Well I don't want to open a can of worms here but it's the difference between weather and climate. Weather is short-term and will always show extreme variations from time to time (hot, cold, wet, dry etc) but climate change is more about the longer-term trends in climate over decades or centuries or millennia (within which there will be short-term fluctuations of varying durations). Of course there could be a long-term climate trend of more extreme short-term variations! Maybe we are seeing that e.g. a number of years in the past decade have been among the warmest on record. But it's the average over a longer period that's important for future societies. For example, I wouldn't buy any property near very low-lying coasts with eroding cliffs; fortunately much of Bristol is hilly and those parts would escape any rise in sea levels! Adrian O Beckenham, Kent ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Ashford" <brabazon10@gmail.com> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:26 AM Subject: Re: [B&D] Snowy Bristol > Hi Charani, > > Yes...a lot of coverage on the TV here in NZ. awful conditions for you. > > What happened to global "warming"? > > Peter > > On 1/7/10, Charani <familyhunter@family-hunter.co.uk> wrote: >> I'm sure many of our overseas members know about the wintery >> conditions in the UK at the moment and the disruption they are causing. >> >> For those who haven't seen any pictures, this link will give an idea >> of what it's like: >> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8443000/8443483.stm> >> >> I had both my children off school/college today - and a 5'6" snowman >> in the back garden to prove it!! >> >> I read that white Christmasses are very much a thing of the past >> although commonplace in the 18th and 19th centuries. It got me >> thinking about the kind of conditions our ancestors faced and how they >> coped with them, given they didn't have the benefits of central >> heating and well insulated homes such as we have these days. >> >> It can't have been fun trying to keep the home and family warm. >> >> -- >> Charani (UK) >> OPC for Walton and Greinton, SOM >> Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM >> http://wsom-opc.org.uk >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi All, It is with great regret that I have to let you all know of the recent death of Hugh Watkins. Many of you will have been helped by Hugh and some will have known him personally as a "Bunfighter" for many years. He will be a great loss to family historians, in particular for the Bristol and Somerset area. Hugh's obituary notice is on the following web page: http://www.bmdsonline.co.uk/3365719 Our thoughts are with his family and friends tonight. Mike Gould

A sad loss - his wise words certainly helped me in my Bristol and Somerset research over several years. Goodbye Hugh and thanks. Ian L, Hampshire ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Gould" <mike.gould@ndirect.co.uk> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 6:08 PM Subject: [B&D] Hugh Watkins > > > Hi All, > > It is with great regret that I have to let you all know of the recent > death > of Hugh Watkins. Many of you will have been helped by Hugh and some will > have known him personally as a "Bunfighter" for many years. He will be a > great loss to family historians, in particular for the Bristol and > Somerset > area. > > Hugh's obituary notice is on the following web page: > > http://www.bmdsonline.co.uk/3365719 > > Our thoughts are with his family and friends tonight. > > Mike Gould > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >