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Holistic Star · 02-02-2009, 09:06 AM

3 inches of snow where I live:

many schools and businesses are closed
trains are cancelled
buses are cancelled
roads are blocked

help us!

Xanafax · 02-02-2009, 09:07 AM

Hah! It's amazing...

My school has closed for snow, for the first time in apparently...17 years!

Holistic Star · 02-02-2009, 09:08 AM

I'm just annoyed because I spent 1.5 hours getting into work today and arrived to be told we can go home!

Still at least we can enjoy talking about the weather!

Xanafax · 02-02-2009, 09:24 AM

Haha its wonderful, my mom said it hasn't snowed this much since I was born...

WanderingOak · 02-02-2009, 10:30 AM

Three inches!?!?!?!

Around these parts, that is considered a heavy frost. Here in Upstate NY (East of Canada), we had three feet of snow a few days ago, and all they did was delay school for two hours.

In all seriousness, Seattle has been getting 'heavy snow' ranging in the inches as well, and they didn't have the equipment to handle it either. They had to borrow plows from Oregon that were usually used to keep the mountain passes clear. I have a friend who recently moved out there from the frozen white north, and she was able to get about in a little FWD Kia, while locals were getting stuck in Jeeps and Subarus. Admittedly, the locals were trying to drive up hills that they probably shouldn't have even tried, while she was smart enough to detour a few blocks around to a less severe incline. She was born and raised out here, and knows how to drive in snow...

Holistic Star · 02-02-2009, 10:50 AM

Exactly!

It's rubbish. Honestly how do counties like Sweden manage?

We knew it was coming for at least a week, it wasn't unexpected and everything has closed!

{aspiring_to_clarity} · 02-02-2009, 02:46 PM

That's nothing. In south Texas schools and half the businesses close when we get a bit of ice on the roads!

Enjoy the day off!!

JMan · 02-04-2009, 08:28 PM

Lots of new record-breaking snowfall and cold temperatures all over the last few years - Al Gore was right!

dice · 02-05-2009, 04:46 AM

Buddy up here its -40, snow up to our noses, we just plow on through!

Get out yer old flamethrower at go at it!

02-02-2009, 09:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
Holistic Star Family Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,611	The UK has ground to a halt! 3 inches of snow where I live: many schools and businesses are closed trains are cancelled buses are cancelled roads are blocked help us!

02-02-2009, 10:30 AM	#5 (permalink)
WanderingOak Family Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,184	Three inches!?!?!?! Around these parts, that is considered a heavy frost. Here in Upstate NY (East of Canada), we had three feet of snow a few days ago, and all they did was delay school for two hours. In all seriousness, Seattle has been getting 'heavy snow' ranging in the inches as well, and they didn't have the equipment to handle it either. They had to borrow plows from Oregon that were usually used to keep the mountain passes clear. I have a friend who recently moved out there from the frozen white north, and she was able to get about in a little FWD Kia, while locals were getting stuck in Jeeps and Subarus. Admittedly, the locals were trying to drive up hills that they probably shouldn't have even tried, while she was smart enough to detour a few blocks around to a less severe incline. She was born and raised out here, and knows how to drive in snow... Last edited by WanderingOak; 02-02-2009 at 10:36 AM.

02-02-2009, 02:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
{aspiring_to_clarity} Family Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,709 ${aspiring_to_clarity} will become famous soon enough$	That's nothing. In south Texas schools and half the businesses close when we get a bit of ice on the roads! Enjoy the day off!!
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02-02-2009, 09:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
Xanafax Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, England. Posts: 658	Hah! It's amazing... My school has closed for snow, for the first time in apparently...17 years!

02-02-2009, 09:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
Holistic Star Family Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,611	I'm just annoyed because I spent 1.5 hours getting into work today and arrived to be told we can go home! Still at least we can enjoy talking about the weather!

02-02-2009, 09:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
Xanafax Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, England. Posts: 658	Haha its wonderful, my mom said it hasn't snowed this much since I was born...

02-02-2009, 10:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
Holistic Star Family Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,611	Exactly! It's rubbish. Honestly how do counties like Sweden manage? We knew it was coming for at least a week, it wasn't unexpected and everything has closed!

02-04-2009, 08:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
JMan Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 342	Lots of new record-breaking snowfall and cold temperatures all over the last few years - Al Gore was right!

02-05-2009, 04:46 AM	#9 (permalink)
dice Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 435	Buddy up here its -40, snow up to our noses, we just plow on through! Get out yer old flamethrower at go at it!

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