From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

By Paul Homewood

h/t Martin Brumby

We are used to the BBC lying, but I would imagine it would be a serious offence for a churchman:

So what is all this extreme rainfall “officials” are rambling on about?

The longest series of rainfall data in NE England is at Durham, and daily rainfall patently is not getting worse there.

And the same applies to monthly rainfall. In fact the last time Durham had more than 150mm of rain in a month was in 2010:

So, what about all of this “decay and movement” the BBC is rattling on about.

According to York Minster, they have a 100-year rolling programme of conservation work, needing £2.5m a year:

Current priorities include the St Cuthbert window, irreplaceable glass and refurbishment of the Grand Organ.

There is also ongoing work in the South Quire Aisle:

This work is addressing six centuries of exposure to the elements, not a couple of decades of global warming, as the BBC would like you to think.

These sort of problems are not new.

As reader Martin Brumby recalls, there was a major refurbishment project in 1965. He tells me he visited the works and still has the booklet about the work, which he has sent me.

£2 million was a lot of money in those days, and was obviously a real threat.

The BBC article goes on to glowingly report the installation of solar panels on the Minster roof.

I suspect that this silly scare story has been propagated as a puff piece for renewables, and not a serious technical assessment.

No doubt it will rake in some more funding!