Alarming weakening in Gulf Stream

Many scientists have criticised the disaster film The Day After Tomorrow for suggesting that global warming could shut down the Gulf Stream in a very short space of time, leading to a catastrophic cooling of northern Europe and America.

Now I’d agree that much of the film was Hollywood hype combined with bad science but evidence has now emerged that the Gulf Stream did, in fact, shut down for 10 days in November 2004.

In a report in today’s Guardian, Sea change: Why global warming could leave Britain feeling the cold, James Randerson writes:

Electricity back after 20 hours

We’re back in the 21st century again with the electricity restored at 5pm.

But, as is typical of the Other Half and myself, when the lights suddenly came back on we were rather disappointed! “Oh,” she said, “I was looking forward to another night cooking on the open fire and eating in the snug.”

I guess I’m gradually turning the OH into a backwoods gal!

Breakfast without electricity

As the electricity was still off this morning, I made a hot breakfast over the open fire in the Victorian range. First, we had oatmeal porridge…

Dinner without electricity

Gales with wind gusts of up to 90mph knocked down the power lines as we were halfway through cooking dinner on Thursday evening.