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Author Topic: Holy Snow! Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 02-12-2006 02:52 PM                     Ahhh, first (and hopefully last) big snowstorm of the season. It's been a dull winter as far as the white stuff goes here in Massachusetts... My poor little car, all buried. My apartment is on the 3rd floor of the second house back. This wouldn't be such a big deal if the tide wasn't so low and you could actually see the other side of the island like you are supposed to... Visibility is crap. This pic was taken from the exact same spot as the pic of my house, in the other direction - no zoom used. I live right on the water, I can't see ANY water from my house right now.  |  IP: Logged Dieter Depypere Master Film Handler Posts: 343 From: Deutsch-Wagram, Lower Austria, Austria Registered: May 2005 posted 02-12-2006 03:03 PM                     Well, Rachel, here in Austria on the "Sonnblick" (a 9000 feet high mountain) there is about 30 feet (!!!) of snow. Yes, an incredible amount. Furthermore, there is a lot of snow (6-9 feet)in some Austrian communities (especially in Upper Austria). Don't they show that in the news?  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 02-12-2006 03:25 PM                     Why would they show it on our news, you're too far away... You really can't complain, you live there knowing about your massive amount of snow... as I live here knowing about ours. I just liked my white pictures and wanted to show them off. Actually, we're doing good this year, way under the amount of snow we got last year.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 02-12-2006 04:17 PM                        There literally has not been a single snowflake in York this winter. I'd say that we've had a slightly milder winter than has been the norm over the past 3-4 years. This is all the more ironic, given that back in October, weather forecasters were repeatedly warning that we were about to experience the worst winter for many years (story). What's happened instead is that Eastern Europe and Russia have had record-breakingly low temperatures (-38 degrees C in Moscow last week), and now the East Coast of the US is having severe snowstorms; but Western Europe and the UK seem to have escaped it so far.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 02-12-2006 04:18 PM                  Well Madamn Moderator, that's exactly why I left Michigan years ago. I got sooo tired of all that winter crap! Sure it's "pretty" to watch the falling snow and seeing it drift, play in it and make "angels"....that is until it you have to shovel it. It was no use keeping one's hands on the steering wheel when driving. Because of the slick roads, the car went wherever the wind blew it. Besides, I hate the cold weather! I'm a hot-blooded person. Currently here in Hollywood: 82 °F / 28 °C Scattered Clouds From my deck looking toward the Pacific Ocean... Recent Sunset If I want snow, it's a 2-hour drive to the mountains...  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 02-12-2006 05:20 PM                     Phil, I hate you.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 02-12-2006 05:25 PM                  I love you too... let's snuggle.  |  IP: Logged Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 02-12-2006 05:47 PM                        yeah more than 17" in gloucester and danvers. Rachel, If i can manage to tunnel to you i might help you dig out your car!  |  IP: Logged John Hegel Expert Film Handler Posts: 166 From: Lake Mills, Iowa Registered: Sep 2000 posted 02-12-2006 06:13 PM                        Last week I could see 95% of my lawn, and was thinking winter is over. I guess not.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-12-2006 07:57 PM                        Phil, I've always said Southern California would be a great place to live if about half the people living there now would pack up and leave. Not referring to you of course. Actually I grew up there (The OC), but I finally left in 1990. There are many things I miss about SoCal (weather included), but I sure don't miss the traffic and overall congestion.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 02-12-2006 08:27 PM                  Thanks David for that Ummmm "compliment". Seriously, I agree about the traffic... but it's no worse than any other major city. I thought Ft. Worth and Dallas drivers and traffic suck many more times than here. Oh and don't even mention Detroit or Ft. Lauderdale! YIKES! BTW: I worked in Burbank and chose to live in Hollywood not only for the location but also it was opposite of the major traffic flow in the mornings and evenings. Unless there was a wreck on the 101 (Hollywood) freeway, I've had no problem with traffic flow for me...the heavy traffic and jams are in the opposite direction for me.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-12-2006 08:30 PM                        Nice view, Phil.  |  IP: Logged Adam Fraser Master Film Handler Posts: 499 From: Houghton Lake, MI, USA Registered: Dec 2001 posted 02-12-2006 11:43 PM                        I went up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan last week to go snowmobiling. They have 3 or so feet on the ground, and the locals said most of it came in one night. Driving on the roads, I dont think you could go in the ditch if you tried, there were 4' snowbanks on either side of the roads.  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 02-12-2006 11:45 PM                     Hmmm, that lighthouse looks familiar. Sean: Please help me dig out....please!  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-13-2006 12:36 AM                        We got a bunch of snow in November and some more in December but have had mostly 50 and higher temps most of January and into February. In fact today we were at 59 degrees and not a snowflake in sight. I'm getting to where I almost miss the white stuff. (Almost.)  |  IP: Logged

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