How's the weather?

[paul secor]

Snow and icey rain here this morning, tho nothing like what hit the midwest. This morning I thought about Tom 1960 possibly having to deliver mail in this stuff. Hope he has the day off.

[sidewinder]

The local ski resorts are making snow. Should be open this weekend.

All of the above to be followed with a

That's the big silver lining in North America when you get the white stuff.

Enjoy !

As for us - the deluge is followed by fog and a freeze rolling in from Scandinavia this weekend. Totally sucks ! (hose-head)

Edited December 9, 2009 by sidewinder

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

It's Welsh here.

As ever.

MG

[BruceH]

It's been cold (by local standards) for the last four days or so.

[Dave James]

When I worked on the railroad during the summers I was in college, the regulars had an expression they used to describe cold weather. They'd say it was "colder than a wedge." Well if a wedge can be cold right here in Portland, Oregon, it would be this week. Last night it was down to 15 degrees. Same thing tonight. For this neck of the woods, that's about as cold as it ever gets.

Edited December 10, 2009 by Dave James

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Several days of bright, dry weather forecast. Hm, we'll see. Cetainly correct for today.

MG

[Tim McG]

Cold and rainy.

An Artic Low has parked itself over California and I am just loving it!

Bring me the RAIN!!!

[jeffcrom]

We're so ridiculous here in Georgia. It's in the low 20s (F) this morning, and the local TV news was featuring the "Severe Weather Team." When it snows two inches here, we get 24-hour "Storm Watch" coverage.

[Free For All]

Enjoying a nice taste of winter weather in Iowa City. Don't mind it one bit.

[Brad]

Near 40 today in NW Joisey and the malls are crowded!

[Jazzmoose]

It finally warmed up out of the teens, but of course, that means snow is everywhere. I'll take the dry cold, thank you, but I wasn't consulted.

[A Lark Ascending]

It's snowed like I haven't seen in many years. We've had 6 inches in a couple of hours. We're all at home today - schools are shut and I couldn't get to work, the roads were that bad.

Quite - not seen it this bad for 20 years!

We only had a light dusting when I set out at 6.20 so I got in fine. But it came down non-stop from about 8.00. The school was shut at 12.00. Took nearly 2 hours to get home.

My, the trees look pretty, though!

[BERIGAN]

Pictures????

Here in Hotlanta, it hasn't gotten out of the 30's for 5 straight days now! And they said the coldest air hasn't gotten here yet!

Edited January 6, 2010 by BERIGAN

[A Lark Ascending]

Pictures????

Some nice ones here on the BBC News site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8442877.stm

I got the magic call at 9.30 last night that we weren't expected in today. A golden opportunity to catch up on paperwork.

All the usual grumbling - why has the salt run out, why isn't my road clear etc. The Beeb wheeled out the 'why do the schools have to shut' 'controversy' again (as they annually wheel out the 'scandal that the GCSE pass rate had gone up/gone down'). They should have been sat in my heads office at 10.00 a.m. yesterday as angry parents demanded he shut the school and allow them to collect their kids (I expect he spent today fielding calls from angry parents about the place being shut). I've taught in this school for over 30 years and it's only been closed by the weather 6 times maximum!

We sure know how to make storms in teacups.

Edited January 6, 2010 by Bev Stapleton

[BillF]

I got the magic call at 9.30 last night that we weren't expected in today. A golden opportunity to catch up on paperwork.

Hope that includes sleeve notes and liner notes.

[A Lark Ascending]

I got the magic call at 9.30 last night that we weren't expected in today. A golden opportunity to catch up on paperwork.

Hope that includes sleeve notes and liner notes.

Well, it was nice to have musical accompaniment for the day. But the exam board regulations I was trying to decipher were a bit like trying to read a piece by Anthony Braxton explaining his music!

[BillF]

Enjoy your time at home! It's -8C outside in Manchester at only 10pm!!! :rsmile:

[Jazzjet]

Pictures????

Some nice ones here on the BBC News site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8442877.stm

I got the magic call at 9.30 last night that we weren't expected in today. A golden opportunity to catch up on paperwork.

All the usual grumbling - why has the salt run out, why isn't my road clear etc. The Beeb wheeled out the 'why do the schools have to shut' 'controversy' again (as they annually wheel out the 'scandal that the GCSE pass rate had gone up/gone down'). They should have been sat in my heads office at 10.00 a.m. yesterday as angry parents demanded he shut the school and allow them to collect their kids (I expect he spent today fielding calls from angry parents about the place being shut). I've taught in this school for over 30 years and it's only been closed by the weather 6 times maximum!

We sure know how to make storms in teacups.

Went into our county town, Truro, today and it was like a ghost town. Shopping was almost pleasant. Not much snow about near here so don't know where everybody was. Doing their tax returns while 'working from home'?

[BERIGAN]

Pictures????

Some nice ones here on the BBC News site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8442877.stm

I got the magic call at 9.30 last night that we weren't expected in today. A golden opportunity to catch up on paperwork.

All the usual grumbling - why has the salt run out, why isn't my road clear etc. The Beeb wheeled out the 'why do the schools have to shut' 'controversy' again (as they annually wheel out the 'scandal that the GCSE pass rate had gone up/gone down'). They should have been sat in my heads office at 10.00 a.m. yesterday as angry parents demanded he shut the school and allow them to collect their kids (I expect he spent today fielding calls from angry parents about the place being shut). I've taught in this school for over 30 years and it's only been closed by the weather 6 times maximum!

We sure know how to make storms in teacups.

Thanks! Sounds like things are the same all over, though folks here in the south tend to error on the side of caution with school closings...but we sure panic and clear out stores even with a threat of a whole inch of snow, which is what they are predicting here in the ATL. Of course, we bought more than we needed today, just in case!

Edited January 7, 2010 by BERIGAN

[papsrus]

It's damn cold here as well at North Latitude 27.336. Low of 34F tonight (around 1 degree celsius).

British snow looks lovely. Enjoy it.

[sidewinder]

British snow looks lovely. Enjoy it.

Couldn't get the car out of the drive yesterday. Worst snow here in 30 years. Scenic though !

[BillF]

BBC reports a minimum of -18C in Greater Manchester last night!

[Shrdlu]

The U.K. freaks annually when a drop of snow falls. What would be a day of relief in most of Canada and the U.S. becomes a national state of emergency. Temps such as 28 degrees are described as "bitterly cold", lol. If, say, Canada closed everthing in those conditions, it would be closed for about 5 months. Lotsa fun, hee hee.

[A Lark Ascending]

Pictures????

Some nice ones here on the BBC News site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8442877.stm

I got the magic call at 9.30 last night that we weren't expected in today. A golden opportunity to catch up on paperwork.

All the usual grumbling - why has the salt run out, why isn't my road clear etc. The Beeb wheeled out the 'why do the schools have to shut' 'controversy' again (as they annually wheel out the 'scandal that the GCSE pass rate had gone up/gone down'). They should have been sat in my heads office at 10.00 a.m. yesterday as angry parents demanded he shut the school and allow them to collect their kids (I expect he spent today fielding calls from angry parents about the place being shut). I've taught in this school for over 30 years and it's only been closed by the weather 6 times maximum!

We sure know how to make storms in teacups.

Went into our county town, Truro, today and it was like a ghost town. Shopping was almost pleasant. Not much snow about near here so don't know where everybody was. Doing their tax returns while 'working from home'?

I lived in Newquay for 3 1/2 years at the turn of the 60s/70s and it snowed once! Gone by lunch time!

Back at work today (though half the kids didn't turn in); one of the few schools in the area that did open.

The weekend is looking threatening - heavy snow predicted for Saturday and Sunday.

The U.K. freaks annually when a drop of snow falls. What would be a day of relief in most of Canada and the U.S. becomes a national state of emergency. Temps such as 28 degrees are described as "bitterly cold", lol. If, say, Canada closed everthing in those conditions, it would be closed for about 5 months. Lotsa fun, hee hee.

The trouble is we rarely get weather like this (or not in recent years) so it's not cost or time effective to have the sort of contingency plans you'd get in Canada or Finland. If this was regular for 5 months we'd adjust accordingly.

********

The pictures here are absolutely gorgeous:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/nottingham/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8424000/8424941.stm

Edited January 7, 2010 by Bev Stapleton

[sidewinder]

Got into work fine today, although my old Canadian winter driving technique came in very useful. At least over there you had heated underground parking and engine block heaters !

Conditions today not dis-similar to Alberta on a good day..

Edited January 7, 2010 by sidewinder