First snow here this year.
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No snow on my side of the country (West of Ireland) yet, although the east has has some heavy snow over the past few weeks. The problem is that we rarely get snow and are not geared up for it. However I think I should be okay with my Snow Socks
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Have you ever tried to put snow tyres (chains) on? It's a bastard!!
But we could really do with them, because it's going back down to -4c tomorrow!
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I only have all weather radials on the vehicles. In fact I don't think very many people use studded snow tires here anymore. A lot of places don't allow them anyway because they are hard on the pavement. It has been too cold here for the chemical (commonly referred to as salt but it isn't sodium chloride) they use to melt the ice and snow to work so it doesn't look like they've been bothering to run the trucks anyway. Should be warming up some today--at least above 0°F--so maybe they'll get some out. More snow is forecast for the rest of the week, too.
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@dave r said:
A lot of places don't allow them anyway because they are hard on the pavement.
What?? You drive on the pavement?!
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In Britain, the highways agency have been relying so heavily of forecast from the Met Office, who assured us that we were going to have warm, wet winters, that they have completely failed to stock up on salt!!!
Personally, I've been following the forecasts of this Dr Piers Corbyn who runs WeatherAction. Piers has been getting a rather high accuracy long term forecast for several years now. The Met Office hate him!!
Good old Piers!
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Normaly we have in the Netherlands freezing cold weather but not so much snow. Last year we had a snowy winter, and this winter it is also very snowy. For the upcoming weekend we have a snow warning, because lot's of snow is coming.
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i'm partial to moving about on 2 wheels, year round...
fat tires for float
studded tires for ice
but our 4 wheeled steed has some all season nokians that i've been impressed with.
in my bachelor days i had a 2 wheel drive truck. lots of sandbags in the rear for when i moved to snow country.
i eventually picked up a subaru with all wheel drive. added some snows and it could get me everywhere i needed to go - hike, ski, etc. ground clearance was an issue...
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In the southern states, the possibility of snow is something that toys with the emotions of kids all winter long. It's either too cold and dry or too warm and wet. Rarely do the conditions come together for a really good snow. But if there is ever a strong low pressure in the northern Gulf of Mexico and an approaching cold front – it's time to run to the grocery store and buy up all of the bread and milk!!
Slight chance of snow tonight...but it's the weekend. That's no good!!
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@roy brown said:
it's time to run to the grocery store and buy up all of the bread and milk!!
People in Tennessee do the same thing - why? When I told my uncle, who lives in Pennsylvania, he thought it was funny, and had the same reaction. Do people combine the two to make some kind of insulation? If snowed in, I can think of better things to eat and drink.
How is Mississippi? I'm heading down to Picayune/Carriere for Christmas.
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We have had snow for more than a month already, and here in Southern Finland it is about two feet thick already. Looks like a second very snowy winter in a row. No problem for Santa's sleigh this year either...
The image is from mid-November
Anssi
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My milky-"bready" grocery store is just across the street (some 10-20 metres?). No problem as long as the trucks bringing the fresh stuff can get in in the mornings.
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We had our first fog of the year and the first day that shorts would not be appropriate. Other than that, the weather was just ducky.
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Dang! Roger, how can you stand it?
My neighbor on Saturday before it got deep.
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Dave, ask me that when it is 117 degrees F and you can fry an egg on the pavement. I have done that in years past. Store keepers here wrap door handles in foam so customers don't burn their hands. My mom, who was still driving at 93 (sometimes on sidewalks) wore her little old lady white gloves so she could hold the steering wheel.
However we do get snow in the Mountains. Every year I say I will photograph snow in the mountains and every year it melts before I can get there.
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Csaba, I hope you never need more than that little shovel of yours.
Roger, I'll make up the guest room and you can come to take all the snow pictures you want. No fear about it melting. It'll be here until April.
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In Berlin for more than two weeks now we have lots of snow falling nearly every day.
Not that it is piling up in meters, but we didn't have this much before Christmas in one or two decades.
Many people here are complaining about the weather, but I just love the snow!
Inspires me to go boarding (my favorite setting: me, my board and a hillside with fresh snow) unfortunately it is really far to go to the mountains from here.
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@shura said:
In Berlin for more than two weeks now we have lots of snow falling nearly every day.
Not that it is piling up in meters, but we didn't have this much before Christmas in one or two decades.
Many people here are complaining about the weather, but I just love the snow!My family just took a short trip to Berlin when the snow started, but they reported that there was no shortage on Glühwein. Snow somehow belongs together with that...
Anssi
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Yes, Glühwein is very popular now. They sell it on every Christmas market, and Berlin seems to have like hundreds of them. And there is a large one right in front of my new home next to château Charlottenburg. Nice aromatic scent in the air and lots of snow, I'm in the mood to make peace with this crazy year 2010.
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