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Clark · Prince Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 1448

It's not often we get loads of snow here in the UK but today's an exception.

I can't recall them ever cancelling all buses across London because of treacherous road conditions

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mohrorless · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:18 am Post subject:

how much did you get?
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Fredericx51 · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:49 am Post subject:

Hi , Knights, #ni-1

very very very little snow, about 0.1cm, which just has sort of vanished #ni-2

Just Holland

Sad

I want 3 meters of snow #ni-1

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Fredericx51 · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:57 am Post subject:

I am gonna start a new 'Project' Snow@Sahara #ni-1

So you can build an IGLO in the desert Shocked

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Grizzly · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:02 am Post subject: Re: Snow

Sir Furry Mark · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:36 am Post subject:

We've got a few inches (*), but I don't know what all of the fuss is about.

Mind you, cat refused to go outside with more vehemence than when we take him to the vets.

Threw some food out for the birds, but they don't seem to be able to cope with the concept of their legs sinking into the surface. Guess they are genuinely British... Embarassed

Main roads were clear and drive to work was much easier than usual (apart from a couple of other vehicles that refused to go more than 5 mph Rolling Eyes

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Edit: (*) Measured it outside now and it is less then 3" deep!
Hasn't stopped the boss from closing early "so people can get home safely"
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Killerrabbit · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:10 am Post subject:

It seems you British can not handle a little of the white powdery stuff on the ground.

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Cohiba · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:26 am Post subject:

You call that snow... Sheesh we've already had 54 inches of the white annoying stuff, my snow blower broke, apparently it didn't like the volley ball hiding under the fresh 8+ inches we got a week ago. So now i'm on my second try of finding an epoxy or something to hold the auger housing back together. Its not a fun feeling when your 5' 9" and the snow banks at the end of your driveway are taller than you and you can't see over them. I still have a month of snow to go so it might get deeper yet, hell the ground hog won't see his shaddow because he's under 3 feet of snow.
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Mildew · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:50 pm Post subject:

Hah!

Where I live, we have to LICK the driveways clean! Surprised

So there.

mohrorless · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:43 pm Post subject:

Here in NYC we are predicted to get up to 3 inches of snow tonight into tomorrow. People are unhappy because of the mess it will make. It won't even slow the city down.
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jbyram2 · Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject:

6" or so in South Armpit.
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PhastPhred · Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:37 pm Post subject:

Jammy's so cold, the typing at the keyboard is cumbersome...

And it's not much better here! Where I live here in East TN we had a HIGH today of about TWENTY!
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Sir Furry Mark · Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:14 am Post subject:

... another couple of inches of snow again here and chaos ensues once more. Embarassed

Our problem is that we are not prepared to invest large amounts of money to prepare for something that only occurs for a few days every ten to twenty years. Rolling Eyes

One of our younger staff members crashed his car today. No training on these driving conditions. (He wasn't even born the last time we had this much snow... Shocked

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I can remember the Winter of 62/63 with 30 foot snowdrifts at the back of the house, driving on frozen lakes and seeing the sea frozen over.
If that happened now the country would grind to a complete halt. Wink

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mohrorless · Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:37 pm Post subject:

We could sent Sir Farty over to melt it all for you...
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Sir Loin · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:40 am Post subject:

Snow? SNOW?

You lucky lucky bastards! #evil

Down here in the colonies, we dream of snow.....

Cool, and white, and cool.... and cool..... so coooool, and so whiiiite.

Here today it was a balmy 42 degrees......

BLOODY CELSIUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's over 107 F.

It all started back on Jan 26, a nice sunny day, top temp of 37.2c or just 99F. Typical summers day for us in this part of Australia.
27th? Warmed up a bit, 40.0c or 104f
28th, 44.2c or almost 113f, geez it's a bit hot mate Embarassed

29th, 44.4c, 113f, hot again today Embarassed

30th, 45.2c or 113.4f. A bit warmer today.....
31st, 45.1c. Down 0.1c on yesterday. I didn't notice......
Feb 1. A new month. Down to 42.3c AND IT FELT COOLER!!
Feb 2 & 3. A genuine cool change. Down to 37c/99f. Bliss.....
Feb 4. 39.8c/103.6f. Warming up again Crying or Very sad

Feb 5. 42.5c/108.5f. A bit hot again.....
Feb 6. Only 41 today. This is easy.
Feb 7. Prediction is 45~47c. 47c is 116.6f. With VERY strong winds and a dust storm predicted. I think this will be a foretaste of Hell #evil

Feb 8. Predicted top of 28c/82f. Anyone got a furry hat, coat, and gloves I can borrow??

Snow? Don't talk to me about bloody snow!

Anyway, #ni-1

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mohrorless · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:38 am Post subject:

London is ground to a halt by 8 Inches of snow

#Rofl

Get used to it. With global warming, it will get colder at th epoles and you will start to get more snow much more often.
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Sir Furry Mark · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:22 am Post subject:

mohrorless · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:56 pm Post subject:

Touche!

However, I recall this storm:
26.9 inches in 24 hours!
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/nyregion/13snow.html

Thank the heavens for my snowblower. I spent a good bit of time digging out of that one.
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Dagger · Prince Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 2918 Location: BC Canada

Good thing you don't live up here, cuz you'd really dislike me.. Why you may ask? Cuz i'm the guy driving the snowplow with the big plow on the front. Always fun plowing and sanding 11 to 15% grades on the back roads. Twisted Evil

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