SNOW! (Page 2 of 3)

We've had a 'severe weather' warning for the entire country (well, what there is of it ) for this afternoon - snow, with a strong freezing north-easterly wind straight from the arctic resulting in a wind chill feeling of -15C, that's single digit F.

I'm off to get the shopping in and put the barricades up....

Wow Patty, that sounds brutal. I am seeing the news with cars skidding on the ice and people hunkered down hoping for a break. You could send a few tons here to San Diego but I fear it would melt quickly in our 70 degree weather.
Thawing Rick.

Ah yes, 'winter'...I remember it well. Our 'severe weather' came with some delay, but it's now here. It's been snowing non-stop for hours and I now have more snow outside than Camp Cathy does! I can't imagine what it's like in the countryside with this wind creating snow drifts all over.

Grown people throwing snowballs....

We just had our first whole day above 0 in God knows how long! It rained all day, which was lucky, since we would otherwise have been snowed under.

But what I really wanted to share was this stunning picture of 'ice mountains' on the frozen inland body of water known as the Ijsselmeer. If you want to see any more click on 'volgende' upper right.

http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1012/Binnenland/ … meer.dhtml

Hey George,

Lucky you! we had an incredible day here today. I mean, it has snowed every day for a week off and on but today. Wow!

Blizzard conditions from 10am til mid afternoon. Lot of snow fell. Another several centimetres on top of what we already had. Sparkasse temp guage tells me we are down to -3 and its dropping. Chaos on the roads all over. Good day to be indoors for sure, well apart from one good deed car rescue action.

Proper winter for sure this year

Mike

What can I say. Record snow and more on the way. The good thing is you know it's coming, you collect the needed supplies, and you will be safe. I LOVE it. I want my winters to act like winter. Because I live in a "rural" area, we know how to deal with these events. By 2 this afternoon my neighbor came to my rescue in his big daddy Deere, as my baby Deere was overwhelmed. So all I have left is a path to the door so I don't have to come and go via the garage. I wish I could post pics for all my Bonabuddies who were here in August. It looks quite different!!   Off to stoke the fire...    Cathy

Cool pictures.  We had one of those storms back in 1978 - I remember on our back deck the snow was up to the top railing (a good 30 inches+).  The whole eastern half of Massachusetts shut down for a week - since I was still in college we thought it was a blast!  Not so much fun for those on the coast - since this was basically a winter hurricane (if there is such a thing) they got snow and very big waves and high tides - a lot of people lost there houses to waves and flooding - of course they rebuilt in the same spot later,

I've been enjoying those pictures on Facebook, too.  I guess our turn is Wednesday, though doesn't sound like as much as you guys got.

Spring isn't too far off!

Sandy

Wow Jane. I've seen movies and stuff of snow in the mountains and that thing hanging off the roof is a cornice! My better half is from cold country and she says you better get it off or it will take off the roof. Stay warm.
Rick