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Post by Andrew on Jan 13, 2016 6:42:25 GMT
We had a big dump of snow here and mercifully so far the snow ploughs have not 'cleared' our street. Sometimes they will leave clear the driveways but as often as not they make little attempt to leave driveways open and just leave a very heavy partially frozen ice ridge either side of the street through which we have to dig to get our cars out or walk to the street.
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Post by missouriboy on Jan 13, 2016 14:48:40 GMT
We had a big dump of snow here and mercifully so far the snow ploughs have not 'cleared' our street. Sometimes they will leave clear the driveways but as often as not they make little attempt to leave driveways open and just leave a very heavy partially frozen ice ridge either side of the street through which we have to dig to get our cars out or walk to the street. The 'one-fingered' salute is standard equipment on snow plows! I remember the 2009-10 winter in Flagstaff Arizona on the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau (35 N) at 7000 feet. When a series of wet systems track across southern Cal., northern AZ gets buried as that air rises 7K feet in a matter of miles. Over 2 days we got 1.3 meters of 'wet' snow in 2 days. That winter the snow piles reached the roofs and the streets were tunnels. Not uncommon in wet years.
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Post by Andrew on Jan 13, 2016 16:15:26 GMT
We had a big dump of snow here and mercifully so far the snow ploughs have not 'cleared' our street. Sometimes they will leave clear the driveways but as often as not they make little attempt to leave driveways open and just leave a very heavy partially frozen ice ridge either side of the street through which we have to dig to get our cars out or walk to the street. The 'one-fingered' salute is standard equipment on snow plows! I remember the 2009-10 winter in Flagstaff Arizona on the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau (35 N) at 7000 feet. When a series of wet systems track across southern Cal., northern AZ gets buried as that air rises 7K feet in a matter of miles. Over 2 days we got 1.3 meters of 'wet' snow in 2 days. That winter the snow piles reached the roofs and the streets were tunnels. Not uncommon in wet years. Round here that kind of snow would break the roofs.
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Post by missouriboy on Jan 13, 2016 17:41:49 GMT
The 'one-fingered' salute is standard equipment on snow plows! I remember the 2009-10 winter in Flagstaff Arizona on the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau (35 N) at 7000 feet. When a series of wet systems track across southern Cal., northern AZ gets buried as that air rises 7K feet in a matter of miles. Over 2 days we got 1.3 meters of 'wet' snow in 2 days. That winter the snow piles reached the roofs and the streets were tunnels. Not uncommon in wet years. Round here that kind of snow would break the roofs. Yep ... there too. Several flat-roofed commercial buildings bit the dust that winter. For me, I spent hours shoveling my roof. My last winter in Flagstaff. Of course, when I left, it stopped snowing. Go figure.
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Post by sigurdur on Jan 13, 2016 17:47:47 GMT
The 'one-fingered' salute is standard equipment on snow plows! I remember the 2009-10 winter in Flagstaff Arizona on the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau (35 N) at 7000 feet. When a series of wet systems track across southern Cal., northern AZ gets buried as that air rises 7K feet in a matter of miles. Over 2 days we got 1.3 meters of 'wet' snow in 2 days. That winter the snow piles reached the roofs and the streets were tunnels. Not uncommon in wet years. Round here that kind of snow would break the roofs. In 1997 I had a 60x100' steel machinery shed flatten. A tractor was under one of the main rafters, and the rops bar in the cab held that rafter from falling all the way. I still have the tractor, and it still has the dent in the roof! But it saved a PILE of machinery from getting smashed! Of course, I didn't have the building insured for enough value. Who would have thunk that a steel Butler Building would bite the ground? The cement slab that the building was on was worth so much that I rebuilt the building on that slab, even tho it is on a farm 15 miles from my base of operations. The cement would have cost as much as the building to replace. NOW, I watch the snow load on that replacement building!
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Post by sigurdur on Jan 13, 2016 18:54:25 GMT
More cold air coming. -20F and colder. Might even get a bit cool in Missouriboys neck of the woods! For you Celsius folks, that is below -30C........ That is, if the farm forecast at noon is correct.
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Post by sigurdur on Jan 13, 2016 19:30:49 GMT
Is there a draft? Attachments:
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Post by sigurdur on Jan 13, 2016 19:37:23 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Jan 13, 2016 21:21:26 GMT
I don't want to be rude ahead of time ... BUT ... that many journalists in a room ... with nary a scientist listed ... and with a name like the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Environmental Change and Security Program ... might require a a whole new heat ventilation system.
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Post by acidohm on Jan 13, 2016 21:24:18 GMT
-10 forecast for N England, night time, In a couple of days....
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Post by missouriboy on Jan 13, 2016 21:27:41 GMT
More cold air coming. -20F and colder. Might even get a bit cool in Missouriboys neck of the woods! For you Celsius folks, that is below -30C........ That is, if the farm forecast at noon is correct. Our Sunday forecast is for -10C ... but should be warming up again after.
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Post by birder on Jan 13, 2016 22:33:49 GMT
In the Midlands of England it could get down to -3c with a flurry of snow over the next 6 days, hope we survive.
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Post by sigurdur on Jan 13, 2016 23:15:38 GMT
In the Midlands of England it could get down to -3c with a flurry of snow over the next 6 days, hope we survive. You are a hardy bunch thar in the Midlands! So, you will just shake your head and wonder what all the fuss is about......-3C you say? Heck, imagine if it was -30C. Then you may notice a breeze.
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Post by flearider on Jan 13, 2016 23:59:29 GMT
In the Midlands of England it could get down to -3c with a flurry of snow over the next 6 days, hope we survive. You are a hardy bunch thar in the Midlands! So, you will just shake your head and wonder what all the fuss is about......-3C you say? Heck, imagine if it was -30C. Then you may notice a breeze. yeah i agree with you on some lvl sig but the cold here is not like canada or the usa .. it's has a heavy damp to it .. have walked around banff and calgary in -20 with just a jumper and jean jacket on .. could not do that here go's thru to the bone .. but then again age might have somthing to do with it ..
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Post by douglavers on Jan 14, 2016 1:10:03 GMT
We would like a little of that cold.
It reached 43 degC in Melbourne yesterday.
Now 17 degC after two cool changes!!
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