DelayRepay
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My nephew's primary school was built within the last 10 years, and does not have air conditioning other than in the sports hall. They didn't close though, they let the kids wear shorts and t-shirts instead of their uniform and made sure they had plenty of water to drink. I think that was sensible - they know from Covid times that a lot of parents still have to go to work so closing for the day causes lots of problems.
That's interesting. I was saying to someone the other day I'm surprised we haven't seen talk of hose pipe bans etc. yet. When I was a kid they were common. I did see some requests from the water companies yesterday for people to try to minimise usage but that's the first I've seen over the last few years.
I did my bit; I used my water butt to water the garden instead of the hose. Water butt is empty now, so fingers crossed for some rain to fill it up again, and to turn the grass back from brown to green!
This year is not far off in terms of dry conditions, if this autumn and winter doesn't see much rain in the south-east we're in real trouble. Below is a map from the South-East Water Situation report showing rainfall relative to average over the last 1, 3, 6 and 12 months:
I also happen to know from the April report that November 2021-April 2022 was the second-driest Nov-Apr on record, where the driest was, you guessed it, 1976.
That's interesting. I was saying to someone the other day I'm surprised we haven't seen talk of hose pipe bans etc. yet. When I was a kid they were common. I did see some requests from the water companies yesterday for people to try to minimise usage but that's the first I've seen over the last few years.
I did my bit; I used my water butt to water the garden instead of the hose. Water butt is empty now, so fingers crossed for some rain to fill it up again, and to turn the grass back from brown to green!