GTA Don Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 As most of our UK residents should know, there was a heavy snowfall in Britain yesterday and today. If this continues, no school tomorrow! Yaaaaaaay! Also, at about 11 PM the sky was orange for a while. I was like WTF in my bed? My pics are just uploading now, could be a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas. Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I live near an oil refinery, it's always orangey here. Anywho, yes snowing here too, I was at school today because we didn't get heavy snow until about 10 am. At lunchtime there were massive snowball fight, fun, accidentally hit a girl in the eye though, I like her After school, I got a massive lump of snow and threw it all over my sister, she was running around like a headless chicken for about three minutes as the snow went down her back. Now, I was just in a snowball fight with some random people from the street, me and my sister owned them because they were all younger than us (there are no teenagers around here). Just in looking at a blizzard. Having a fun day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Chestnut Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 !!!!! You all are so lucky. I miss the snow so much, since it never snows in Florida I got to see a slight flurry when I went back up to Jersey for Thanksgiving, but other than that, no snow for about five years. I am hoping that the rain will pick up here so I don't have to go into school tonight. We are only making scones, biscuits, and a pie (all of which I have made so many times at that school already). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 The most we'll get is like a foot of snow over here, usually only ever up North though. That's fuck all for Americans, they get way more and more often so it's not a bother. It completely fucks this country over which is why I love it. Everyone becomes incompetent. It's awesome. It is pretty bad this week though since it actually is pretty much the entire island that's getting hit. Even got it where I am in the West Midlands, only like a couple of centimetres but yeah. Fuck global warming! It's fucking freezing here, literally, -4 or some shit. For a Brit this is a fucking cold. If you're a Russian or some shit then it's nice and warm so you're not allowed to complain etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Its been great, I was throwing snowballs at my dog and he loved trying to catch them. My Mum got the day off as all buses were suspended. Even if we get an inch the whole country stands to a halt. Heathrow runways have been closed, poor bastards missing their holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLlamaLlama Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 My arms ache, my spine hurts, my jeans are fucked. Yeah, snow is fun though. We 'found' a bodyboard from the lower school and used it to snowboard down some hills with. Considering I've never snowboarded, I think I managed to consume a minimal amount of snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 There were snowmen all over the beach, it was hilarious. One was on a bench with a seaweed lead to a snow dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Lol I'd love to see a beach made of snow. If it was like the day after, and sunny, it would be the most surreal shit to see people sunbathe there. It's be cold as fuck but you'd get an insane tan maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas. Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 More snow overnight too. Take a guess at how much centimetres you all had? I'm guessing I had about 5 or 6, not a lot but more to come over night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ray Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 (edited) I live in Upstate New York, and we get a ton of snow, but we always have school anyway. One day it was 25 mph winds, -11 degrees (Fahrenheit) out, and 3 1/2 feet of snow and we had school anyway...... (40 kph, -24 Celsius, 1.05 meters ) I think that one day this year when we went home at early at 10:30 (1/2 day) was because of a tornado watch, and 75 mph winds (How often does that happen up here???) It was also supposed to get down to -20 degrees Fahrenheit. I love Winter, and I'm probably gonna live a couple dozen miles outside Minneapolis or something when I'm older, because I love cold and snow. Edited February 2, 2009 by raybob95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas. Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 (edited) It's approximately - 1 degrees celsius here however, because of the wind, it feels like -5 degrees which is cold but not as cold as -20 farenheit, that's like -30 celsius. I'd prefer to die than live in that. Edited February 2, 2009 by Thomas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ray Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 It's approximately - 1 degrees celsius here however, because of the wind, it feels like -5 degrees which is cold but not as cold as -20 farenheit, that's like -30 celsius. I'd prefer to die than live in that. We're in a heat wave right now, it's about 35 Fahrenheit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLlamaLlama Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 FUCKING AWESOME I had a double deadline today, 2 projects due in at 12.30... and college is closed. Oh noes, how will I ever hand my projects in? It's just too much to bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas. Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 ^ lol No snow over night. Never trust the Met Office when you're in Scotland, they really only do accurate forecasts for England and Wales. If they say it's to snow in Scotland, it usually rains or we get nothing at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rappo Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Hmmmm, I didn't even realize it's winter. This year LA broke its record for hottest January, which included a nine day streak of 80ºF+. In some ways I like that it's nice and warm, but at the same time it would be cool to have more seasons than "warm" and "hot." Snow would definitely never fall on my house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLlamaLlama Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 ^ lolNo snow over night. Never trust the Met Office when you're in Scotland, they really only do accurate forecasts for England and Wales. If they say it's to snow in Scotland, it usually rains or we get nothing at all. Sod's law that damn near the coldest country in GB gets no snow. That's pretty fail though. Warmth and PC > Coldness and college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Righty Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I think that one day this year when we went home at early at 10:30 (1/2 day) was because of a tornado watch, and 75 mph winds (How often does that happen up here???) It was also supposed to get down to -20 degrees Fahrenheit. I dont recall that happening anytime within the past ... ever? If it was going to get down to -20F, the temperature wouldn't be warm enough to begin with to even remotely cause a tornado. At MOST, the temperature would have been +30 and at that, there's simply not enough moisture in the atmosphere to make it unstable enough for a tornado. Yes, one needs a temperature change, but from 90-70 maybe, not whatever NY gets in the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyde Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Everywhere is either extra cold or hot these days. Some retarted earth patterns i say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas. Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 ^ lolNo snow over night. Never trust the Met Office when you're in Scotland, they really only do accurate forecasts for England and Wales. If they say it's to snow in Scotland, it usually rains or we get nothing at all. Sod's law that damn near the coldest country in GB gets no snow. That's pretty fail though. Warmth and PC > Coldness and college. Trust the warmest city in the UK (London) has the coldest temperatures of the year. But yeah you're right. This winter has been pretty strange for Scotland, I recall the Outer Hebrides had a forcasted temperature higher by 10 degrees or so than the rest of the UK and Ireland. Anyway, it's been pissing it down pretty hard today but we hadn't had rain in a while so it's well worth it. A pretty picture of the white powdery stuff we call snow (trust me to take pictures): More on my facebook album called "Snow 2009". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noru Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Wow... talk about so little snow Thomas. We have a lot of snow here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas. Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 You live in Canada, you don't have the gulf stream warming you up Scotland is meant to be cold :\ but we've hardly anything good this year. I bet Matt will bring the warm weather of Qatar with him when he comes to the UK later this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ray Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 (edited) I think that one day this year when we went home at early at 10:30 (1/2 day) was because of a tornado watch, and 75 mph winds (How often does that happen up here???) It was also supposed to get down to -20 degrees Fahrenheit. I dont recall that happening anytime within the past ... ever? If it was going to get down to -20F, the temperature wouldn't be warm enough to begin with to even remotely cause a tornado. At MOST, the temperature would have been +30 and at that, there's simply not enough moisture in the atmosphere to make it unstable enough for a tornado. Yes, one needs a temperature change, but from 90-70 maybe, not whatever NY gets in the winter. I live right in front of Lake Ontario, so we get a lot of snow. We had a tornado watch because a warm and cold front were meeting, it was extremely humid that dat, and at the time of the watch, almost 45 degrees Fahrenheit out. It was supposed to get down to -20 during the evening after the cold front took over. And it actually only got down to about -2, with 40 mph winds. (My weather men are fucked over ) And no, the predicted "tornado" never actually happened. In facts the winds never got above 55. They died down a lot when the temperature started dropping from like 40 to 0 in about 3 hours. Edited February 4, 2009 by raybob95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM™ Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Snow is awesome, only time of year you'd get it here is around January-February, never at December or November. I in fact had no college on Monday (I have day off's on Monday's and Wednesday's), but on Tuesday, I didn't go either since I checked my college's website, and said it was closed. Wednesday which is today, well my college is open, so yeah. ): Tomorrow I guess I'm back to college, in front of tutors, which at some point, I find it really boring. But I did build a snowman, I think he's dead now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustADummy Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Wow, looked like Portugal 3 weeks ago. Also, I've never heard of orange sky AT 11PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmac Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 As you guys have fun in the snow were in heat! Got to 46C here in Melbourne. Bushfires every where the sky is just grey. More on topic though ive never seen snow wouldent mind seeing some but it doesnt happen here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now