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Posted by: superize Dec 1 2011, 07:44 PM
I am very depressed.
Its the 1 december and we still dont have that much snow. I mean normally this time we have alot of snow but the weather now is rain.
From what we have been told the snow will come.
What about you guys: Are you used to have alot of snow or never any snow at all?
Posted by: Ben Higgins Dec 1 2011, 08:20 PM
In England it varies a lot. Last year we had so much snow and difficulty with travelling. However, this year I don't think it will be such a harsh winter (Don't quote me on that, guys ! 
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Posted by: WeePee Dec 1 2011, 08:44 PM
No snow here either...only little in the north. I live in south.
Hey Ben I read from newspaper last year that you guys had serious problems with the snow. I presume that people don't use winter tyres in their cars either ? Then I remember a pic where was teenager girl who was wearing school uniform with miniskirt on and there were snow everywhere. 
Today local newspaper was interviewing an expert from usa who predicted that after Christmas ( 25th -> ) is gonna be hell of cold. But those are only predictions... 
Posted by: SirJamsalot Dec 1 2011, 08:48 PM
I usually get depressed when it snows. I hate the cold, and the wet. Give me some sunshine and warm weather!
Posted by: Ben Higgins Dec 1 2011, 09:03 PM
Haha. Yeah I can definitely believe that
Yeah it was pretty bad for the UK.. most snow we've had for years ! The UK really isn't prepared for those conditions wheras you guys in Scandinavia know how to deal with those conditions. The UK should take more inspiration from you guys !
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 1 2011, 09:43 PM
Here we had snow only once in my life..... it was amazing!
Posted by: Sinisa Cekic Dec 1 2011, 11:31 PM
I love snow, but to see it through a window! when I need to travel - I hate it !!!
Posted by: Daniel Realpe Dec 1 2011, 11:44 PM
Here in Colombia we don't get snow ever! it would be really strange if we would
Posted by: Blister Dec 2 2011, 12:19 AM
I live in North Florida USA. The last time it snowed & it stuck to the ground was in 1989. But the day after Christmas last year we did get some snow flurries but it wasn't cold enough to stick to the ground. We worry most about the weather when it freezes because we have a private well for our water & the pipes are partially exposed. If the pipes freeze, they could burst & it would be a costly repair.
Posted by: rokchik Dec 2 2011, 02:07 AM
We got our first bit of snow the other day. We probably have about a foot of snow I guess.
Best part though is I have my first game of pond hockey this weekend 
I can't wait!!
rok
Posted by: SpaseMoonkey Dec 2 2011, 03:48 AM
Typically up in the US where I live, during October it snows. The last few years it seems to have moved later and later in the year. Kinda weird to think that all this global warming talk really may be true that its shifting everything.
@ WeePee, I believe it, because we have a book called the Famers Almanac, they say about how cold it should get and the amount of snow and how the weather will distribute it. From what I've heard it says that January is going to be pretty bad, but its going to be a few days clear up and hit again. Which
Posted by: thefireball Dec 2 2011, 05:51 AM
It snows every year, I think, in Arkansas. It snowed a few days ago. We got 6 inches, but it melted really fast. But we expect snow again soon. It always does. At least it better. 
Posted by: Ben Higgins Dec 2 2011, 09:50 AM
Hey Daniel, you were still living in the UK when we had that really bad snow last year, right ?
Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Dec 2 2011, 10:06 AM
Still no snow here either. Only fog. I really like the snow and can't imagine winter and cold without it. Hope we're going to get lots of it this year
Posted by: Ben Higgins Dec 2 2011, 10:11 AM
Oh no !! THE FOG !!
Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Dec 2 2011, 10:29 AM
You mean - THE MIST!
Posted by: Nihilist1 Dec 2 2011, 10:37 AM
I live in Los Angeles so I don't see it much, but when I was in Alaska for University, and when I visited my Fiancee's family in Niagara Falls, I got to experience lots and lots of it; and I must say, I LOVE IT.
Posted by: Gitarrero Dec 2 2011, 03:11 PM
In Germany, we had some serious snow problems during the last years as well. Given the fact that I want to go home next weekend and during Christmas and it's a 550 km ride I can live without snow very well right now.
We had one day of snow here in Rottweil in October and I'm pretty sure more snow will come soon...
Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Dec 2 2011, 04:22 PM
Man, this autumn/winter is packed with fog, and still no snow. Usually snow falls in this time of year, but not now. I guess we will see snow at one point. Weather became crazy, one day 10degrees, it can be -5 tomorrow who knows..
Posted by: Mudbone Dec 2 2011, 05:31 PM
One of the main reasons I moved from Massachusetts, in the North Eastern United States, to North Carolina in the South, is because I got sick of the snow. I used to hate waking up in the morning and not being able to determine which mound of snow my car was buried underneath. Not only that, the city I lived in had a parking ban in the winter, so people could only park their cars on one side of the narrow roads. This led to many fights because people would claim a parking spot that they spent 30 minutes shoveling all the snow away from. They did this by placing a chair in the spot they claim. Its not very effective but people still do it anyways. They have been doing it for as long as I can remember.
Here is a poster and a little paragraph commemorating this New England tradition
http://www.autumncolor.com/cow/
Posted by: Ben Higgins Dec 2 2011, 05:45 PM
Here is a poster and a little paragraph commemorating this New England tradition
http://www.autumncolor.com/cow/
Wow, I can totally understand the frustration with the parking space / shovelling thing. Never p*ss off a person holding a shovel !
Posted by: Mudbone Dec 2 2011, 06:08 PM
Thats why you bring a weighted sidewalk ice scraper to a shovel fight
Some of them weigh about 30 lbs.
Posted by: AK Rich Dec 2 2011, 06:50 PM
Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow! 
I love to to get lots of snow in the winter, its so much less dreary when there is a fresh white blanket covering the ground. This Nov has been great here this year, Like winters were when I first moved up here to Alaska in the 80's. Its the harsh sub zero dry winters I can do without. This Nov I believe ranked as the snowiest Nov on record ever and the coldest on record as well, We have recieved about 2 1/2 feet of snow this month but lately the weather pattern has changed a little bit and we are getting moisture from the south pacific, we call it a pineapple express,Valdez on the south central coast can get many feet of snow from these weather patterns which is why Valdez is world reknown for back country skiing and snowboarding. It can bring tons of snow but also warm moist air so sometimes it rains too, right now we are getting some drizzle outside, I hope it doesnt warm up too much and kill the nice hefty blanket of snow that we have now, also I plow snow in the winter and this year has been great so far for buisiness, pennies from heaven! On the down side of getting early and lots of snow , the lake I live on hassnt made good enough ice for me to put in my ice road. Ice 5 we call it 
, I just checked the ice thickness the other day and there is only about a foot of ice, half of which is not good clear ice which is the strongest but rather soft ice made from the snowpack on top of it, there was barely any ice on the lake when we first started getting snow this month and the snow has insulated the ice from getting thick very fast even tho we have had a good week and a half of sub zero temps.
Posted by: superize Dec 2 2011, 07:43 PM
The weather here now is like this
It snows a little and it stays for a few days.
Then it starts to rain and the snow is gone.
On the night the water freezes and left is ice.
Today on the school i work at the whole schoolyard was cover with ice good enough to play ice hockey on and then in the morning a thin layer of snow cover the ice. I can say that i slipped more then once
Posted by: Ulrik Dec 2 2011, 08:11 PM
If I don't have to ride my bike(no not motor!) on ice and snow, then it's ok with snow.
It normally snows some here in Denmark, normally December - Febuary, but if it goes from November - April it's too much.
We get some days, where we can go ice-skating, and I remember how the seawater once totally froze once 25 years ago.
It always snowed more, when I was a kid, or maybe I was just smaller and the amount of snow relatively large!
This summer it just rained, rained and rained, I really think this summer sucked, and I didn't even travel anywhere.
Take a look at my photos from a festival in Denmark 2007:
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