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papa_smurf
12-01-10, 06:40 AM
Well, we've had 2 days of constant snow so far and everything's ground to a halt due to local council basing the salt/grit depot OUTSIDE town:doh:.
Anyways her is a few shots I've taken so far, might add more later on:
http://img577.imageshack.us/g/1010177.jpg/
antikristuseke
12-01-10, 06:58 AM
That amount of snow grinds things to a halt?:o
You people would die in Estonia.
It's the wrong sort of snow.:O:
That amount of snow grinds things to a halt?:o
You people would die in Estonia.
Haha, tell me about it. :DL It's the same every winter, you watch the news and see some poor bastard battling in 5cm of snow, you glance out the window and let out a roaring laughter. :haha:
the_tyrant
12-01-10, 07:58 AM
How mech snow to you guys in Europe get?
us in Canada could survive in anything under 20cms of snow
How mech snow to you guys in Europe get?
us in Canada could survive in anything under 20cms of snow
Current snow situation in Finland:
http://ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/?map=lumi
Penguin
12-01-10, 08:11 AM
50-60 cm fresh snow since the morning in parts of northern Germany :o, not too bad
Well, we've had 2 days of constant snow so far and everything's ground to a halt due to local council basing the salt/grit depot OUTSIDE town:doh:.
Anyways her is a few shots I've taken so far, might add more later on:
http://img577.imageshack.us/g/1010177.jpg/
:har::har:
No offense but I have lived in Ottawa and Nova Scotia and brother that is a light dusting. I originally am from Vancouver BC though and a few flakes there causes mass panic and accidents. :O:
Here in Geneva we are getting the second straight day of snow. Last night mass gridlock as the public transport ground to a halt-for 2-5 cm of snow. :rotfl2: Today a lot more ok, still other places in Switzerland are better prepared and I must say to be fair the weather here resembles Vancouver in the winter-grey and rainy much of the time. Must be the lake.
No real snow here...just gale force biting cold easterly winds imported directly from Siberia... :damn:
Armistead
12-01-10, 09:56 AM
Snow, we were under tornado watches all night....in Dec, maybe something to this global warming afterall.
antikristuseke
12-01-10, 09:58 AM
How mech snow to you guys in Europe get?
us in Canada could survive in anything under 20cms of snow
Right now there is about 2 feet of snow behind my house. Have had decent snowfall for the last 3 days. Everything functions without problems, the first day with the heaviest snowfall my buss was 3 minutes late though.
GoldenRivet
12-01-10, 10:05 AM
That amount of snow grinds things to a halt?:o
You people would die in Estonia.
We had a freak snow here in Texas last year. Several inches over night. I can remember one other time in 30 years that it snowed so much here. Usually if it snows here, it will dust the ground and melt by noon
while it didn't grind things to a halt, it probably should have.
Problem in Texas is the ice storms... not so much that its snow and ice, just that on Monday and Tuesday it will be a humid 75 degrees then Wednesday its in the high 30s and it rains ALL DAY LONG and the overnight temperature drops to about 18 degrees which means it begins to sleet, and the existing 1/2 inch of standing water on the ground freezes.
So... Thursday morning :nope: it looks like the Ice Queen has invaded the place. The ground, the roads, the trees, the houses, the power lines - everything frozen. and many of those trees fall or lose limbs due to the weight bringing down power lines with them.
in 2004 (or was it 05) we were without power for 4 days while crews cleaned up the mess.
And of course its Texas. We have to salt the roads once per decade so such a thing takes time to organize. and of course you know i have snow chains in my garage ready to go right? :har:
antikristuseke
12-01-10, 10:09 AM
I was in the army when the last estonian snowfall record was set, we got a foot and 8 inches overnight. We were out on a practice patroll, sleeping outside without tents, since those are too bulky for recon to carry. Good times.
But on a more serious note, I can understand how unexpected snowstorms and ice stroms can **** things over, its just that over here they are not all that unexpected, they happen annually
papa_smurf
12-01-10, 10:10 AM
Its not that bad once you get onto main roads, as they have been gritted but where I live the road is not gritted due to it not been classed as a priority road - gits.
Were pretty much cut off in the direction of Sheffield, due to both roads going that way, the Snake pass and the Woodhead, are snowed under but that happens most winters.
I tell you, this county aint cut out for this amount of severe weather:nope:
antikristuseke
12-01-10, 10:12 AM
I tell you, this county aint cut out for this amount of severe weather:nope:
I can only recommend that you grow a pair, it helps:D:dead:
Takeda Shingen
12-01-10, 10:15 AM
I had snow last Thursday, but probably won't see anything else for at least a month. Getting some serious rain today, though. No cycling for me.
Madox58
12-01-10, 10:50 AM
in 2004 (or was it 05) we were without power for 4 days while crews cleaned up the mess.
It was '05
Major Ice Storm!!
I drove through it all from El Paso to Ohio!
At one point I had to use a propane torch to keep the windshield clear
so We could keep rolling.
:haha:
GoldenRivet
12-01-10, 10:52 AM
It was '05
Major Ice Storm!!
I drove through it all from El Paso to Ohio!
At one point I had to use a propane torch to keep the windshield clear
so We could keep rolling.
:haha:
thats the one :o
Jimbuna
12-01-10, 12:20 PM
The Geordie Thermometer
50 Degrees. Southerners turn on their heating. Geordies plant their gardens.
40 Degrees. Southerners shiver uncontrollably. Geordies Sunbathe.
30 Degrees. Southern cars will not start. Geordies drive with their windows down
20 Degrees. Southerners wear coats, gloves, and wool hats. Geordies throw a t-shirt on (Girls start wearing mini-skirts)
10 Degrees. Southerners begin to Evacuate. Geordies go swimming in the North Sea.
Zero degrees. Southern landlords turn up the heat. Geordies have the last barbecue before it gets cold.
Minus 10 Degrees. Southerners cease to exist. Geordies throw on a lightweight jacket.
Minus 80 Degrees. Polar bears wonder if it’s worth it. Geordie Boy scouts start wearing long trousers.
Minus 100 Degrees. Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Geordies put on their long johns.
Minus 173 Degrees. Alcohol freezes. Geordies become frustrated because the pubs are shut.
Minus 297 Degrees. Microbiological life starts to disappear. The cows on Newcastle town moor complain of vets with cold hands.
Minus 460 Degrees. All atomic motion stops. Geordies start to stamp their feet and blow on their hands. Minus
500 Degrees. Hell freezes over……….Sunderland qualify for Europe.
frau kaleun
12-01-10, 12:28 PM
We are getting our first snow of the season here today. They predicted some flurries but it seems to be coming down pretty steady at the moment.
It's the big white fluffy kind and I don't think the ground's cold enough for it to stick - it's melting when it hits the pavement, anyway. Could be a different story if it continues overnight.
:har::har:
No offense but I have lived in Ottawa and Nova Scotia and brother that is a light dusting.
.
Haha, yep!
Back when I lived in Ottawa, this was the difference between June and February :D
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y122/Otohiko/stuff/house-summer.jpghttp://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y122/Otohiko/stuff/house-summerNOT.jpg
With me in the background for size comparison:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y122/Otohiko/stuff/house-summerNOT4.jpg
And I'm 6'3" tall :doh:
stoppro
12-01-10, 01:02 PM
" funny........It's been years since I've seen snow"
frau kaleun
12-01-10, 01:16 PM
And I'm 6'3" tall
...or 5'6" without the hat. :O:
ajrimmer42
12-01-10, 01:34 PM
lol, here in sunny Sheffield we've had about 15 inches since Monday night, with more heavy snow forecast for tonight and all day tomorrow. yay!!!! :D By far the worst snow I've ever experience, and I think some of the worst in the region for summat like 100 years...
XabbaRus
12-01-10, 01:51 PM
Well here is my car after the other night's snow and my back garden.
The last photo is an icicle I managed to get by leaning out of the window and break off my guttering. It was just over 2 foot long before then broke off.
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3876/dscf6433.th.jpg (http://img152.imageshack.us/i/dscf6433.jpg/)
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/6666/dscf6432.th.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/i/dscf6432.jpg/)
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/1873/dscf6451f.th.jpg (http://img406.imageshack.us/i/dscf6451f.jpg/)
It's still gusting out there, Shipping Forecast for the Thames area says:
Gale warnings - Issued: 1531 UTC Wed 01 Dec
Northeasterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 soon
Shipping Forecast - Issued: 1725 UTC Wed 01 Dec
Wind Northeasterly 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 at first.
Sea State Rough or very rough.
Weather Snow or squally wintry showers.
Visibility Moderate, occasionally very poor.
I can believe the Force 9 gusts, the sea was pretty impressive earlier, lots of white horses. Going to be a fun walk to work tomorrow morning at half six in it. :doh:
You're all invited down here.
http://www.destination360.com/australia-south-pacific/australia/images/s/australia-sydney.jpg
No snow ever. Well there was this once in 1836. We do get bad hail though.
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/08/15/hail1a_gallery__470x322.jpg (http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/08/15/hail1a_gallery__470x322.jpg)
frau kaleun
12-01-10, 03:46 PM
" funny........It's been years since I've seen snow"
You know every time I watch that scene I wonder how this is at all possible. The guy's been in the Kriegsmarine for years, and presumably has spent quite a good bit of that time in the North Sea, the Baltic, and northern Germany (since, you know, that's where the ports are).
Even assuming there's been no snow in the part of France where he's now stationed, it's autumn 1941 so he couldn't have been operating out of one of the French ports for more than a year or so.
How is it possible that he hasn't seen snow "in years"?
Sailor Steve
12-01-10, 03:49 PM
Hmm...
Also, when was the last time he saw his wife?
frau kaleun
12-01-10, 03:58 PM
Hmm...
Also, when was the last time he saw his wife?
Never, since he doesn't have one. :O:
It's the LI's wife in the pictures they are looking at, and he's the one who mentions that there would already be snow back home by that time of year. It's der Alte who says that he hasn't seen snow in years, which I find really odd, since one would assume he'd been stationed in a North Sea or Baltic port up until the previous autumn (at least).
Or maybe the German is just not translated well in the subtitles.
Jimbuna
12-01-10, 04:32 PM
Well here is my car after the other night's snow and my back garden.
The last photo is an icicle I managed to get by leaning out of the window and break off my guttering. It was just over 2 foot long before then broke off.
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3876/dscf6433.th.jpg (http://img152.imageshack.us/i/dscf6433.jpg/)
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/6666/dscf6432.th.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/i/dscf6432.jpg/)
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/1873/dscf6451f.th.jpg (http://img406.imageshack.us/i/dscf6451f.jpg/)
That first shot.....is that a real car? :DL
XabbaRus
12-01-10, 04:36 PM
It's the postman pat mobile. Damn good in the snow too...skinny tyres with deep tread and quite high off the road too...
Jimbuna
12-01-10, 05:12 PM
It's the postman pat mobile. Damn good in the snow too...skinny tyres with deep tread and quite high off the road too...
Nice one :up:
You're all invited down here.
No snow ever. Well there was this once in 1836. We do get bad hail though.
No sun either last I heard, mostly rain at the moment :03:
Gargamel
12-01-10, 09:43 PM
I love snow. We got just a couple inches today, just a dusting though. I live too close to the lake to get the heavier snow, but I just gotta drive a few mile south to double or triple the amount. Lived here most of my life, but lived in upstate New York, Potsdam actually, when I was in school. Now those had winters. Bout an hour or so south of Ottawa, So I know what CCIp is talking about.
What amazes me is how people forget to drive in the snow. You don't need 4 wheel drive, you don't need chains. Just common sense. Easy on the throttle and no hard braking.....
Madox58
12-01-10, 09:57 PM
What amazes me is how people forget to drive in the snow.
And as I sit here the Wife is listening to the local Police band.
What was that I heard?
:o
One of our 'so called finest'
radioing in that he could not stop on the ice!
Put that arse behind a freaking desk!
He has no right to be on the danged road threatening others!
It snows here EVERY year!
What is your problem Copper?
:nope:
Gargamel
12-01-10, 10:09 PM
And as I sit here the Wife is listening to the local Police band.
What was that I heard?
:o
One of our 'so called finest'
radioing in that he could not stop on the ice!
Put that arse behind a freaking desk!
He has no right to be on the danged road threatening others!
It snows here EVERY year!
What is your problem Copper?
:nope:
Where ya at? Cleveland here.
ajrimmer42
12-02-10, 02:20 AM
Went out for some supplies yesterday and you had to be careful where ya tread lol, was up to your knees at some points, insane!
This was the view from my bedroom window yesterday lunchtime. It's just as bad this morning, with more heavy snow forecast! :D
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/ab7ba6fc.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/15886e4c.jpg
The icicle outside my window, this has actually grown about a foot since this pic was taken lol
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/0a553cfd.jpg
ajrimmer42
12-02-10, 04:34 AM
bloody thing's about 3 foot long now lol
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/3558673e.jpg
This guy just about managed to get past
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/ce15b67e.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/b70653ef.jpg
Someone kindly wrote 'wanker' on the car opposite last night lol
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/9ea42df4.jpg
papa_smurf
12-02-10, 04:48 AM
Someone kindly wrote 'wanker' on the car opposite last night lol
Makes you proud to be British during the winter snow:salute:
Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
It doesn't show signs of stopping,
And I've bought some corn for popping,
The lights are turned way down low,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
When we finally kiss goodnight,
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold me tight,
All the way home I'll be warm.
The fire is slowly dying,
And, my dear, we're still good-bying,
But as long as you love me so,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Lots of snow in Denmark as well.
Today there was an official warning to stay at home in the southern part
Jimbuna
12-02-10, 06:47 AM
Lots of snow in Denmark as well.
Today there was an official warning to stay at home in the southern part
Why?.....Are you expecting the Germans again? :DL
j/k :03:
Now we have snow...not big flakes but very powdery stuff, but the wind is really whipping it into drifts, small drifts mind, no more than a few centimeters, but it's the most we've had here since this started.
Time to activate my winter alter-ego: SIBERIAN NINJA!
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/149/hpim2508k.jpg
XabbaRus
12-02-10, 07:13 AM
But sometimes hard braking and heavy foot on the gas is fun....
Then again it is needed, who would have thought that to slow down going down hill you would need to add some throttle...
Also if you need to turn I put the hand break on, put my wheels on full lock and then pull away, do a nice pivot to point the way I need to go.
Also judicious use of the hand brake can help get the car round corners if you find you are turning but the nose isn't coming round fast enough.
antikristuseke
12-02-10, 07:20 AM
Makes you proud to be British during the winter snow:salute:
Speaking of pride: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbEenHXmmy4 :D
Once upon a time we knew how to deal with it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymz6D8eFeUg
Why?.....Are you expecting the Germans again? :DL
j/k :03:
Standard strategy in Denmark when facing invaders...stay indoors
DarkFish
12-02-10, 10:11 AM
http://humoncomics.com/art/world-in-trouble.jpg
ajrimmer42
12-02-10, 10:48 AM
Once upon a time we knew how to deal with it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymz6D8eFeUg
Somehow i knew that would be Snow Drift at Bleath Gill before i clicked it lol, such a good film!
No kidding, I mentioned the cold weather to an old guy yesterday and he said: "On December 1 in 1941, it was colder. I was 19 years old and I was 18 kilometers before Moscow wearing boots with hobnails (which are nails inserted into the soles of the boots) and summer uniform. That was cold! I realised we would lose this war."
Betonov
12-02-10, 03:57 PM
50 to 70 cm here, and another delivery due tommorow. But life goes on as usual, we have our little date with the shovel enough to get the car out then go to the pub like its summer. The bitching about roads being a mess is after we drive back home
Gargamel
12-02-10, 04:43 PM
No kidding, I mentioned the cold weather to an old guy yesterday and he said: "On December 1 in 1941, it was colder. I was 19 years old and I was 18 kilometers before Moscow wearing boots with hobnails (which are nails inserted into the soles of the boots) and summer uniform. That was cold! I realised we would lose this war."
:o
Makes you feel a little humble there.
Somehow i knew that would be Snow Drift at Bleath Gill before i clicked it lol, such a good film!
Classic stuff, that, the Elizabethan Express and the Night Mail are my favourites.
No kidding, I mentioned the cold weather to an old guy yesterday and he said: "On December 1 in 1941, it was colder. I was 19 years old and I was 18 kilometers before Moscow wearing boots with hobnails (which are nails inserted into the soles of the boots) and summer uniform. That was cold! I realised we would lose this war."
Very humbling indeed, the beginning of the end of the Third Reich there. Lucky guy to make it out of the Eastern Front with everything still attached.
Madox58
12-02-10, 06:47 PM
Where ya at? Cleveland here.
I'm about 2 hours SouthWest of you.
Little Village in the middle of nowhere.
:D
Jimbuna
12-03-10, 04:40 PM
I'm about 2 hours SouthWest of you.
Little Village in the middle of nowhere.
:D
Salem :DL
The country is buried in snow so the news tells me day after day, but not here you spanners. Not a drop of it, as for being cold well I have seen people in T-Shirts and the postmen around here are made of steel as all you see them in T-Shirts & shorts.
Gotland
12-04-10, 10:16 PM
I live in Sweden, it's been alot of snowfall here aswell. Well not crazy much, right now it's around 25-30 cm deep, which is tolerable, and makes for nice landscapes and enough to ride the sled. And, as of now, the temperature is -2 degrees C. Which is great, just enough T for the snow not to melt.
A brief relief really, since last week was really cold, and last sunday temperatures reached -20 here.
DarkFish
12-05-10, 10:19 AM
I live in Sweden, it's been alot of snowfall here aswell. Well not crazy much, right now it's around 25-30 cm deep, which is tolerable, and makes for nice landscapes and enough to ride the sled. And, as of now, the temperature is -2 degrees C. Which is great, just enough T for the snow not to melt.
A brief relief really, since last week was really cold, and last sunday temperatures reached -20 here.25-30cm not crazy much?:dead:
Here in the Netherlands it's currently 5-10cm and it's already much.
But well, Sweden is a different case I guess:) I've been to Stockholm a number of times, twice in the winter. Though the first time, new year some 4 or 5 years ago, there wasn't any snow:hmmm:
Great city though, Stockholm:up:
Temperatures here are similar to the ones in Sweden it seems. It's just below 0 ATM, the lowest last week has been -16.
I love this winter weather. The kind of weather that makes me grab my drinking horn and fill it with the strongest beer I can find:DL
Task Force
12-05-10, 10:48 AM
Being that we will probably get no snow this year, we went on a trip to the mountains yesterday.
Really big pics, might change their size later. Prepare to wait for them to load.
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Had alot more, but imageshack is being annoying.
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