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Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by bobthepanda on Sunday August 30, 2026 @01:11PM (#49500567)
Underground cisterns are generally the way to do it and even the Romans were building them
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Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by zeristor on Sunday August 30, 2026 @05:29PM (#49503028)
The UK had a hugely wet start to the year, but that’s part of the pattern.

More intense rain fall then dry spells.

The high prolonged hot spells, with the wind can really make a lot of the land dry out.

So many dead and dying Field Maples around

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Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by bobthepanda on Sunday August 30, 2026 @08:44PM (#49504388)
Don’t really know what that has to do with my comment
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