It's Snowing!!!

Loeffelholz

Global warming...it's a good job the UN's going to fix it.

Barbel

Loeffelholz wrote:

Global warming...it's a good job the UN's going to fix it.

Fix it... yes... )

walther p99

we got alot of snow here in New Jersey and back at college in West Virginia we got alot of snow as well.

agent 00

Quantum's evil plan )

Pendragon

man, we didn't even get a snow day when it was -20 and painful to be outside. my university has it's priorities mixed haha.

Tilly Masterson 007

Got it quite thick here this morning - it's utter chaos on the roads too!

Moonraker 5

Even here on the Clyde coast, which is unheard of for heavy snow falls, it was chaos last night. Office shut early to give everyone time to get home (didn't work as my colleague's normal 50 minute journey to the north of Glasgow took 7.5 hours) and it took 40 minutes to dig my car out of the now solid ice this morning.

The local airport made a valiant attempt to stay open, until this Ryanair jet skidded off the runway. -10C forecast tonight. Just hoping my Christmas morning journey to Perthshire will still be doable...

Alex

Moonraker 5 wrote:

Even here on the Clyde coast, which is unheard of for heavy snow falls, it was chaos last night. Office shut early to give everyone time to get home (didn't work as my colleague's normal 50 minute journey to the north of Glasgow took 7.5 hours) and it took 40 minutes to dig my car out of the now solid ice this morning.

The local airport made a valiant attempt to stay open, until this Ryanair jet skidded off the runway. -10C forecast tonight. Just hoping my Christmas morning journey to Perthshire will still be doable...

7 and a half hours to get home from work. Goodness, the poor guy may as well have stayed on for another shift

Agent_M

there's been nothing round my way since the weekend! I was looking forward to a couple of days off just before xmas but no, I have to drag myself in and sit around doing nothing when I could be at home doing nothing. You watch on my birthday it'll bucket down and I wont be able to leave the house.

Pendragon

we've got about 4 inches here in CO and it's still coming down hard...I guess we may have snow on the ground for Christmas after all!

Jamesbondjr

It's snowing here again in Southport near Liverpool. Hopefully won't get called out on any jobs today and can watch a film or play a bit of Uncharted 2 on the old PS3

Sir Miles

Jamesbondjr wrote:

It's snowing here again in Southport near Liverpool. Hopefully won't get called out on any jobs today and can watch a film or play a bit of Uncharted 2 on the old PS3

Yep - snowed in here too - tried to get into work but was sent home as nobody can get in. It's still snowing too, so could get the rest of the week off

Time to fire up the X-box 360

Moonraker 5

Snowed a couple of inches during the night here too, but back to clear skies and beautiful sunshine and an Arctic bite of -5C... It now hasn't risen above freezing for 3 weeks, and two of the small lochs out the back of town are frozen over and white with snow, and there's still snow on the beach. Coldest continuous spell here now since 1979.

Barbel

Almost, but not quite, snowed in here; necessary journeys only. Here's a view from about a mile away from me- http://homepage.ntlworld.com/neilstonwebcam/ - and the site's self-description is pretty accurate!

John Drake

Just caught in a blizzard. Couldn't see a damned thing. Not great when the pavements are covered with four feet of snow and you've no choice but to walk on the road.

Napoleon Plural

I told you that job as a roadsweeper would be no good this time of year...

Barry Nelson

All you guys must be mistaken, Al Gore says the planet is warming.

Loeffelholz

Barry Nelson wrote:

All you guys must be mistaken, Al Gore says the planet is warming.

And those East Anglia guys have the proof...oh wait, they deleted the emails...

FelixLeiter ♀

SNOW DAY!

have been having wonderful chat on Facebook with my frend in Australia who has never seen snow.

(telling him what grit is) "can you drive ANYWHERE then?"

"what does it feel like?"

(on the different types of snow) "which one is best?"

"does it like, melt?"

it was the most intersting thing ever - trying to convey to someone who has never experienced snow just what its like. i posted some pics and he was fascinated lol

Napoleon Plural

"It was hell getting into work today..."

Pendragon

it's flurrying here again...and I just found out that I have money in my account going to Tea with friends later...and then hopefully breakfast tomorrow to plan a photo shoot with my partner in crime and our friend who's basement we wanna use...

Loeffelholz

We're expecting 4 to 6 inches here in Illinois, starting tonight and all through tomorrow---it'll be a powder, blowing-and-drifting kind of snow, driven by a robust wind. I'm working from 12 noon until 10 PM tomorrow night...should be fun!

Napoleon Plural

Loeffelholz wrote:

We're expecting 4 to 6 inches here in Illinois, starting tonight and all through tomorrow---it'll be a powder, blowing-and-drifting kind of snow

So is this young lady...

Loeffelholz

I'd have been truly disappointed if you hadn't struck that slow-moving pitch, NP B-) Though I confess I expected you to go elsewhere with the measurement angle )

ExpatJB

We got 20 inches of snow in Houston recently.

I had to work from home that day.

Loeffelholz

Loeffelholz wrote:

We're expecting 4 to 6 inches here in Illinois, starting tonight and all through tomorrow---it'll be a powder, blowing-and-drifting kind of snow, driven by a robust wind. I'm working from 12 noon until 10 PM tomorrow night...should be fun!

Forecast revised upward, to 6 to 8 inches...they have no idea. We're assured that capitalism causes global warming, but they have no idea how much snow we'll get tomorrow. Makes perfect sense.

Pendragon

it's really blizzarding out now. my friend, who drives a subaru with studded winter tires was slipping and sliding ALL afternoon...

Loeffelholz

Okay. No fooling around here in the midwestern US...possible 20 inches in Central lllinois---blown by 30 mph winds.

I always said a book or movie contract would get me out of retail for good...but God can do it for a day...looks like no work tomorrow.

B-)

Pendragon

lucky butt. ALL SCHOOLS in the whole county EXCEPT mine (of course) are closed tomorrow. and we are experiencing temperatures that can cause frostbite within ten minutes...how are college students less important than every other student???

*fumes in a corner*

Mr_Ice

Sleeting now. Changing to snow later, hopefully.
I will monitor the situation closely. -{