SNOW! @_@

Zippo · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:18 pm Post subject: SNOW! @_@

Well, we lost that old topic on snow... so since we had about 35-40cm (~14-16 inches) of the white stuff fall between yesterday evening and this morning, I thought I'd bring it back up.

I took a handful of photos this morning; before and after shoveling the driveway...
http://photos.extracaffeine.com/index.php?dir=Snow2007%2F

Even I got a snow day today. The winds were so high last night and this morning that even the snow plows had to be taken off the roads... visibility was just... nil. The snow, just like sand, drifts quite a bit when the wind is high. In some places, the snow has built up to five feet.

Our road still hasn't been plowed (we're low priority), so still can't go to work, even if I wanted to. Doesn't matter, all schools, the buses, and most businesses including mine are shut down today. I think the mall is reopening around 5, though.
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Midnight · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:29 pm Post subject:

Whoo.

New York hasn't seen snow like that for close to a decade, now. Yes, we did get some snow, but it amounted to about 3~5 inches, and based on the photos I'd say a good foot and a half fell over there.

I think what was more severe about this snow as opposed to other years was the cold snap that accompanied the snow. At least in New York, it snowed last Wednesday and today is the first day since then that the temperature has gone above freezing. I was told to shovel everything on the day it fell to prevent it from turning from a layer of snow to a layer of solid ice, and thank god that I did--traversing sidewalks with several inches of ice on them is treacherous at best.

Today, it's well above freezing...all of the snow deposits are finally beginning to melt. That is fine and dandy, save the brownish slush that results on the roads and sidewalks. It's messy, but at least it beats slipping and nearly breaking vertebrae.
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Zippo · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:25 pm Post subject:

We'll see a good dumping like this at least twice a year, sometimes more. We've had double this in one day in previous years. I can remember it snowing 70+cm (27.5 inches) in one day.
What was bad last night/today was the wind, which gusted to 110km/h (~68mph)... high wings plus snow = severe white-outs. Driving was treacherous and my house was shaking the whole night >_o

We haven't seen above-freezing temperatures in weeks. I don't remember off-hand the last time it went above 0°C, but it wasn't anytime recently. This time of year, it's always around -5°C (23°F), give or take 5 degrees Celsius. The wind-chill will bring the temperature down even further. Right now the temperature is -1°C (30.2°F) with a wind-chill of -10°C (14°F). Nothing too bad. Once the wind-chill drops the temperature to -15°C or lower, then it's too cold.

And that brown slushy stuff? We get that all winter-long.
Some sidewalks around the university campus are kept cleared and the city tries to plow other sidewalks around town, but they're rarely plowed down to bare concrete. We won't get to see all the sidewalks around the city until late March. In the meantime, pedestrians have to walk on the road sometimes... because there's no where else to walk.
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Dingo · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject:

What is this... "snow" you speak of? Razz

Seriously, I was born in Connecticut and raised in Florida. I miss the stuff to an extent.
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Heliumbunny · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:14 pm Post subject:

I live in Wisconsin, where it's actually ABOVE FREEZING right now. light coat, whoo! :D
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**Tabby** · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:35 pm Post subject:

I need to take a photo of Maryland. We got about 2 inches of snow.....then three inches of ice.
It's dangerous to walk off the sidewalks right now XD
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Shakai · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:21 pm Post subject:

Mid, our snow is DANGEROUS X_x

It got all frozen over and I kept sliding on it.

Which was funny when I pretended I was Captain falcon.

Falcon Kick! >:O *slip, slide, fall*

Yeah. My dog and his leash saved me at one point XD
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AngelfanA16 · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject:

I live in Southern California. No snow for me! I have sun, and the occasional storm. The only time I have ever seen this much snow was when I went to Colorado at Christmas of 96. We got two feet of it. I assume snowdays are in effect for these districts.
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Revenant · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject:

: O The best thing I get out here is rain. VERY. INFREQUENT. RAIN.
Actually there was some yesterday... for once.

I'm a person who likes the cold, you see.

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**Malik** · Local Prinny Deity Age: 34 Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 1179

WHAT IS SNOW. IT IS NOT REGISTERED IN CALIFORNIA.

Southern California anyway.

I... I want to take your snow and put syrup in it and eat it like a literal snow cone. But it's probably all yucky XD
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Midnight · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:03 pm Post subject:

Sure, you can have our snow for snowcones, Malik! All you need to do is not mind the whole mixture of soil, asphalt, bits of garbage, rubber off tires, coffee, dog urine, motor oil drippings, gasoline, and whatever other things people and animal alike decide to put in the snow.

Enjoy! Surprised

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Takato · Net Savior Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 152

I heard from a bunch of people at school that somewhere in NY got 12ft, yes that's feet.
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Rock Miyabi · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:36 pm Post subject:

Considering we're sometimes called "Minnesnowta," you expect us to have a lot. I think last time on the news I heard we've had about 12.6 inches ALL SEASON. We're on a record-low pace. Considering that New York storm had places with 12 feet of lake-effect snow, it kinda sucks. Sounds like a storm is moving in here Thursday-Saturday, but since it's been in the 40's the past 2 days, it might be more of a freezing rain/ice storm, especially to start out with. They're hoping it turns into a good snowstorm, but I doubt it. Another foot would be nice before Spring, though.
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Seres Wyvern · Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 23 Location: ~Anywhere u guess~

Well, here is Brazil, now it's summer, and we have a lot of rains... rains... inundations in big cities... Oh, u know, it's a real party here O_O' U must use sunglasses and umbrella in same day ¬¬'
And when sun wanna show his face... god, we have to go urgent to a pool or anything with cold water xD
lol but is funny!

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Elementalman.EXE · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:26 pm Post subject:

Meh, I used to live up north, and the highest we got was around six feet in a sort of empty pond-type thing. And that was once, and never again.

We got a good amount of snow up here this week, I was sitting in the basement around 1:00 pm, and I look out the window and I see not light, but black. The stupid wind pushed most of the snow in our back yard up against the side of the house.
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Zippo · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:12 pm Post subject:

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Nenji · Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:43 am Post subject:

I'm frankly amazed a thread about snow of all things can last this long. XD

Maybe if we enter an ice age I'll have to worry about snow. But considering it's about 30 degrees celcius, I don't think it's an issue anyway!
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