Well, when you get a cold winter and wet summer, we get a really hot one over here in southern Sweden - also a La Nina effect, no doubt. Further north, say a bit north of Anchorage's latitude, they had a very wet spring and early summer, but now the weather is better, but the mosquitoes are there in force, so much that just being outdoor is problematic for man and beast alike! A new spieces of mossies is making inroads, too, that in contrast to the more common variants (like the one that can spread malaria) are day active - thus you're never safe! The malaria-spreading variant is fairly common, but as yet it is not known that any Swede have been infected by such a beast in Sweden the last few hundred years, but it is just a matter of time before we'll get that disease back, as many Swedes get it when travelling in Thailand, Gambia, and other popular resorts! And a few immigrants have it as well, of course! Down here, on the coast in the south, we have very few black-flies, no-see-ums, or mosquitoes, while some of the deltas up north are swarming with them, any year. I think I've seen one mosquito (of undetermined spieces) this year, but no black-flies, nor any no-see-ums! So for us, unusually hot (high 80s/low 90s), and no clouds at all - very rare in this part of Scandinavia! The top temperature here (inland, north of Anchorage's latitude), a few years after WWII, was 100.4F! So we have a bit to go ... Envy your cool weather, but you can keep the rain! Tord -- Be Yourself _at_ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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