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1000's of houses have recently been built on what was flood plain right next the the River Ouse, and suddenly on the Environment Agency website it was not listed as flood plain. How strange, hmm

Peak oil could already be here, the last thing the oil companies are going to tell us is that they are running out. Some companies have already been forced to adjust thier reserves.

We could use the Army to distribute supplies, oh no hang on we cant! they are everywhere in the world apart from in the UK.

I work for Amgen in the UK in the IT dept

I wonder where the summer has gone here in the UK, its been unsettled for months now

Originally posted by: patriots_1228 the terrorists are stuck in the middleeast, unless a more powerful country gives them better transporation and weapons, like the US suspects iran is doing. guys. Following the US in many ways is good. Following Bush, however, is not quote> You mean like teach them to fly a plane in the country that they go on to attack? 3 or the 4 London Bombers on July 7th 2005 were British, brought up, lived and educated in England. The IRA were funded by certain people in the US

It will be over quick so I wouldnt worry about it

2007 is an El Nino year so that affects the Pacific region, so I guess that could be to blame for some strange weather

Thats some crazy weather! some sun and hot weather sounds ideal to me at the min, being in the UK we have had some crazy weather. Dryest and warmest April since records began in 1659, South-east and eastern England had next to no rain, prompting fears of another drought. Totals for April were 2mm, around 5% of average rainfall and then we had the wettest June ever but with June temps still above average.

"The comments about the 35 MPG regulation are spot on. In the EU, a 35MPG mandate was twenty years ago. They're very nearly at 60MPG's now, and here we are limping along at 24 mandated miles to the gallon. " Maybe if Gas/Petrol was the same price in the US that it is in the EU then cars would have to be more economic and cleaner. Petrol is nearly £1 a litre here in the UK, my car does 50mpg thankfully. 1 UK gallon = 4.546 litre 1 US gallon = 3.785 litre

Now are you being sarcastic?

On another point, im fed up of seeing the people in some of the flooded houses complaining about the

Originally posted by: Imprezza05 this is just insain weather like half a month's worth of rain in 36 hrs... soon the critics will be saying this is all caused by global warming, but it's getting colder lol. I really feel sorry for the people affected by this.quote> Global warming doesnt mean everywhere will get warmer, just the climate will change and weird weather like this might become more frequent

Just reading this thread. I heard recently that the UK had finally paid off its debt to the US from the 2ND ww. I found some interesting facts and figures about UK debt. Total UK personal debt Total UK personal debt at the end of April 2007 stood at £1,325bn. The growth rate increased to 10.4% for the previous 12 months which equates to an increase of £114bn. Total secured lending on homes at the end of April 2007 stood at £1,112bn. This has increased 11.4% in the last 12 months. Total consumer credit lending to individuals in April 2007 was £213bn. This has increased 5.4% in the last 12 months. Total lending in April 2007 grew by £9.4bn. Secured lending grew by £8.9bn in the month. Consumer credit lending grew by £0.5bn. Average household debt in the UK is £8,816 (excluding mortgages) and £54,771 including mortgages. Average owed by every UK adult is £28,189 (including mortgages). This grew by £165 last month. Average outstanding mortgage for the 11.6m households who currently have mortgages is £95,871 Average interest paid by each household on their total debt is approximately £3,542 each year (this equates to 9% of take home pay). Average consumer borrowing via credit cards, motor and retail finance deals, overdrafts and unsecured personal loans has risen to £4,537 per average UK adult at the end of April 2007. Britain's personal debt is increasing by £1 million every 4 minutes. Today in the UK: * Consumers will borrow an additional £313m today * The average household debt will increase by over £13 today * 330 people today will be declared insolvent or bankrupt * Bank and building societies will hand out £1bn in mortgages today * Citizen Advice Bureaus will deal with 5,300 debt problems today * The average car will cost £15 to run today * The average home will cost £30 today to run * Raising a child to the age of 21 will now set you back £23.50 daily * The price of a typical house will increase by £46 today * 24.3m transactions worth £1.3bn will be spent on plastic cards today * £82m will be spent online today * 1/3rd of all groceries we buy today will end up in the dustbin. See you're not alone

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