Preparedness for when

nuatha

VJsmum wrote: »

Shhhhhh, at the moment the forecast is extremely good..........:T

The Hoppings have started early this year (they're already on), Wimbledon seems later than usual, perhaps the rain gods got their calendars confused

Enjoy the festival.

pineapple

GreyQueen wrote: »

I have vivid memories of living in a large city elsewhere in the country at the point in the 1980s when the abomination called 'care in the community' was inflicted upon the vulnerable.

But it wasn't all bad GQ. I was responsible for setting up supported housing at a time when the city's hospital for people with learning disabilities was closing.. Most went to lovely homes in the community with support and never looked back. I also put my money where my mouth was and offered a home to one particularly 'difficult' female who had spent most of her life in a hospital environment.. But even I didn't realise the enormity of what I had taken on. You can't imagine can you that somebody doesn't know what it is to have a front door or that when you are getting undressed at night with the light on you should close the curtains.
I know about the disasters of course. I later moved to general mental health and could tell a tale or two - both as a frontline support worker and as someone who was responsible for development and monitoring. I just wanted to add that sometimes it was done well.

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The weather is completely odd and has been for a few years now, we get a couple of really warm and sunny weeks in April or May and then it descends into cool, wet and showery weather. Here we are just a few days away from midsummmers day and I was so chilly at 4 this morning that I had to get up and find another blanket, and that made 3!!! I guess it depends very much on the position of the Jet Stream and that seems to be very uncertain these days. Having said that we drove out into the countryside today and it was noticeable that cereal crops are beginning to ripen and change colour and that the orchards have fruit set and the hedgerows look fit to produce a bumper crop of berries of all kinds this autumn.

jk0

Ah, you know what guys. The weather in the UK has always been very variable. Back in 1981 I started the summer term with snow on the ground. At half term I went to stay with my uncle in Leicestershire. I remember a shopkeeper remarked to us that it had poured with rain every weekend since Christmas. I realised he was correct, as it had happened in Bristol as well where I was at boarding school.

milasavesmoney

GQ, thanks for the information. I googled waterproof shell jackets and have learned that there are hard shell and soft shell options???
Heavens! I'm woefully unfamiliar with rain gear. We only own one umbrella and it is never really used.
We take it with us to high school football games occasionally. It makes wonderful shade.:cool:

Capella really opened my eyes to the differences in weather. Sitting under an afghan typing>>in June!
I just bought three pairs of half price shorts...and I'm 62! Everyone wears them though so I would look strange to be in pants in this heat.

nuatha

milasavesmoney wrote: »

GQ, thanks for the information. I googled waterproof shell jackets and have learned that there are hard shell and soft shell options???
Heavens! I'm woefully unfamiliar with rain gear. We only own one umbrella and it is never really used.
We take it with us to high school football games occasionally. It makes wonderful shade.:cool:

Capella really opened my eyes to the differences in weather. Sitting under an afghan typing>>in June!
I just bought three pairs of half price shorts...and I'm 62! Everyone wears them though so I would look strange to be in pants in this heat.

Softshells are water repellent rather than waterproof, they are best considered to be showerproof (though the better ones will cope with quite a downpour) hard shells are waterproof and should cope with anything Britain can throw at you (being rated with a static head of water between 3 and 5 metres (roughly a tube of water between 3 foot and 16 foot).

The parasols that Thriftwizard mentions upthread are sun shades, often lace on an umbrella framework.

This evening its been 50F with a peak of the dizzy heights of 62F this afternoon, tomorrow is expected to be a considerably warmer 70F.

GreyQueen

Being in southern England, I'm not usually exposed to the extremes of weather such as I've enjoyed out on the hills and mountains Oop North and in the west. Nor does my lifestyle involve standing around on icy train platforms or bus stops any more.

After mucho experimentation with outer wear, I find my needs best served by a lightweight unlined waterproof jacket. It will manage to cope with all but the most severe downpour, it doesn't weigh much and can be stuffed into a bag for those days (which is most days, basically) when you think it may rain before you return. And I've chose a size large enough to layer with sweaters/ a fleece or even a sweater and a fleece waistcoat should that be necessary.

Mostly, for wintertime wear, I'm not particularly cold, esp if walking or gardening, it's mainly to stop the windchill robbing me of body heat.

Well, the countdown to the referendum. Really looking forward to w*rk this week - not. Some of my colleagues will be working as poll clerks and others will be working on the count. The elections officers themselves are probably scheduling nervous breakdowns for next weekend, it's been pretty fraught for some weeks already.

Anyone planning to stay up overnight 23rd-24th to watch the results announced as it happens? Schedule is the authorities will be declaring at anything from 02.00 to 07.00. I shall be busily sleeping.

Cappella

Originally posted by milasavesmoney
Capella really opened my eyes to the differences in weather. Sitting under an afghan typing>>in June!

It was chilly last night, I even debated putting the heating on but the blanket was warm enough not to need to do so. Tonight I'm sitting typing in a short sleeved t-shirt, and am more than warm enough. Weather in the UK may be unpredictable but it's very seldom boring:)
It's supposed to be warm and sunny tomorrow, can't come soon enough for me!

Greyqueen asked
Anyone going to stay up to see the referendum results announced?

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No, I'm planning to sleep through the night. The morning will be early enough to start dealing with the consequences, whatever the result.

Speaking of outerwear, living in an urban environment I usually stick to a light, lined waterproof jacket or short coat, and wear layers of silk thermals, cotton vests, and wool jumpers with added fleece gilet or wool Aran waistcoats if it's bitterly cold in winter. Hats, gloves and scarves are optional extras depending on where I'm going. Summer I usually just wear a light fleece if it's cold, but I have a cagoule (very light waterproof) which folds up small enough to fit in a bag as well. As I live in the north west I ALWAYS take a mini foldaway umbrella, regardless of how blue the sky is when I go out:rotfl:

GreyQueen

If I'm not taking the waterproof, I take the fold-up brolly, which is sufficient to see me home and dry in all but the most horrendous downpours. It's chilly and grey here and had started to rain about 10 pm when me and a mate drove away from another mate's house.

I was in the countryside! They don't have streetlights in some places, who knew?!

mardatha

Milesavesmoney to me that's the biggest difference I notice between us and the warmer parts of America - the clothes! People there wear stuff that we would never ever see in shops, let alone buy. My friend in Phoenix is over 50 and she buys things she describes as "a bright lemon pants suit" and "pink pool loungers".. if anybody here walked down the street in a lemon pants suit at any age over 10 then people would crash cars looking lol. And another friend in Florida is a very large lady with an equally large family of daughters - but she posts pics constantly of them all in wee teeny shorts and tight tops. I think it's far nicer that you lot aren't as straight-laced and judgemental, Scots tend to be very much that way.