2013 Snow Watch Thread

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  1. Givover

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    Full on Gale force blizzard here at the moment.
     
  2. kpone

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    It may be snowing here at the moment and I wouldn't realise, the wind may be blowing it past too speedy for the human eye.

    Which is what I am equipped with...
     
  3. AshBlade

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    Wind chill today is dreadful.. yesterday it was -10 and its even colder today.I think Ive lost an ear, it got frost bite and fell off.Should have put my hat on...:(
     
  4. Remal

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    Ha had 15 mins of snow here
     
  5. Si.

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    Snowing here too.. and 1 degrees…. FFS!!!! rode the bike back after getting some bits done… pissed off to the hind teeth with it now.

    snow (1 of 1).jpg
     
  6. kpone

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    Drove in to blizzard conditions today. Visibility way down.

    Not snow. The salt that's been thrown down onto bone dry roads since the weekend is now being churned into a white cloud by the traffic. Which now means that there's a layer of it coating every surface inside and outside of my car just waiting for the next shower of rain to start it catalysing the oxidation process.

    Thank you South West Highways. I know that come this time of year you sit on a cleft stick, damned if you do and damned if you don't but if, just occasionally, rather than blindly following procedure laid down by some faceless, detached bureaucrat, somebody could just look out of the window and say, f'rinstance "It's going to be bloody cold tonight but it's completely dry, with no rain given and the temperature's too low for a dew to form. Let's not piss away our grit reserves tonight and see what happens tomorrow."

    Then I reckon, at the very least, my car wouldn't start to rot before it's time.

    Just a thought.
     
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  7. Barney1

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    Same here ken bloody loads and loads of the stuff so much so
    I'm thinking of buying myself a salt shovel :D
     
  8. Givover

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    Looks like some more snow for the North East early Monday Morning
     
  9. fez.57

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    I know they say dont shoot the messenger but . . . .

    Its not like snow in march is uncommon and everybody remember a few years back the first bsb round was cancelled due to snow
     
  10. Givover

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    Yup Dont shoot me young Fez .One of you might be heading for the pits and be glad of the heads up.
     
  11. fez.57

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    Just checked the 5 day forecast after your warning and well oh dear, its not going to get above 3 degrees all week, nice 1
     
  12. Givover

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    Looks like Wales is going to get a beasting Friday And over the weekend its not looking much better else where .
     
  13. Si.

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    Actually, they have forecast 80 degree heatwave, first 2 weeks in April!
     
  14. cbr1

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    i hope your rite si because this weather is really pissing me right OFF:mad:
     
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  15. Brettw

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    Agreed!!
     
  16. Barney1

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    We have battened down the hatches here , Gail force winds now , and snow for tonight (11pm) ,
    Until Saturday eve , its bloody freezing here , its times like this when I wished we lived
    in a town ,
     
  17. Garyb

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    Starting to get the wind here too Barney, "nothing to do with my vindaloo" nothing to worry us yet just 30ish at the mo.
    Snow moving in after the rain around 2am, and guess who's decided to stay on till 07.00hrs ;)
     
  18. kpone

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    Good luck boys. It's frikking minging here. Rain like bullets coming in horizontally and has been all day. Looks like all the good work done by three weeks of dry is completely undone and the waters is a rising again.
     
  19. Barney1

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    Well it's now snowing :mad: ,
    God it pi**es me off big time .
     
  20. Barney1

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    Is this a fib ? Mr si
     

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