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I've got through three umbrellas this week. 
Quote: chipolata @ July 24 2009, 10:33 AM BSTI've got through three umbrellas this week.
I would like to option this magnificent story.
Quote: David Bussell @ July 24 2009, 10:43 AM BSTI would like to option this magnificent story.
3? I smell a trillogy to rival Lord Of The Rings . . .
It's pissing down here. Hope that's not going to be Umbrella 4.
Quote: chipolata @ July 24 2009, 4:52 PM BSTIt's pissing down here. Hope that's not going to be Umbrella 4.
What are your umbrellas made of? Rice paper? Pasta?
Quote: chipolata @ July 24 2009, 10:33 AM BSTI've got through three umbrellas this week.
You been doing your Morecambe And Wise impression, haven't you?
According to drought statistics released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 77 of Texas' 254 counties are in extreme or exceptional drought, the most severe categories. No other state in the continental U.S. has even one area in those categories. John Nielsen-Gammon, the Texas state climatologist at Texas A&M University, said he expects harsh drought conditions to last at least another month.
In the bone-dry San Antonio-Austin area, the conditions that started in 2007 are being compared to the devastating drought of the 1950s. There have been 36 days of 100 degrees or more this year in an area where there are usually closer to 12.
San Antonio, which relies on the Edwards Aquifer for its water, is enduring its driest 23-month period since weather data was recorded starting in 1885, according to the National Weather Service. The aquifer's been hovering just above 640 feet deep, and if it dips below that the city will issue its harshest watering restrictions yet.
The city's not just sitting around, though. A total of 30 off-duty officers and other employees are working overtime to patrol the city looking for people illegally watering. Since April, about 1,500 people have been cited and ordered to pay fines ranging from $50 to over $1,000. Residents also are encouraged to rat out water scofflaws on the 24-hour Water Waste Hot Line.
"We don't go out in a car with sirens blazing or anything like that, but we do take the report and send out a letter saying 'You've been reported for not following water rules,'" said Anne Hayden, spokeswoman for the San Antonio Water System.
Quote: DaButt @ July 26 2009, 3:34 PM BST
Wow, I had no idea it was that bad. My sister, who is still visiting and won't go home 
, acts like it's no big deal. Hang in there.
Just to cheer you up DaButt it's pissing down here 
I think Wales must be the anti-climate to your neck of the woods.
It's pissing it down with rain here again.
Now it's sunny! 
Quote: AndreaLynne @ July 21 2009, 11:20 PM BSTelectric pole and all the attached wires
Your country is so very odd.
Quote: Tim Walker @ July 22 2009, 1:53 PM BSTThere's a quote for the Newsletter, Aaron. Aaron!?
Well it's totally factually inaccurate, and not an opinion either, so we can't use it.
Quote: chipolata @ July 22 2009, 2:53 PM BSTI saw a ridiculous black youth
Aren't they all?
Thunder is currently rolling across my skies
Blue sky. Rare in Blackpool.