England Is Sinking
Filed Under (Greece) by on 29-11-1999
I am always the first to defend the UK, when my fellow Americans scoff at the weather. Even the last night of the Olympics showed British people parading around with umbrellas. It was funny, but I always say it rains as much in London a year as it does in Manhattan. I say we have had some scorching summers in the past, so much so Easyjet would exclaim, “Welcome to tropical Luton!” I take it all back now, the past two summers here in the UK have been atrocious. There has only been 1 month in total over the past two summers of nice weather. Nice meaning over 70 degrees and mostly sunny.
Everyone is always speaking about the hurricanes and floods in the US, but this is the second summer where Northern England, the west country, basically anyone living around the British Isles have lost their homes. Thousands are sleeping [...]
