Topic: This even more just in - the weather thread (Read 273939 times)

Thrillho · « **on:** 18 Jan 2013, 04:05 »

FUCKIN' SNOW AND SHIT DUDES FUCK

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #1 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 04:10 »

Indeed. I have snow and ~~targets~~ family outside, but I have an assignment to finish and a time-wasting forum inside. I can't cut my 'net connection because that's where I get the questions from. You can see my dilemma.

pwhodges · « **Reply #2 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 04:17 »

Yes, it's snowing (I'm near Gareth).

Very pretty right now; there will be chaos on the roads for the rest of the day (like: Oh God I've never seen snow before what do I do fall over drive at 2mph spin wheels to make everything worse crash). There will be some mess left over tomorrow and by Monday we will have forgotten about it.

About half my office either didn't come in or left before lunch (some not because they wanted to but because their children's schools had closed), and I spent much of the morning helping them get their VPN connections working.

VonKleist · « **Reply #3 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 04:18 »

Feel you, Pilchard.
I just returned from the library because the internet wasn't working..

Stupid snow. It´s basically rain that hangs around for days.

Akima · « **Reply #4 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 04:32 »

It was over 40C here today...

Barmymoo · « **Reply #5 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 05:32 »

I would far, far rather have snow and I hate snow.

cesium133 · « **Reply #6 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 05:59 »

It's forecast to be 60F (16C) here today.

pwhodges · « **Reply #7 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 06:10 »

That's just boring!

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #8 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 06:22 »

Today's high is 36°F and men are here replacing four of my windows.

VonKleist · « **Reply #9 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 06:25 »

Hmm, says it´s about -1°C, windchill -7°C

cesium133 · « **Reply #10 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 06:27 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 18 Jan 2013, 06:10

That's just boring!

Hey, it's better than the psychotic weather Oklahoma normally gets. Though the sunny weather isn't helping with the drought.

jwhouk · « **Reply #11 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 06:32 »

Quote from: Akima on 18 Jan 2013, 04:32

It was over 40C here today...

(pelts the Aussie with several snowballs)

Game and Watch Forever · « **Reply #12 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 06:39 »

As a Floridian that never has seen snowfall... I have to admit I'm slightly jealous...

But based on the complaints, I think I'd tire of the stuff kinda quickly.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #13 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 07:20 »

It's cold, it's wet, and only fun until it wicks up your trousers and make you look and feel like you've wet yourself.

Spriteling · « **Reply #14 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 07:31 »

No snow up in Scotland; it's just bloody cold. The winter of two years ago, though, that was epic.

Welu · « **Reply #15 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 07:39 »

It's just starting to snow here. Not very heavy though and it's been raining a lot so the snow isn't settling. My brother in Belfast says it's a bit heavier and we're texting each other about the snow with #pointlesshashtags.

Thrillho · « **Reply #16 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 10:35 »

It's been snowing non-stop all day round here and it's settling everywhere. There's maybe 3 inches of snow everywhere.

de_la_Nae · « **Reply #17 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 11:04 »

American Midwest just got done with the last of the snow we had from just after Christmas.

It got replaced by rain that flooded some places.

Last few days have been pretty clear though! If cold. Bloody winter.

Carl-E · « **Reply #18 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 11:25 »

Clear and cold today, but yesterday we had 3 inches of wet snow that came down - think slush, falling from the sky (it even comes down in large chunks as the snowflakes stick to each other)

Heavier than shit to shovel.

My back hurts.

nekowafer · « **Reply #19 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 11:29 »

No snow here for at least another week or two

Barmymoo · « **Reply #20 on:** 19 Jan 2013, 01:51 »

Just got an email saying that a careers fair for another subject has been cancelled due to the weather.

We have, at a rough estimate, about 2cm of snow.

Patrick · « **Reply #21 on:** 19 Jan 2013, 02:28 »

Quote from: Akima on 18 Jan 2013, 04:32

It was over 40C here today...

i will trade you for 0 to 4C

Carl-E · « **Reply #22 on:** 19 Jan 2013, 11:30 »

It's melting...melting!

Up to about 10C today (53F), and everything's a sodden river of melt.

Supposed to snow again on Monday with the next front.

I saw a house getting a new roof put on. They have half of the old one torn off. Hope they make it in time!

pwhodges · « **Reply #23 on:** 19 Jan 2013, 13:16 »

So few people on the roads today that my journey to and around London and back was the easiest and fastest I've ever done. All the roads were clear of snow except the first two hundred yards from my house which is icy packed snow on a hill... Sometimes I approve of people panicking.

VonKleist · « **Reply #24 on:** 21 Jan 2013, 02:37 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 18 Jan 2013, 11:25

Heavier than shit to shovel.

My back hurts.

Thrillho · « **Reply #25 on:** 21 Jan 2013, 09:46 »

Speaking of snow, one of our very own forumites was in the news recently...

Patrick · « **Reply #26 on:** 21 Jan 2013, 11:20 »

I like where this is going

nekowafer · « **Reply #27 on:** 21 Jan 2013, 11:38 »

Who is it and what did they get arrested for?

de_la_Nae · « **Reply #28 on:** 21 Jan 2013, 12:15 »

It was me, in the Conservatory, with the Revolver.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #29 on:** 21 Jan 2013, 12:49 »

Quote from: Akima on 18 Jan 2013, 04:32

It was over 40C here today...

I read about Sydney reaching 44.8, with one suburb being even higher.

I feel concern for people there who bicycle to work.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #30 on:** 21 Jan 2013, 17:19 »

Got snow this morning and already it's starting to melt. In other news, you can't see my tears

Akima · « **Reply #31 on:** 21 Jan 2013, 19:03 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 21 Jan 2013, 12:49

I feel concern for people there who bicycle to work.

Riding to work isn't too bad, because the heat of the day has not built up. Riding home in the late afternoon again avoids peak temperatures, but is still hot. The key to hot-weather riding is hydration; I carry a minimum of 750ml of water on my handlebars, adding more water and hydration salts as required by the ride-distance and temperature.

Bluesummers · « **Reply #32 on:** 21 Jan 2013, 19:12 »

Got snow here along I-95...lucky me, I had a 75-mile drive along the coast during the heaviest snowfall. In a van with absolutely NO traction.

jwhouk · « **Reply #33 on:** 22 Jan 2013, 07:00 »

Meanwhile I think I may have pulled a rib muscle because I was breathing hard just trying to get from my car, from the garage, and into my apartment building.

Not because it was raining or snowing or anything. But because it was 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. FAHRENHEIT.

That's 26 BELOW ZERO in Celsius, which is about a 71 degree temperature difference from that Sydney suburb IICIH talked about.

Think about that for a moment. 100 degrees Celsius is the boiling point of water.

That temperature difference is over 70% of the difference between ice cubes and steam.

Bluesummers · « **Reply #34 on:** 22 Jan 2013, 07:21 »

It's also about 1/6 less thermal energy than normal room temperature (referenced to Kelvin temp)...which means any air would lose 1/6 of its volume. Yeah, I think you're lucky to get by with a pulled muscle.

jwhouk · « **Reply #35 on:** 22 Jan 2013, 08:09 »

You don't think I'm a bit scared it could be something more? Only problem is, I'd have to go back out in the cold to have a doc check up on it...

Barmymoo · « **Reply #36 on:** 22 Jan 2013, 08:36 »

I was in -27C in Norway a few years ago and it is SO. COLD. It was horrific. Jens and I went from shop to shop to make our way up the street because we couldn't bear to be outside for long enough to walk past any doorways. It is colder than a chest freezer.

cesium133 · « **Reply #37 on:** 22 Jan 2013, 09:14 »

The worst I've had to go through while I've been here was a couple years ago when I had to walk to the lab in a blizzard... it was -5F (-20C), and the wind was strong. I ended up having to duck into the freshman dorm building and warm up halfway through.

On the other hand, it's supposed to be 66F (19C) here tomorrow.

valley_parade · « **Reply #38 on:** 22 Jan 2013, 09:31 »

The wind chill here tonight is supposed to hit -32C.

Could you imagine? Here is like a...a North Pole!

Bluesummers · « **Reply #39 on:** 22 Jan 2013, 20:16 »

Here is the local weather status as of about 11PM, in my hometown:

And tomorrow it's gonna be colder.

de_la_Nae · « **Reply #40 on:** 22 Jan 2013, 20:20 »

According to the U.S. National Weather Service, my little city's supposed to get progressively snowier *and* warmer as the week goes on.

I don't...I'm getting mixed signals here.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #41 on:** 22 Jan 2013, 20:24 »

UPDATE: The snow is mostly still here, thanks to the record low temperature that is below 0F at times.

Bluesummers · « **Reply #42 on:** 22 Jan 2013, 20:49 »

Quote from: de_la_Nae on 22 Jan 2013, 20:20

According to the U.S. National Weather Service, my little city's supposed to get progressively snowier *and* warmer as the week goes on.

I don't...I'm getting mixed signals here.

I guess "warmer is a relative term...I mean, if it's totally fuckin' cold, then it warms up so that dry ice becomes gaseous CO₂ again, then I guess it's technically warmer. Still...not conducive to life. >.<

de_la_Nae · « **Reply #43 on:** 22 Jan 2013, 20:52 »

Mother Nature's being a little silly is all. Been sunny and coooold lately (for me at least, I sort of hate the cold), and now the temperature's going to double in time for me to make a snow fort maybe. D'oh. >_<

jwhouk · « **Reply #44 on:** 22 Jan 2013, 21:44 »

Pffft.

My hometown current temperature?

-16.

Bluesummers · « **Reply #45 on:** 22 Jan 2013, 21:53 »

Where do you live, on Neptune? Jesus man, do you even have any running water?

jwhouk · « **Reply #46 on:** 22 Jan 2013, 22:02 »

I live in the great North Woods of Wisconsin, kid.

Bluesummers · « **Reply #47 on:** 22 Jan 2013, 22:10 »

I'll take that as a "no". My father's from Wisconsin...yeah, it's brutal.

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #48 on:** 23 Jan 2013, 06:16 »

Urrrrgh, you got me beat, jwhouk. I was bitching this morning about our whopping 8 degrees. But- it's supposed to get back up to the 30s on Sunday! Nice and warm

Bluesummers · « **Reply #49 on:** 23 Jan 2013, 06:35 »

The sun is shining now. And it's 2 degrees colder than last night.

And I have to go to work, which involves a lot of moving things around outside.

Fuck.

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