danasgoodstuff Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Record Dec snowfall here in the other Portland (OR). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 It's been freezing here for days. Burst water main somewhere in the area affected the whole of Tonyrefail. I noticed we had no water about 2PM (now nearly 9PM). Welsh Water said we'd be back on by 8PM, but their latest message says not until midnight! And the problem's extended to Porth now. Fortunately we had a few bottles of water, so cooking was possible. Dishwasher full MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Ah! The water's back on now - an hour and forty minutes earlier than the last forecast! Oh, the relief! MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 It's six degrees above zero, F. There's patchy fog that is inpenetrable. The roads are covered by frozen snow and sheets of ice. But, by god, it's NOT SNOWING!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Back to rain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 A dusting of snow last night; then a short drizzle; then freezing again. Roads and patio v dangerous. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Siberian temperatures all over Europe. -15°C (5°F) at my place. The french Riviera covered in heavy snow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Good....I'll be over there soon...hope it stays nice & cold! I hate this 39F & wet weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Rain/sleet mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 (01-07) 02:36 PST Spokane, Wash. (AP) -- More than 6 feet of snow in the past three weeks has left Spokane residents frustrated. Tempers are so frayed that a man was arrested for shooting at a snow plow operator. This unusually harsh winter has disrupted schools, traffic, garbage pickup and mail service in the city of 200,000. Roofs are collapsing, streets are clogged with ice and slush and locals are starting to refer to this as Sno-maggedon. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?.../a023638S81.DTL If you dropped in on my thread about slipping on ice, breaking both wrists, one elbow, dislocating a shoulder, injuring my coccyx, now you know "why?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Going from bad to worse here. Big freeze causes sea to ice over 5 mins ago The sea froze as Britain's shivering start to the year got even colder. Southern England, normally immune to the worst of the weather, was gripped by conditions colder than parts of Iceland and Greenland as temperatures fell close to minus 12C (10.4F). In Dorset, the sub-zero temperatures froze a half-mile stretch along the shoreline of Sandbanks, home to Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp. Local people said it was the first time in decades the sea had partially frozen since 1991. Across the country families ignored safety warnings and took to frozen flooded fields and lakes on ice skates. Police in Ebbw Vale, south Wales, warned teenagers they are risking their lives by cycling across the frozen Festival Park lake, which is more than 20ft deep in some parts. Residents in the nearby Rhondda Fach area were without normal water supplies for a second day because the cold snap has affected water pipes supplying Maerdy Water Treatment Works. Welsh Water has apologised to customers and sent water bowsers to the area. It is also distributing water bottles to customers with special needs and parents with young babies. Gareth Harvey, a forecaster for MeteoGroup UK, the weather division of the Press Association, said a combination of a front of freezing fog and black ice would make conditions for drivers even more perilous. He said: "Southern England will still be coldest tonight but temperatures are unlikely to fall lower than minus 5C (23F). Fog patches will be freezing and there will still be a lot of ice. This is a dangerous combination." Glad to see Welsh Water apologising for us not having water the other day. They didn't bring us a bunch of flowers, though. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Really strange - bitter over the last few days and when I went to bed the cold was creeping under the duvet requiring a really thorough tucking in. Woke at 1.00 a.m. and got up and it was noticably warmer. When I went to work at 6.45 temperature was +2; -3 24 hours earlier. The weather forcast did promise cloud cover for the north. There was an item on the evening news yesterday from Antarctica - temperatures there were +4! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 I'll be glad when the windscreen washers are unblocked and working again ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 ...37 degrees here in Indy. Not bad for 6:15 pm in the dead of winter. Lots of freezing rain the past couple days and a little snow. m~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) We got pounded with a half of foot of snow today. Edited January 11, 2009 by Holy Ghost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 We got pounded with a half of foot of snow today. Guess we're getting that now - supposedly 4-8" by tomorrow. I know that's a normal day for the folks in Michigan or Buffalo, so I'm not complaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 We got pounded with a half of foot of snow today. Guess we're getting that now - supposedly 4-8" by tomorrow. I know that's a normal day for the folks in Michigan or Buffalo, so I'm not complaining. Yeah, our friend's car just got stuck in a ditch so we had to get him out, but I just realized how much snow is out there and its closer to 10 inches than 6! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 After my holiday sojourn to the midwest I have to say I'm not hatin' the lack of winter here. Of course, the dues here come in the summer. Not missin' winter a lot, though...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 Arctic blast has brought temps down to the single digits and now more snow's on the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Chilly here- temp only made it into the mid-40s. Low 20s tonight. That COLD for these parts! I expect you folks up north are really getting some cold temps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Single digits for the last few days with it being -8 degrees early this morning. Its so cold that there's constant tiny flakes floating around in the air and it took nearly a half hour to defrost my car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McG Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 62 degrees here...38 tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Yeah, quite a cold snap here. Last night was around -10 F. Today barely got above zero. Tonight'll probably be at least -15. It's around -10 already. Things should improve slightly starting tomorrow, but there's snow forecast Saturday night into Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Weather has been unseasonably warm and sunny for the last week or so here. Very strange for this area. This is the time when we're supposed to get cold rain and lots of clouds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Chilly here- temp only made it into the mid-40s. Low 20s tonight. That COLD for these parts! I expect you folks up north are really getting some cold temps! Pretty soon you'll be upset when it "dips" down into the 50's, and bundling up in a parka, just like the native Floridians! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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