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Nature can be cruel

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OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 12 Apr 2013 12:11

Water levels on Mull have dropped so dramatically in recent weeks that Tobermory Distillery has been forced to cease operating for only the second time in its history, with only a fifth of the island’s expected rainfall supplying the loch on which the distiller depends on.

The Met Office revealed that Mull only received 1.8 inches of rainfall in March - the lowest anywhere in Britain.

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Sharron

Sharron Report 12 Apr 2013 12:18

You would think that people woud be happy to stop washing and flushing their lavatories for an important purpose such as that.

Dermot

Dermot Report 12 Apr 2013 12:34

A few neighbours of mine don't seem to have been acquainted with soap recently & there's certainly no shortage of rain water here.

Merlin

Merlin Report 12 Apr 2013 12:45

Thank goodness its not happening on Isla, :-D

Researching:
Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Wend,Prickly,Island,GG.+CC.+DIZZY & Mersey.

KittytheLearnerCook

KittytheLearnerCook Report 12 Apr 2013 12:53

Shall we start a human chain to fill it?? *looks for a bucket without a hole*

Researching:
Brockhurst Newman Pelham Parsons West Sussex Birth information for Thomas Parsons born in Cork 1818 mother Mary father ?Charles

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 12 Apr 2013 13:00

Send for the SS Politician ( whisky galore)

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 12 Apr 2013 13:42

seems this is a national crisis on an unprecedeted scale - why is there not a website for donation? :-D

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 12 Apr 2013 15:22

Why can't the troops be requisitioned to drive some water tankers up there??

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 12 Apr 2013 15:28

It has to be soft water preferably filtered through a peat bog ;-)

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Kay????

Kay???? Report 12 Apr 2013 15:39

Time to get a stock in then and rain dance.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 12 Apr 2013 15:54

plenty of soft water in these parts - will my lawn do for filtering?

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me