Well, we're due for a round of high-fives, then!Celtic_Kerr said:
But I must admit that I only work in Montreal. Once the day is over, I go back to my cave located on the South Shore...
I'm dreaming of a white... Halloween?
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But I must admit that I only work in Montreal. Once the day is over, I go back to my cave located on the South Shore...
Snow?
HA!
Like England gets snow.
We get rain, boy.
Well, other than last year that was the snowiest winter.. Like.. ever. Literally. Ever.
HA!
Like England gets snow.
We get rain, boy.
Well, other than last year that was the snowiest winter.. Like.. ever. Literally. Ever.
113-115 degree sunburning this last summer. My thermometer is usually a few degrees below that in it's spot in the shade. The again, this last summer was one our most unpleasant. 113-115 in the sun for days on end, with a few degrees below in the shade. We have blackout curtains in every room, and the only relief is the stale 95 degree night air.Jonluw said:115 fahrenheit... In the sun or the shade? Temperatures do reach around 110 degrees over here in the summer; but that's only if you measure the temperature in the sun.Brutal Peanut said:
And how is 75 degrees cool? I'd consider that a nice summer temperature (If it was measured in the shade). It's 0 celsius (32 Fahrenheit) here right now.
Strange sand people
I know the, "Turn on your air conditioner woman!" And we've finally gotten a proper one, but they put it on the roof. So for the first half-an-hour to an hour, it just pushes a lot of hot unpleasant air around. ;;>_> But it's worth it when it starts up.
^_^ Summer temperatures here aren't pleasant. So 75 degrees is considered a far cooler temperature to get to from so much abuse (not saying the 75F is unpleasant, we actually enjoy it very much). We'll dip to at least 55F this coming 'winter', and that's about as far as it usually goes. If we ever hit 32F it's considered a RECORD LOW, and marked as one; like it's special. *sigh* .XD
Oh dear. That's horrible.Pirate Kitty said:
I live in Finland. We always get a few "snowstorms" in the middle of October, but it usually melts after a day or two. Then, about early November, the country goes white.
I, for one, dont think I could ever live somewhere where snow doesn't fall. Freakin love the stuff.
Wouldn't have it any other way. It's just so much fun.lee1287 said:
I actually managed to get off punishment for being late for school by saying I was 'snowed in'. I live .5 of a mile away. In the centre of town.
Then when the snow began to melt, I said polar bears had me trapped in my house. No-one called me out on it.
Lord Legion: nah, nothing to do with the roundabouts. Local authorities being the useless, stodgy beaurocracies that satire usually paints them as but you never quite expect them to be, that's the problem. Usually totally unprepared for the annual descent into freezing temperatures, even though we have the resources and the weather reports are generally accurate or slightly pessimistic. All the roads and walkways end up being affected equally. Roundabouts are actually less risky, if properly built (unlike yours, by the sound of it), because all the traffic is at least travelling at about the same speed and in roughly the same directon - there's no serious risk of high speed, side- or head-on collisions like at regular intersections (traffic lights do jack if you're unable to stop in the first place)... just fender benders at relatively low speeds.
The example I gave above myself was a little unfair, as it was a "flurry" (...carrying 2 inches of snow, falling in about an hour) that came out of nowhere and caught EVERYONE on the hop. Our roads are narrow and twisting, snow coverage is generally so patchy and temporary that very few people carry snow chains - and no-one has mud & snow tyres - and very few have sufficient experience or presence of mind to deal with the slippery surfaces... so once it gets deep, packed and smooth enough, or there's a suddent storm like that, everything comes to a crashing halt. Literally. Last time that happened, I'd gone out for a half hour shopping trip, it started snowing soon after I set out ... and I had to abandon my car in the parking lot and take a train/footpath home such was the near-instant snarl up when a busy, 2-lane hillside road became impassable by anything except 4x4s. Which were too wide to work their way through the chaos.
The annoying bit is when you've known it's been coming for at least 24 hours, you go out in the morning... and there's been no ploughing or gritting. That's when it extends from a few half-drunk people slipping over on the sidewalk, to the dark comedy scenes of a couple years ago when double-decker buses were skating merrily sideways across busy crossroads. This actually happened in my city. There's probably archive footage somewhere. The whole thing could have been prevented but for better organisation at the local administration and transport agencies level (who are a hopeless bunch at the best of times, their traffic updates are generally an hour out of date... when a crisis comes down, you may as well say everyone for themselves). Quite a controversy at the time in fact - last year wasn't quite so bad (hence being able to ride my bike for *half* the winter, til salt supplies ran low). Perhaps this year we'll have finally learnt our lesson, unless government cuts mean we get a weather-enforced six week holiday across the new year?
The example I gave above myself was a little unfair, as it was a "flurry" (...carrying 2 inches of snow, falling in about an hour) that came out of nowhere and caught EVERYONE on the hop. Our roads are narrow and twisting, snow coverage is generally so patchy and temporary that very few people carry snow chains - and no-one has mud & snow tyres - and very few have sufficient experience or presence of mind to deal with the slippery surfaces... so once it gets deep, packed and smooth enough, or there's a suddent storm like that, everything comes to a crashing halt. Literally. Last time that happened, I'd gone out for a half hour shopping trip, it started snowing soon after I set out ... and I had to abandon my car in the parking lot and take a train/footpath home such was the near-instant snarl up when a busy, 2-lane hillside road became impassable by anything except 4x4s. Which were too wide to work their way through the chaos.
The annoying bit is when you've known it's been coming for at least 24 hours, you go out in the morning... and there's been no ploughing or gritting. That's when it extends from a few half-drunk people slipping over on the sidewalk, to the dark comedy scenes of a couple years ago when double-decker buses were skating merrily sideways across busy crossroads. This actually happened in my city. There's probably archive footage somewhere. The whole thing could have been prevented but for better organisation at the local administration and transport agencies level (who are a hopeless bunch at the best of times, their traffic updates are generally an hour out of date... when a crisis comes down, you may as well say everyone for themselves). Quite a controversy at the time in fact - last year wasn't quite so bad (hence being able to ride my bike for *half* the winter, til salt supplies ran low). Perhaps this year we'll have finally learnt our lesson, unless government cuts mean we get a weather-enforced six week holiday across the new year?
It never snows in Singapore. Ever. And from the time I've spent in Aussie, I don't think it snows in my area either.
HMm... Do you mean like... Faux-south shore around chateauguay and Candiac, or ACTUAL south shore of longeuil?Dublin Solo said:
I lol'd. It's the same in the UK, last January was really bad for snow and everyone was stocking up on food for their panic rooms. Every school but mine shut >:| and our car backed into a lamp post when we tried moving it.Monkfish Acc. said:
Everyone was like, "I want a white Christmas!" and when it snowed at Crimbo, everyone was like, "I fucking hate this snow!!!"
Live in Nebraska... and for whom that may not know, thats the middle of the US. We normally get some amount of snow by mid Oct. but most real snow waits tell Nov. That being said I remember about 14 years ago that Halloween got postponed a few days because of a blizzard that either just occurred or was occurring.
Generally in the part of Ontario, Canada I live in we get our snow in November, with light snow fall that melts sometimes in late October. Although, the odd thing about us here is we'll randomly get snowfall in March and April. April!
There's also snow here in Western Norway that should be covered in rain, not snow. There's about 4-5 cm's of snow right now..Jonluw said:
Fun fact, last winter, we had about 3-4 feet (about 1 meter) of snow from about November to April.
[HEADING=2]THERE IS NO SUCH AS GLOBAL WARMING, THIS IS GLOBAL FREEZING![/HEADING]
EDIT: It's also snowing here right now, so much, in fact, that I can't see more than about 200 meters each direction.