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mark occomore



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:05 am    Post subject: Snow Reply with quote

We have had a covering of snow in the south east. It's very rare to have snow here.

Has anyone else woke up with snow?
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, I'm in the south east too....hubby woke me up to say there's 2" of snow outside...when I went to have a peek out the window, there's only 1/2" ,if that !

I think Kent may have had more than me in Essex.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Had a slight covering yesterday morning but it had gone by lunchtime. The gritters were around last night and this morning (even in the rain) - what a waste of money.... Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah we've got a bit here too, it's actually snowing at the moment, I hope it stops soon.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Snow yesterday at home, snow today at work. I'm waiting for the temperature to drop a bit so we have icicles on the cooling towers again
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Started snowly here in Warks. proper about 11.30pm last night as we left the pub.

Only about an inch lay this morning, and the sun is melting it. Sad
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We haven't had snow yet but - the nighttime temperatures have dropped to -7C here and daytime is only -1C. The thick frost has not melted and has been with us for two days now. At the moment we have a thick freezing fog descending!! Delightful. Can't wait for some snow to arrive.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The sun is out now, and all the snow's gone ! Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I bet Aled is so upset Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Grrrr, I love snow. By the time I got up I'd missed it all.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll probably end up seeing some tomorrow - heading for the hills in SW Scotland for some low-level photography.... hope the jets are out. Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

London is officially the laughing stock of the world after having been beaten by 1 inch of snow.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

gfloyd wrote:
London is officially the laughing stock of the world after having been beaten by 1 inch of snow.


*That* much? Shocked
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's amazing the gritters go out again putting more grit on the roads. It does make things sometimes 10 times worse?
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cherskiy wrote:
gfloyd wrote:
London is officially the laughing stock of the world after having been beaten by 1 inch of snow.


*That* much? Shocked


I think the drifts were up to 1 inch in places where the wind whipped it up.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A light dusting in our part of Northumberland yesterday evening but it didn't lie for long.

Bitterly cold wind today but no more snow here.

How on earth did an inch of snow lead to school closures in Sussex and Kent?

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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How on earth did an inch of snow lead to school closures in Sussex and Kent?
Ian.


Maybe the teachers are only an inch tall.... or they wanted a day off to do some shopping (I think they call them 'training days' these days).... Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

iwarburton wrote:


How on earth did an inch of snow lead to school closures in Sussex and Kent?

Ian.



I know I live in the south east, but I used to live in the north. They are little pussies when it comes to a little bit of snow here or even any other crisis. Everything grinds to a halt and they all run around like headless chickens. The teachers were coming in from other places this is why certain schools were closed they couldn't get in, and a special needs school for learning difficulties and handicapped children was closed, but they have an excuse for safety reasons and school transport can't always get to them.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

An inch? It's not exactly rocket science to drive in the snow, now is it? Rolling Eyes Maybe if it was four or five inches deep, and piled up on the roadsides like it used to be when I was little, then they would have cause to panic or at least be cautious. Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rumour is that the people of the South East thought it was a terrorist attack as they had never seen white power fall from the sky before.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anyway this is real cold.



Those temparatures are FAHRENHEIT by the way.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

gfloyd wrote:
Anyway this is real cold.



Those temparatures are FAHRENHEIT by the way.


Yep, one of my cousins lives in Winnipeg (or 'Winterpeg' as it's sometimes called!) and he reckons Canadian winters are much, much worse than the ones he used to remember in Edinburgh thirty years ago. It regularly goes down to -20C although -41C was recorded in 1996 and the records show -47C in 1879!

Not as far down as one once recorded in Oymakon, another place I visited on my Siberian trek some years ago - they recorded -67C (-89F) there in 1933 but recent winters have only seen about -50C. Time for the sun block, methinks! Cool
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The coldest I've been in (in USA) was -20F which I think is ~ -25C and my thumb froze to the garage padlock, I had to clasp the padlock in both my hands and it warmed up enough to free me, phew!
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Golly gosh John thought this may have taken a naughty turn! I must say the coldest I've ever been was in Boston (USA) in February. However the trains ran on time there.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

haha southeners.. welcome to OUR world (we get snow most years in scotland) Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Julia wrote:
haha southeners.. welcome to OUR world (we get snow most years in scotland) Wink

At least you use it up there!! Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sorry - my post sounded really nasty! I didn't mean it in that way!

... snow may be useful on the Campsies... but you seem to get more of it actually in town - now, that aint so handy Wink
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

We have friends who live in Canada (Saskatoon) and I received an email from them to say they are having the worst winter for 50 years. The snow in their area is now 5 to 6 feet high .... Shocked they do have a snowblower to clear a path from their house to the main road though.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Julia wrote:
sorry - my post sounded really nasty! I didn't mean it in that way!

... snow may be useful on the Campsies... but you seem to get more of it actually in town - now, that aint so handy Wink

Probably fair comment Julia. It only seems to take an inch or so down here to bring things to a standstill Laughing
Marrietta. I have relations on the other side of Canada (Georgian Bay area of Ontario) where they've had little snow so far.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just heard from my brother in Cape Town, he recorded 38C yesterday.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

iknewdavidjacobsmum wrote:
Just heard from my brother in Cape Town, he recorded 38C yesterday.
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38C sounds uncomfortably warm to me. 24C is my idea temperature.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Snow Reply with quote

mark occomore wrote:
We have had a covering of snow in the south east. It's very rare to have snow here.

Has anyone else woke up with snow?


I woke up to snow on Wednesday. Then I got on a plane bound for Athens. It was average 17c in Athens - and my forehead got sunburned whilst looking around the Acropolis on Thursday.

It's very rare to have snow on the Acropolis too! Coincidence?

PS: It should say "Has anyone else WOKEN up to snow?", Markymark.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ella, it's easy to make typos Rolling Eyes Re: woke/woken
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Julia wrote:
Ella, it's easy to make typos Rolling Eyes Re: woke/woken


Even easier for MarkyMark!!!!!! Smile
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gfloyd wrote:
Rumour is that the people of the South East thought it was a terrorist attack as they had never seen white power fall from the sky before.

No just that someone had a very bad case of dandruff!! Shocked Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Apparently we are going to be hit with it again over night and on Thursday.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A light dusting in parts of Northumberland this morning but quite a lot of it's gone now.

Ian.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some is still lying around here - my late mother used to say it was "waiting for more". The council appeared incapable of gritting the roads around my estate today: odd, since they came around in January when it was raining....
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Some is still lying around here - my late mother used to say it was "waiting for more". The council appeared incapable of gritting the roads around my estate today: odd, since they came around in January when it was raining....



A lot of councils only grit major roads and those which use bus routes. It's silly as all roads should be gritted.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mark occomore wrote:
Cherskiy wrote:
Some is still lying around here - my late mother used to say it was "waiting for more". The council appeared incapable of gritting the roads around my estate today: odd, since they came around in January when it was raining....


A lot of councils only grit major roads and those which use bus routes. It's silly as all roads should be gritted.


Our street used to be a bus route (for a very small minibus type vehicle that lasted precisely a month). They've gritted it without fail since then even though its been nearly ten years since the service operated.... as I said, they do grit it, even when it's actually raining instead of snowing. Just not today.

Anyway, did anyone hear the news this afternoon - apparently the schools in Dudley, West Midlands are all shut tomorrow - even before the first flake of snow has fallen. Apparently the council are forecasting "traffic chaos tomorrow morning".... Shocked Rolling Eyes
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