Cold, Wet Summer
The Daily Mail is cheerfully explaining why Britons are now going to suffer devastating personal damage due to the cold, wet, dreary summer the country is experiencing.
'A large proportion of us will be suffering from general weather blues and will feel resentful and frustrated. Unless conditions improve or we have an Indian Summer later this autumn, more and more people are going to feel generally down.
'Depression is brought about when we feel we cannot control a situation and that is exactly the situation here - unless we go on holiday there is nothing we can do.
'In addition it is fair to say that people will not have ventured outside very much this summer so they will only have been exposed to artificial light which does not provide the same chemical reactions as sunlight. It's very important that we all put on their sou'westers and head out into the rain just to get a small amount of natural light.'
Alison Kelly, spokesman for the mental health charity Mind, said: 'We have recently carried out research that showed there was a direct link between people feeling good about themselves and how much exercise they undertake outside in the sunlight.
'If conditions prevent them from doing this then it is fair to say that more people will be feeling gloomy.
People have had hardly any opportunity to go outside and enjoy barbecues and socialise outdoors so they have been inclined to stay inside and this will reduce their mood.'
The projected high temperatures this week? Less than 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
Environment, World news | Gaius Friday, 18 July , 2008
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By Sam Wah, Saturday, 19 July , 2008 @ 7:54 am
Gorbal Worming Strikes Again! Dang that Bush!
By MikeM, Saturday, 19 July , 2008 @ 8:53 am
I’m not at all surprised that the projected highs for the week are below 70F - that’s fairly normal there, even in the summer. I lived in England in the early 1990’s and I remember the weather forecaster calling temps of 75-80 "a real scorcher".
By feeblemind, Sunday, 20 July , 2008 @ 12:31 pm
Wasn’t it just a year ago that the UK press was reporting that their summers would be getting progressively hotter and drier with the British Isles eventually turning to desert? What a difference a year makes. How quickly we forget.