SNIP
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>>When I was in London in 1977 there was a drought ongoing then. The Thames looked like a stream compared to normal (as seen in pictures).
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>You sure that wasn't '76? That was the BIG long hot summer, of droughts, stand-pipes in the streets, no rain all summer.

Queen's Jubilee year, which I'm pretty sure was 1977. Early July.

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>>I don't think that San Francisco is as wet as Vancouver. I was there a total of 12 days over the last 2 months and had one real rainy day and one day of intermittent showers.
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>Those are still (Indian) summer months though. Like I said, WE hardly had any rain all October.

Well here "Indian Summer" seems a thing of the past. Another indication of global warming I guess.