EPTSnow Chaos in the UK - Page 6
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Nervegas
United States45 Posts
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Wobble
United Kingdom2 Posts
On December 01 2010 20:30 jello_biafra wrote: Uh...it happened last year but that was the coldest winter for 30 years. For the last like 8 years before that we got one token day of snow a year. This is the earliest and biggest snowfall since 1993 and certainly the most snow that I can remember seeing. Anyway here's the view out my window atm ![[image loading]](http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/1962/dsc00015kg.jpg) Woah this is 2 minutes up the road from me!! To be fair though, this is the most snow I've seen in my 19 years of life. Might have something to do with living in Ireland for most of it but scotland seems to deal with it quite well, I even managed to fly back from belfast (which was crippled by frost on the ground) into glasgow and get a train here no problem. Like everyone else though I'm enjoying my uni being closed and being able to wake up to the GSL before a day of snowball fights, sledging and making snowmen :D | ||
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Sir.Kimmel
United States785 Posts
but there are times where the wind/ice is so bad the salt trucks can't get out/be effective... I've driven my mustang on roads where I basically had to idle the entire way... so sorry no sympathy  but its nice you can play in the snow | ||
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Celestii
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DoA
Korea (South)599 Posts
After the first small blizzard of the year: ![[image loading]](http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/Erik_Lonnquist/1289686617-picsay.jpg) Cars on my street... A after a full day of melting! ![[image loading]](http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/Erik_Lonnquist/picsay-1262073620.jpg) Killer icicles hanging from every roof! (the far right one is about 4 feet long) ![[image loading]](http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/Erik_Lonnquist/2009-12-25131337.jpg) We used to grill here.... ![[image loading]](http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/Erik_Lonnquist/2009-12-25131424.jpg) Basically it's a great season to stay inside and play Starcraft. EDIT: and in the summers it's over 100 degrees Fahrenheit sometimes and we get tornadoes!! | ||
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Dark-Storm
Canada334 Posts
When they did finally let everyone off they wouldnt give them their luggage because about 1/3 of the people who were attending the combine were renting cars to drive to Austin and a lot of them lost their luggage in the process. I lol'd so hard cause I could just imagine what they would do up here in Canada with a heavy snow fall | ||
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lurked
Canada918 Posts
On December 01 2010 20:45 The KY wrote: Well it's only really started happening every year in the last 3 years or so. Before that there was only very, very light snowfall every year. About once a decade we'd have a decent amount. Recently though, weirdly enough, we've been getting quite a bit on an annual basis. And no. We don't have snow tires. Yeah, global warming is a myth, so it has nothing to do with all this... | ||
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Weken
United Kingdom580 Posts
On December 02 2010 02:19 Offhand wrote: Front-wheel drive handles fine in the snow. Not all of the US drives giant steel boxes that get 5 mpg. I live in New England and we don't get bombarded by snow every year. We also don't shut down schools unless we're expecting a foot of snow. I've never heard of public transportation getting shut down and businesses rarely close as a result. It's not hard to deal with snow. I agree compleatly with that however if your country is underprepared and no one thinks it will really happen then it becomes a problem. However things in England are ok mostlytrains still run and busses also run normally. However most people wont drive in snow unless they really need to - becasue of the warning on the radio and because dont know how to drive in snow. Also front wheel drives arnt great for snow when there a substantional ammount of it - yes they work but i have seen them get stuck trying to get out of drives etc. I think that its a good thing that people dont drive in teh snow in Englnad considering the ammound of crashes we have. | ||
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Weken
United Kingdom580 Posts
On December 02 2010 02:28 Sir.Kimmel wrote: really? I get the whole not being prepped for it.. but I live in Ohio which has very fickle weather... one day its 86 the next two days its snowing... but there are times where the wind/ice is so bad the salt trucks can't get out/be effective... I've driven my mustang on roads where I basically had to idle the entire way... so sorry no sympathy but its nice you can play in the snow soz double post but i wanted to rep ;-) ya we english are very scared of the snow and i know that u other counties have it much worse. But its just the lack of experience with it so people dont know what to do therefore they just stay inside and sit it out. | ||
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Sir.Kimmel
United States785 Posts
On December 02 2010 02:43 lurked wrote: Yeah, global warming is a myth, so it has nothing to do with all this... or its just the Earths natural cycle... | ||
zatic
Zurich15355 Posts
Unfortunately I am in Munich 300km away from my tires. I just slided over 3 red lights on my attempt to make it back to the hotel from work. Took me forever and at several points I was close to crashing. If it continues to snow like this tonight I'll be stuck here, fuck. | ||
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Krigwin
1130 Posts
It is unfortunate though that you guys are apparently so unprepared. I can't imagine trying to function normally in such weather without things like snow tires and routine plowing and whatnot. | ||
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DoXa
Switzerland1448 Posts
On December 02 2010 03:01 zatic wrote: Getting my snow tires Friday. Unfortunately I am in Munich 300km away from my tires. I just slided over 3 red lights on my attempt to make it back to the hotel from work. Took me forever and at several points I was close to crashing. If it continues to snow like this tonight I'll be stuck here, fuck. lol how can you work in Munich and not have winter tires in november? it's snowing since 1 week or so here in switzerland, even here on 300m we have a shitload of snow. in the alps they already have meters of snow and -25°C or less. we're pretty used to snow, but such huge amounts in late november doesn't happen every year. oh and i heard some people say "ololol wtf globalwarming, this is all bullshit", they know nothing. europe is getting colder and colder and around the equator it's getting hotter. but in avarage the planet is getting hotter. | ||
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Deadlyfish
Denmark1980 Posts
On December 02 2010 03:33 DoXa wrote: lol how can you work in Munich and not have winter tires in november? it's snowing since 1 week or so here in switzerland, even here on 300m we have a shitload of snow. in the alps they already have meters of snow and -25°C or less. we're pretty used to snow, but such huge amounts in late november doesn't happen every year. oh and i heard some people say "ololol wtf globalwarming, this is all bullshit", they know nothing. europe is getting colder and colder and around the equator it's getting hotter. but in avarage the planet is getting hotter. I was under the impression that the climate stayed the same around the equator, but around the north/south pole it got hotter and hotter? | ||
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DoXa
Switzerland1448 Posts
On December 02 2010 03:38 Deadlyfish wrote: I was under the impression that the climate stayed the same around the equator, but around the north/south pole it got hotter and hotter? don't quote me on the equator thing, maybe someone with more insight can explain it before the thread derails to a discussion about global warming. but winters in europe will be colder http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folgen_der_globalen_Erwärmung_in_Europa#K.C3.A4ltere_Winter didn't find it in english, sry here's an article about the coming winter: http://notrickszone.com/2010/11/22/extreme-cold-to-grip-europe-forecast-38°c-in-switzerland-will-be-even-colder-later-pattern-not-seen-in-70-years/ | ||
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clementdudu
France819 Posts
On December 02 2010 03:33 DoXa wrote: lol how can you work in Munich and not have winter tires in november? it's snowing since 1 week or so here in switzerland, even here on 300m we have a shitload of snow. in the alps they already have meters of snow and -25°C or less. we're pretty used to snow, but such huge amounts in late november doesn't happen every year. oh and i heard some people say "ololol wtf globalwarming, this is all bullshit", they know nothing. europe is getting colder and colder and around the equator it's getting hotter. but in avarage the planet is getting hotter. do you know how much snow there is around chambery?:o | ||
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DoXa
Switzerland1448 Posts
On December 02 2010 03:47 clementdudu wrote: do you know how much snow there is around chambery?:o no i don't, but like everywhere in the alps huge amounts. got this from their website: "Neige exceptionnelle : Différez l'utilisation de votre véhicule En raison des chutes de neiges exceptionnelles en cours, la Préfecture de Savoie et la municipalité de Chambéry recommandent vivement à la population de différer l'utilisation des véhicules afin de permettre aux services de voirie d'intervenir tout au long de la journée. Tous les moyens disponibles sont mis en oeuvre pour dégager les chaussées, mais la quantité de neige exceptionnelle rend les opérations difficiles. Merci de votre compréhension." http://www.chambery.fr/ | ||
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IamAnton
Canada335 Posts
On December 01 2010 23:56 tofucake wrote: Canada has an army? WTF? Anyway, good luck to UK people. We had ridiculous snow last year (the year before was like...3 inches all winter) in New Jersey. 4 different blizzards...3+ feet each time (about 90cm?) And they were perfect timing attacks too. Once everything got cleared enough to open up again after the first storm, the second one hit...and it kept going. All I can say is....gas up. ofcourse, who else did you think is in the middle east helping you out with your war on... oh who knows at this point. Anyways.. For something that's happening over and over you'd think this would be easy to fix up at this point in time.. | ||
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
Of course, next day it was sunny outside and cold but absolutely no clouds in sight. We will got off.... was pretty awesome. It's hilarious how much a little snow can grind to a halt everything. A couple of inches can close schools & government here too | ||
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Robeezy
United States33 Posts
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