Hi, I am a newbie, too

Pet owners are lovely :lol:

Double post when I tried to edit it.

Thanks Chr1st1an, I am sure they are lovely people. Being a cat owner I know I am as gentle as a kitten.

Is ‘he’ still around ? I seem to recall talking about El Nino some 15 years ago, I thought he was long gone :lol:

Yes, he came back this year forcing the winds to go out on the Atlantic Ocean, therefore keeping the hurricane and severe/tropical storms from coming into Florida and the Southern coast of the US.

Ah now I understand, so three cheers for El Nino then :lol:

El Nino and his sister La Nina alternate. This was an El Nino year as Tondi said.

Morning all -here we moan quite a bit about the weather but when all things are weighed up we get off pretty lightly compared to other parts of the world

Too true, Christian!

Hi and welcome aboard :grin:

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