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Bathing with a Friend - The Drought of 1976 (2018x90)

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If you happen to like our videos and→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut The Nazis, The British Accent, and BBC News https://youtu.be/_hRQq5e7Wi0?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3-uys3Rl2dvdsFkk96zRbt Why Do We Call Scammers "Con Men"? https://youtu.be/J1tl0P4gbb8?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3-uys3Rl2dvdsFkk96zRbt In this video: Water was in short supply in England during the summer of 1976. Officials understood as early as September 1975 that water levels would be low the next year thanks to 1975 being the fifth driest year of the 20th century in the region. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/06/bathing-friend-extreme-drought-1976/ Sources: http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2013/39-forest/ http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/graemearcher/100151548/drought-the-summer-of-1976-was-glorious/ http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/drought-of-1976-brought-standpipes-and-shared-baths-478513.html http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/may/17/water.ethicalliving http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/water_week/66193.stm http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-17100033 http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/12/hosepipe-ban-remembering-1976-heatwave_n_1338830.html http://www.ceh.ac.uk/data/nrfa/nhmp/other_reports/CEH_1975-76_Drought_Report_Rodda_and_Marsh.pdf http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/feb/17/fears-drought-summer-1976 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1256/wea.121.03/pdf http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1538065/Drought-and-the-minister-for-rain.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standpipe_(street) http://www.metric-conversions.org/length/millimeters-to-inches.htm Image Credit: https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-201549955/stock-photo-soil%2C-dry-soil-background-cracked-soil-background-soil-text