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In my area it rarely snows, we have this fun thing called an ice storm that hits us occasionally, knocks out the electricity for a just day or two if you're lucky.
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No snow here - we had a light dusting in early December, but no more since then (though I saw some flakes falling last Friday, when walking to the grocery store). On the other hand, I've heard it has been snowing heavily in many parts of Italy, though I'm quite sure not in Rome (last time was in 1986). I do agree with the crazy temp swings here in the east US... The Xmas week started with icy cold blasts on Monday, and ended with almost spring-like warmth on Sunday!
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We've got plenty of ice in Montreal. Snow? Oh yeah, we have some of that too.
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No snow. It will never snow here.Cry

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[QUOTE=Jim Garten]Snowing heavily as I type...

I think the UK is actually getting its first proper winter for about 10 years this year; pretty to look at, but a bit poo to drive in (the roads are fine, but the other road users drive liker complete twonks )

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Just nipped out for a cigarette - lovely...; the joys of addiction, eh?

BTW Peter - 'snow day' declared recently?  [/QUOTE]
 
No, none recently. I think there was just one so far this winter.
 
We're equipped to deal with it up here (plenty of snow plows, snow blowers, sanders, salters, sidewalk plows, etc.), and our drivers are used to these conditions, and generally modify their driving accordingly. Snow tires (which make a huge difference), plus block heaters are standard (you plug in your car to warm the engine & oil, for easier starting), and 4-wheel drive vehicles are also very common here.
 
Lots of snow in the winter is just a fact of life here. It's a veritable snowmobiler's paradise. We also get pretty extreme cold, so the snow on side streets tends to stay frozen and hard packed, and not  slushy and slippery. Smile
 
Only - 14 C now (not very cold, by our standards), and we got about another inch of the white stuff overnight. Seems it will be clear today. i just got in from clearing the end of the driveway of the heavy stuff the 5:00 AM snowplow left. Whew!
 
Having my morning coffee now -- walk to work soon! (First day back after Xmas holidays -- waaah!)
 
Thanks for all of the interesting responses, keep 'em coming, and TTYL!Smile
 
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Had our first snowfall in London this morning, not much but enough to make a snowball, Smile
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Originally posted by JayDee JayDee wrote:

No snow. It will never snow here.Cry
And where might "here" be? Smile (Your faux 'location" tells me nothing.)
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Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

Had our first snowfall in London this morning, not much but enough to make a snowball, Smile

And now you've made your snowball there's not enough snow left to make another one - I fear this snowball fight is going to be a little one sided Ouch
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A light sprinkling of snow here in Manchester today.
 
This is the coldest winter I think I've ever known.  It seems to have been freezing for ages.  I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of mornings I've NOT needed to scrape/de-ice the car since the start of November.  It's really starting to tick me off.  I need a nice warm winter holiday, but fat chance of that.   
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Originally posted by Roj M30 Roj M30 wrote:

A light sprinkling of snow here in Manchester today.
 
This is the coldest winter I think I've ever known.  It seems to have been freezing for ages.  I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of mornings I've NOT needed to scrape/de-ice the car since the start of November.  It's really starting to tick me off.  I need a nice warm winter holiday, but fat chance of that.   


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It snowed twice in late November/Early December. Hasn't snowed since.
But it's really cold outside instead, today it's -5°C (24°F). It usually never gets this cold over here.
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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Look - if powdery ice can be called snow, I don't see why what we're getting in the UK cannot be snow related - we all remember what happened when the weather team included rain as proto-snow


Now don't go into the 'if icicle then popcicle' type of reasoning, Jim - because that is exactly what happened. It's not going to be as you want - ok?


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I`ve got a buddy in Saskatchewan who just emailed me. Minus 55 in the shade. He says everything has just grinded  to a standstill.
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We are in dire drought conditions in central California.  We have had minor rain and snow, but our aquifers are severely depleted we need about 12 inches of rain and heavy mountain snow in the next couple months just to catch up.  Mostly we just have the Censoreding inversion fog here 30f - 42f. (-1c - 5c) It sucks.

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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 05 2009 at 11:15
Originally posted by Angelo Angelo wrote:

Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Look - if powdery ice can be called snow, I don't see why what we're getting in the UK cannot be snow related - we all remember what happened when the weather team included rain as proto-snow
Now don't go into the 'if icicle then popcicle' type of reasoning, Jim - because that is exactly what happened. It's not going to be as you want - ok?


Angelo, you're avoiding the issue.

I suppose you're going to say next that when this snow thaws, it's no longer snow! Guidelines clearly state that if it used to be pristine snow, it continues to be listed as such even if it now looks like a grey puddle you'd avoid at all costs".

Your evasion of this issue is disingenuous in the extreme

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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by Roj M30 Roj M30 wrote:

A light sprinkling of snow here in Manchester today.
 
This is the coldest winter I think I've ever known.  It seems to have been freezing for ages.  I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of mornings I've NOT needed to scrape/de-ice the car since the start of November.  It's really starting to tick me off.  I need a nice warm winter holiday, but fat chance of that.   


Come to Florida.  Cool

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Edited by Slartibartfast - January 05 2009 at 11:42
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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Angelo Angelo wrote:

Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Look - if powdery ice can be called snow, I don't see why what we're getting in the UK cannot be snow related - we all remember what happened when the weather team included rain as proto-snow
Now don't go into the 'if icicle then popcicle' type of reasoning, Jim - because that is exactly what happened. It's not going to be as you want - ok?


Angelo, you're avoiding the issue.

I suppose you're going to say next that when this snow thaws, it's no longer snow! Guidelines clearly state that if it used to be pristine snow, it continues to be listed as such even if it now looks like a grey puddle you'd avoid at all costs".

That is Post-Snow, which has nothing to do with UK being Snow-related.

Your evasion of this issue is disingenuous in the extreme


I wonder who is going to have the last say here, as I'm not giving in.... ever.Angry
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Angry I don't know about snow related, but here in West Wales I fell arse over tip walking from work tonight owing to untreated pavements with sheets of ice....ouch!!OuchOuchOuchOuchOuch
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Southern California had some rain (snow in the mountains great for skiing!) just before and on Christmas.  Unusual to have a wet Christmas.  By New Years back to 70 degree sunshine weather for the rose Parade and game. Then a little cold front last weekend but should be back to 70's by Wed. Mostly 65-72 depending on where you live for the next 10 days. Not too bad eh? Wink
 
 


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f**k snow. Why do you think i moved from Russia to sunny  SoCal?Wink It's still cold though. i want summer. I've had enough snow for my whole life, i never even liked it in the first place, ecept when i was a little kidEmbarrassed
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