mr_tines <mailto:tines_at_...> wrote:
> Somewhat tangential to the winter thread...
>
> I must admit that I gave up believing any of the canonical Gloranthan
> meteorological or climatological details when I noticed _Drastic :
> Prax_ quote one of the earlier sources about the Wastes to state that
> they had a 20" annual rainfall, mainly distributed through the
> winter season.
>
> I live in East Anglia, a fertile farming region for grain and
> sugarbeet, and with natural tree cover - an area that is a technical
> semi-desert with only 18" annual rainfall, also mostly in the winter.
Yes, but the Great Spirit of East Anglia wasn't killed by a chaos army. Back
when Genert was alive, those 20" of rain went a lot further.
--AMS, handwaving desperately