Quoth Marmalady
View Post
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
UK peeps check in!
Collapse
This topic is closed.
X
X
-
"It is traditional when asking for help or advice to listen to the answers you receive" - RealUnimportant
Rev that Engine Louder, I Can't Hear How Small Your Dick Is - Jay 2K Winger
The Darwin Awards The best site to visit to restore your faith in instant karma.
-
I'm curious, how often does it snow like this there?
Here in my AO of East Tennessee we usually get one or two medium-snows (4 - 6 inches) a year with an occasional heavy snow (8+ inches) every two to three years. Right now it's nearly spring with some days getting up into the 70F's.
In March of 1993 we had a 20+ inch blizzard. At my home we had 30+ inches and the pool froze over, power out for a week and resulted in my middle son.Bow down before me for I am ROOT
Preserving precious bodily fluids sine 1952
Comment
-
Depends what part of the UK you're in. Up north, Scotland way, it snows frequently in the winter. Down south you usually only get a light dusting which may only settle for a couple of hours before melting, and even then it's not every year. Weather like last week's is a once every few decades event.
In other news, some of the areas where the snow had drifted nearly as high as my car still have snow on the ground, in some cases nearly 2 feet deep, and this with temperatures averaging about 5-7C the last few days!"It is traditional when asking for help or advice to listen to the answers you receive" - RealUnimportant
Rev that Engine Louder, I Can't Hear How Small Your Dick Is - Jay 2K Winger
The Darwin Awards The best site to visit to restore your faith in instant karma.
Comment
-
Quoth greek_jester View PostDepends what part of the UK you're in. Up north, Scotland way, it snows frequently in the winter. Down south you usually only get a light dusting which may only settle for a couple of hours before melting, and even then it's not every year. Weather like last week's is a once every few decades event.
In other news, some of the areas where the snow had drifted nearly as high as my car still have snow on the ground, in some cases nearly 2 feet deep, and this with temperatures averaging about 5-7C the last few days!
Most snows here melt the same day except for the lee side.
My kids love the snow I could do without it.Bow down before me for I am ROOT
Preserving precious bodily fluids sine 1952
Comment
-
Quoth Tanasi View Postpower out for a week and resulted in my middle son.
Sounds like when when had a gas explosion in 1998 in Victoria at the main natural gas plant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esso_L..._gas_explosion
No gas right at the end of winter. So anyone that had a gas heater was more than a little chilly. No gas for cooking. No gas for hot water systems. No gas for cars. (Gas is different from petrol in Oz.) At our house, we had cold water, no heater and no cooking ability except for the electric kettle and electric frypan.
Nine months later, the maternity departments couldn't keep up.A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read. - Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Comment
-
Quoth Blue Ginger View Post
Sounds like when when had a gas explosion in 1998 in Victoria at the main natural gas plant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esso_L..._gas_explosion
No gas right at the end of winter. So anyone that had a gas heater was more than a little chilly. No gas for cooking. No gas for hot water systems. No gas for cars. (Gas is different from petrol in Oz.) At our house, we had cold water, no heater and no cooking ability except for the electric kettle and electric frypan.
Nine months later, the maternity departments couldn't keep up.Bow down before me for I am ROOT
Preserving precious bodily fluids sine 1952
Comment
Comment