What meteorological phenomenon (phenomena) affects you this day ? - Page 42

lilac_jive · 02-02-2009, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

My first daffodil is open today.....

Waa I'm so jealous! They used to grow outside my apartment and I'd pick one every few days. But then the maintenance guys would come and weedwack that area. It always made me sad

Patricia · 02-02-2009, 04:55 PM

It's snowing here. Only a couple of inches so far, but it's coming down steadily, so there could be a lot more by morning.

yvanleterrible · 02-02-2009, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by YGG-

Snowing "a lot" in Paris (5 cm / 2 inches) --evrybody's staying at home ! (doesn't happen often)

Hah! Not even enough to break out the shovels.

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Two inches! We laugh at two inches! Ha ha. (Just like that, because we're too busy freezing to death slowly to laugh any more realisitically or for any length of time.)

Yeah! You know when the lips don't cooperated cause they're too stiff and the eyes water until you can't see? Now that's cold...

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

My first daffodil is open today.....

Aw! You lucky person you. We have to wait till the end of april at least. Enjoy them fer us. It's a heart warmer.

lilac_jive · 02-02-2009, 05:58 PM

How much snow fell in England? Articles are making it sound like it shut down the whole country, and it only looked like a few inches.

zelda_pinwheel · 02-02-2009, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

How much snow fell in England? Articles are making it sound like it shut down the whole country, and it only looked like a few inches.

well if england is anything like some parts of france, it's such a rare phenomenon that a few inches *can* shut everything down.

lilac_jive · 02-02-2009, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

well if england is anything like some parts of france, it's such a rare phenomenon that a few inches *can* shut everything down.

True. You've got to hit us with 6 or more inches for us to even wince

ShortNCuddlyAm · 02-02-2009, 06:44 PM

In our area, we had about 8". Just down the road a few miles had 10-12".

To put this in some kind of perspective, where I live we normally get less than an inch of snow each winter, and it if snows one night it's mostly melted by the following night. Right now it looks like the only melting that's taken place is where cars and people have been, and that's all now frozen from semi-mushy slush to solid ice. According to the news, the last time it snowed this heavily was 18 years ago. We're just simply not used to it as it doesn't happen all that often, so we're not prepared when it does. (Unlike leaves falling in autumn, which seem to throw the trains into chaos each year, despite leaf fall being an annual occurence...)

And our local council didn't grit most of the main roads in the area, and certainly none of the smaller ones.

lilac_jive · 02-02-2009, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

In our area, we had about 8". Just down the road a few miles had 10-12".

To put this in some kind of perspective, where I live we normally get less than an inch of snow each winter, and it if snows one night it's mostly melted by the following night. Right now it looks like the only melting that's taken place is where cars and people have been, and that's all now frozen from semi-mushy slush to solid ice. According to the news, the last time it snowed this heavily was 18 years ago. We're just simply not used to it as it doesn't happen all that often, so we're not prepared when it does. (Unlike leaves falling in autumn, which seem to throw the trains into chaos each year, despite leaf fall being an annual occurence...)

And our local council didn't grit most of the main roads in the area, and certainly none of the smaller ones.

8-10 inches is pretty rough even for PA. So I won't make fun of you

Ice is nasty though, stay off the roads.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 02-02-2009, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

8-10 inches is pretty rough even for PA. So I won't make fun of you

Ice is nasty though, stay off the roads.

Thank you

I'm trying to convince the yeti that if it's still bad in the morning, driving to work will not be a good idea...

pshrynk · 02-03-2009, 09:01 AM

Greater than one inch of snow + inexperienced drivers = really bad idea.

Unless you live in a place like the IceBox, never, ever leave home when there is a humongous amount of snow. Wisconsonites even stay home early in the season while we wait for the teenagers to get the idea and for the snowbirds to say "fark it" and head to Florida.

Light a fire, snuggle up to the walking carpet and read a good book.

lilac_jive · 02-03-2009, 09:02 AM

My roads (I live in the mountains) were kind of icky this morning, but the highways were all fine. People still drive slow though, even when the roads are just wet. I want to smack them.

Sparrow · 02-03-2009, 09:14 AM

When I was a child it used to be common to see cars with snow chains in winter - but I haven't seen a car with them on in years.

lilac_jive · 02-03-2009, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

When I was a child it used to be common to see cars with snow chains in winter - but I haven't seen a car with them on in years.

Maybe because tires have gotten better? I don't see them often either.

desertgrandma · 02-03-2009, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Greater than one inch of snow + inexperienced drivers = really bad idea.

Unless you live in a place like the IceBox, never, ever leave home when there is a humongous amount of snow. Wisconsonites even stay home early in the season while we wait for the teenagers to get the idea and for the snowbirds to say "fark it" and head to Florida.

Light a fire, snuggle up to the walking carpet and read a good book.

Well, way too many of them head for Arizona and clog up our streets! They don't drive any better in the sunshine....

Curly · 02-03-2009, 09:57 AM

Do you remember the winter of 1979 with the snow piled so high it was over the roofs of cars? It was like driving through a tunnel, I don't think the snow melted completely until April that year.

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02-02-2009, 04:55 PM	#617
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	It's snowing here. Only a couple of inches so far, but it's coming down steadily, so there could be a lot more by morning.

02-02-2009, 05:58 PM	#619
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	How much snow fell in England? Articles are making it sound like it shut down the whole country, and it only looked like a few inches.

02-02-2009, 06:44 PM	#622
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	In our area, we had about 8". Just down the road a few miles had 10-12". To put this in some kind of perspective, where I live we normally get less than an inch of snow each winter, and it if snows one night it's mostly melted by the following night. Right now it looks like the only melting that's taken place is where cars and people have been, and that's all now frozen from semi-mushy slush to solid ice. According to the news, the last time it snowed this heavily was 18 years ago. We're just simply not used to it as it doesn't happen all that often, so we're not prepared when it does. (Unlike leaves falling in autumn, which seem to throw the trains into chaos each year, despite leaf fall being an annual occurence...) And our local council didn't grit most of the main roads in the area, and certainly none of the smaller ones.

02-03-2009, 09:01 AM	#625
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Greater than one inch of snow + inexperienced drivers = really bad idea. Unless you live in a place like the IceBox, never, ever leave home when there is a humongous amount of snow. Wisconsonites even stay home early in the season while we wait for the teenagers to get the idea and for the snowbirds to say "fark it" and head to Florida. Light a fire, snuggle up to the walking carpet and read a good book.

02-03-2009, 09:02 AM	#626
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	My roads (I live in the mountains) were kind of icky this morning, but the highways were all fine. People still drive slow though, even when the roads are just wet. I want to smack them.

02-03-2009, 09:14 AM	#627
Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	When I was a child it used to be common to see cars with snow chains in winter - but I haven't seen a car with them on in years.

02-03-2009, 09:57 AM	#630
Curly I need a holiday! Posts: 1,227 Karma: 4622 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Scotland Device: PRS-505, ipod touch	Do you remember the winter of 1979 with the snow piled so high it was over the roofs of cars? It was like driving through a tunnel, I don't think the snow melted completely until April that year.