted by Portalrules123@reddit | collapse | View on Reddit | 10 comments
Posted by Portalrules123@reddit | collapse | View on Reddit | 10 comments
KaiserMacCleg@reddit
I'm surprised it's taken this long for a drought to be declared. The hills are yellow, the streams are dry, and prior to the last few days, we hadn't seen any significant rain for months.
We've got a false autumn going on too - the trees have been turning since the start of August due to lack of water.
ideknem0ar@reddit
I'm in Vermont USA and we're experiencing the same conditions this summer. It's been surreal. The rivers are terrifyingly low. Forecast will say quarter-inch (6.35mm) and we'll get 2 hundredths (.5mm).
StrykerWyfe@reddit
Heard through my brother in law, from an old friend of his late dad who has been fishing the river for years, that he has never seen the river Clwyd this low. I checked the river level graph and it’s true. At this point it’s at its lowest ever recorded (at Pont y Cambwll).
StrykerWyfe@reddit
Can confirm. It’s very dry here. We’ve had decent showers for a couple of days now but that’s the first proper rain for ages and nowhere near enough obviously . They have rain warnings in south wales now as heavy rain comes across but the ground is so hard it’ll just create runoff and they’re warning of flash floods in some areas.
I am allergic to mosquito bites and usually spend my summer fighting hand sized welts but I haven’t had a single mosquito bite this year. I’m seeing more butterflies than some years but so few flying insects, even flies!
I didn’t bother planting much this year as I had a feeling this would happen. I just let naturally seeded things go wild. I’m seeing much more roadkill than normal as I assume animals stray further to find water. My mom had 3 rats in her bird feeder! Lots of talk of the wild berries ripening weeks early due to water and heat stress, trees are dropping leaves in a ‘false autumn’ too. It’ll be a rough winter for the birds and animals who rely on autumn berries.
Live_Canary7387@reddit
I'm eating a pear now that is from the family orchard. This cultivar shouldn't be ready for another month.
Total_Sport_7946@reddit
Similar here in Ireland. Had some good rain recently but it only penetrated <10cm into the soil. Blackberries have shrivelled on the cane, early leaf drop and smaller terminal leaves on trees, especially already stressed urban plantings. Apples are ripening ahead of schedule and a often smaller. A very mixed bag in the veg garden, would have almost nothing without incessant watering early in the season.
StrykerWyfe@reddit
My apples are already falling off the tree. There’s loads of them though.
The brambles round here also have a lot of tiny crisped berries on. Not good.
KaiserMacCleg@reddit
Going to be very little food around for wildlife once the real Autumn arrives.
StatementBot@reddit
The following submission statement was provided by /u/Portalrules123:
SS: Related to climate and water collapse as north Wales, historically a very mild and wet area, has experienced its driest six month period (February-July) since the drought of 1976. Southeast Wales has also recently declared a drought, while southwest Wales is abnormally dry but not quite in a drought yet. Watersheds, groundwater, and aquifers are starting to feel the pressure, although not yet to the extent that water restrictions are necessary. Sadly, it will likely take mass water shortages across the developed world before the masses start to understand what our gluttonous use of fossil fuels has done to the water cycle and the climate in general. Expect drought to soon become the norm in the British isles, a wild departure from the past climate.
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Portalrules123@reddit (OP)
SS: Related to climate and water collapse as north Wales, historically a very mild and wet area, has experienced its driest six month period (February-July) since the drought of 1976. Southeast Wales has also recently declared a drought, while southwest Wales is abnormally dry but not quite in a drought yet. Watersheds, groundwater, and aquifers are starting to feel the pressure, although not yet to the extent that water restrictions are necessary. Sadly, it will likely take mass water shortages across the developed world before the masses start to understand what our gluttonous use of fossil fuels has done to the water cycle and the climate in general. Expect drought to soon become the norm in the British isles, a wild departure from the past climate.