Gloomy Brits Even More Depressed by Miserable August

Everyone knows that that Britain is famous for its sodden weather but this is one for the record books. The seventh wettest summer in UK history has already killed five and caused widespread flooding. Some parts of the southwest UK have seen more rain in 24 hours than they typically see in the entire month of September.
More records fell with the depressing news that August was least sunny in UK history. Serotonin levels among the gloomy brits may have hit historic lows as a result but no reliable data is available on this metric.
 

The Bestival music festival on the Isle of Wight was turned into a sea of mud with reports of hundreds of people leaving early. One festivalgoer wrote on a website: “Left 2 days early . . . abandoned my tent there . . . shivering cold, caked head to toe in mud . . . barely saw a band at all. It was the most wretched 2 nights of my life.”

The good news is that more crappy weather is on the way. The remnants of Hurricane Hanna are making their way across the Atlantic towards the UK after dumping up to 10 inches of rain on the eastern seaboard. The UK Met Office helpfully added "We cannot say how serious it might be until the rain has stopped falling."

It is no wonder why the Scots invented whiskey.