Snow Europe has a lot of it

[madrak_the_red]

For those wintry folks chuckling at the woes of those not used to winter, just remember that next time you're suffering through a 30 C heat wave. And those in warmer climes shrug it off and put on a toque.

I gotta say that England seems the worse for ths kinda stuff. When it gets colds and snows, everyone moans, and everything stops (though usually for reasonably fair reasons). And then when it gets got, everyone moans. And then when we have our temperate wet weather, everyone moans because it rains. Gets kinda annoying sometimes.

[Unlucky]

Thirty Degrees Celcius today.

[madrak_the_red]

It is your summer

[Unlucky]

It is your summer

We had hail yesterday.

[madrak_the_red]

Excellent.

Snow update! It's all melting. (at least, it is here)

[I X]

Hey you guys, this weather is snow joke.

[Unlucky]

No.

[empath]

Hi there! It looks like you're trying to make a pun in a serious 'bitching about the weather' thread. Would you like to:

*STFU

*GTFO

*FOAD

[Ollie, don'tcha know!]

It looks like the rain here in the South has melted most of it =(
And I didn't even get a day off school...

[madrak_the_red]

I got three!

[taza]

It got to -20 celsius steadily here.

Dear god was that freezing. I traveled to the grandparents because their house is warmer.

... and it'll get to -30C sooner or later. Heck, at this speed, -40C.

[xdeathknightx]

It is above 0 here so everything is melting at the moment, but we had a few inches so it will take a while before it is all gone

[I X]

empath: As usual the paperclip is wrong. I was making a pun in the People Who Get Snow Regularly Laughing At The People Who Don't And Are Complaining thread. Sorry for attempting to defuse things. It so often goes wrong.

In any case, I'm the latter. Damn snow and ice. :/

[Deedles]

For those wintry folks chuckling at the woes of those not used to winter, just remember that next time you're suffering through a 30 C heat wave. And those in warmer climes shrug it off and put on a toque.

Why do you think I'm laughing? because i expect them to do the same when that happens

Coming from someone who lives in the southren parts of Sweden ... Personally I'm never bothered by there being alot of snow in winter, but our public transport (especially the trains) go straight to hell.

Makes me happy that I don't have the take the train everyday anymore.

[Maerarde]

Horray for christmas in the summer!

[JenSev]

It's thawing right now, however beneath the layer of snow there is a lot of ice on the roads and sidewalks, and all that ice is going to take some time to melt. So instead of everything being bogged down by snow, it's now super slippery everywhere.

[Darkobra]

The snow is gone and now my FAVOURITE part! ICE! My college is actually downhill. Last year, there was an old man clinging to the fence for dear life trying to get down that hill. I slid right past him, maintaining a perfect pose and gave him a wave, smugly stating "Lovely weather we're having!"
"Fuck off!"

[Dutch guy]

Ohhhh, what a twist, its snowing again.

[JenSev]

Yesterday was a glorious day, the thaw set in and all the snow and ice began to melt. Then it started to rain.
And last night it started to freeze again.
Now the 10 minute walk to the store has been replaced with a 45 minute odyssey in staying upright. The entire country seems to have been turned to ice.

[Smeghead]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-11921396 Some people were stuck in a pub for 8 days due to the snow.

Also, the snow finally seems to have reached us! about damn time!

[Darkobra]

Started snowing 5 hours ago. Walked it to college, buses cancelled, got to college, college cancelled, walked it back home. Snow is so deep here that I can walk up the snowy hill and walk on top of my fence.

[Metcarfre]

Has Europe never heard of road salt?

[xdeathknightx]

There are a few things about salting the roads:
On less well traveled roads it won't help much because it doesn't mix well.
A lot of cities and towns want to be as eco friendly as possible and thus only salt the main roads, leaving the rest up to their devices.

[Dutch guy]

Has Europe never heard of road salt?

We have, but due to the environmental demands the salt used means salting roads only really works above -5 or -6 degrees. Below that the stuff doesn't really freeze but the resulting sludge is so thick it might as well be ice.

[JenSev]

Now the thaw has really set in and there are now puddles everywhere. Let's hope that it doesn't start freezing again, because otherwise I'll need to put on ice skates to get around tomorrow.