Snow Panic Scale

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: spence

Seems to me Puxatawny Phil (or however you spell it there in PA [which I can spell]) said something about 6 more weeks of winter. So much for rodent weather forecasts.

Punxsutawney Phil came out to see the Super Bowl.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: spence

Seems to me Puxatawny Phil (or however you spell it there in PA [which I can spell]) said something about 6 more weeks of winter. So much for rodent weather forecasts.

Well his alternate forecast is for another 40 days of Winter. Feb.2 is about six weeks before March 21st (official Spring) is it not?
The forecast is rigged!

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: spence

Seems to me Puxatawny Phil (or however you spell it there in PA [which I can spell]) said something about 6 more weeks of winter. So much for rodent weather forecasts.

Well his alternate forecast is for another 40 days of Winter. Feb.2 is about six weeks before March 21st (official Spring) is it not?
The forecast is rigged!

I blame it on rock salt companies.

[Lecivius]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: spence

Seems to me Puxatawny Phil (or however you spell it there in PA [which I can spell]) said something about 6 more weeks of winter. So much for rodent weather forecasts.

Well his alternate forecast is for another 40 days of Winter. Feb.2 is about six weeks before March 21st (official Spring) is it not?
The forecast is rigged!

I blame it on rock salt companies.

I blame it on my wife. I blame EVERYTHING on her.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Lecivius

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy



Well his alternate forecast is for another 40 days of Winter. Feb.2 is about six weeks before March 21st (official Spring) is it not?
The forecast is rigged!

I blame it on rock salt companies.

I blame it on my wife. I blame EVERYTHING on her.

I blame *everything* on my ex-wife.[;)]

[John 3rd]

Far safer...

[geofflambert]

I spent my first seven years in Pittsburgh. Naturally I loved all the snow we got there. That was followed by 6 years in central Illinois. Somewhat disappointed. Then til now St. Louis. Very disappointed, some years no measurable snow at all. But it is getting worse, global warming is turning St. Louis into a Southern city. The official planting zone maps have changed to where Missouri is where Arkansas used to be. That means the date you first dare to plant and the date you better have harvested by and in some cases, the species of plants you can successfully grow have changed.

[geofflambert]

There's an addendum to that. I used to grow a lot of okra. Now as you know that is very popular in Louisiana and Mississippi and I had no difficulty. The trick with okra is picking it before it ripens, similar to picking green bell peppers before they ripen (and turn red or yellow) and to jalapenos which should be picked while they are green and unripe; they get milder when they turn red, and less crunchy. The last year I grew okra there was no good time to harvest, the pods were like wood and inedible even when unripe. I don't happen to know how it went south of me, maybe they had more humidity and that made a difference?

[geofflambert]

Okra and Jalepenos are like veal and lamb, you cannot wait for it to ripen.

[wegman58]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

There's an addendum to that. I used to grow a lot of okra. Now as you know that is very popular in Louisiana and Mississippi and I had no difficulty. The trick with okra is picking it before it ripens, similar to picking green bell peppers before they ripen (and turn red or yellow) and to jalapenos which should be picked while they are green and unripe; they get milder when they turn red, and less crunchy. The last year I grew okra there was no good time to harvest, the pods were like wood and inedible even when unripe. I don't happen to know how it went south of me, maybe they had more humidity and that made a difference?

Okra!?!? - that is sufficient to explain Gorn cantankerousness.

And five inches, no plows in Minnesota's Win City area today - BAD, BAD local officials.

[Lokasenna]

Ah, gorns don't seem to know everything about Earth flora, I see.

Green bell peppers remain green - they don't turn red or yellow (at least not completely). Red and yellow (and orange and purple) bell peppers, however, will change colors and you shouldn't pick them until they do as you are likely growing them for their sweeter flavor in the first place.

Jalapenos take a very long time to turn red - they stay green for quite a while.

We grow okra in Maryland. It grows very fast here. We had so many from just 4 plants last year that we pickled about a gallon's worth. It took a while to learn that they should be picked at 4 inches or so, which apparently happens in less than a week for us.

[obvert]

Been hearing reports of blizzards all week here in London. The trains were jammed at 5:30 with hordes trying to get home early last night, as they called an end to transport on some lines at 8pm.

So far we've had about 1/8 of an inch!! [:-]

It was pretty today, right around 0 C and off and on clear, but everyone is still in a bit of a panic. I wish they'd panic enough to cancel school!! [&o]

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: obvert

Been hearing reports of blizzards all week here in London. The trains were jammed at 5:30 with hordes trying to get home early last night, as they called an end to transport on some lines at 8pm.

So far we've had about 1/8 of an inch!! [:-]

It was pretty today, right around 0 C and off and on clear, but everyone is still in a bit of a panic. I wish they'd panic enough to cancel school!! [&o]

[:D]
MELTDOWN UK weather latest – Brits set for transport chaos as 200 trains and dozens of flights cancelled and experts warn of ‘treacherous’ roads as -12C deadly storm hits

[Macclan5]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: obvert

Been hearing reports of blizzards all week here in London. The trains were jammed at 5:30 with hordes trying to get home early last night, as they called an end to transport on some lines at 8pm.

So far we've had about 1/8 of an inch!! [:-]

It was pretty today, right around 0 C and off and on clear, but everyone is still in a bit of a panic. I wish they'd panic enough to cancel school!! [&o]

[:D]
MELTDOWN UK weather latest – Brits set for transport chaos as 200 trains and dozens of flights cancelled and experts warn of ‘treacherous’ roads as -12C deadly storm hits

Rookies [8D]

Taken with permission from Jeff Foxworthy (American Comedian) famous for "You May be a Redneck if" and shows such as Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader.


If 'Vacation' means going anywhere
South of Detroit for the weekend,
You may live in Canada .

If you measure distance in hours,
You may live in Canada .

If you know several people
Who have hit a deer more than once,
You may live in Canada .

If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C'
In the same day and back again,
You may live in Canada .

If you can drive 90 km/hr through 2 feet of snow
During a raging blizzard without flinching,
You may live in Canada .

If you install security lights on your house and garage,
But leave both unlocked,
You may live in Canada .

If you carry jumper cables in your car
And your wife knows how to use them,
You may live in Canada .

If you design your kid's Halloween costume
To fit over a snowsuit,
You may live in Canada .

If driving is better in the winter
Because the potholes are filled with snow,
You may live in Canada .

If you know all 4 seasons:
Almost winter, winter, still winter,
and road construction,
You may live in Canada .

If you have more miles
On your snow blower than your car,
You may live in Canada .

If you find -2 degrees 'a little chilly',
You may live in Canada .

[wegman58]

ORIGINAL: Macclan5

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: obvert

Been hearing reports of blizzards all week here in London. The trains were jammed at 5:30 with hordes trying to get home early last night, as they called an end to transport on some lines at 8pm.

So far we've had about 1/8 of an inch!! [:-]

It was pretty today, right around 0 C and off and on clear, but everyone is still in a bit of a panic. I wish they'd panic enough to cancel school!! [&o]

[:D]
MELTDOWN UK weather latest – Brits set for transport chaos as 200 trains and dozens of flights cancelled and experts warn of ‘treacherous’ roads as -12C deadly storm hits

Rookies [8D]

Taken with permission from Jeff Foxworthy (American Comedian) famous for "You May be a Redneck if" and shows such as Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader.


If 'Vacation' means going anywhere
South of Detroit for the weekend,
You may live in Canada .

If you measure distance in hours,
You may live in Canada .

If you know several people
Who have hit a deer more than once,
You may live in Canada .

If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C'
In the same day and back again,
You may live in Canada .

If you can drive 90 km/hr through 2 feet of snow
During a raging blizzard without flinching,
You may live in Canada .

If you install security lights on your house and garage,
But leave both unlocked,
You may live in Canada .

If you carry jumper cables in your car
And your wife knows how to use them,
You may live in Canada .

If you design your kid's Halloween costume
To fit over a snowsuit,
You may live in Canada .

If driving is better in the winter
Because the potholes are filled with snow,
You may live in Canada .

If you know all 4 seasons:
Almost winter, winter, still winter,
and road construction,
You may live in Canada .

If you have more miles
On your snow blower than your car,
You may live in Canada .

If you find -2 degrees 'a little chilly',
You may live in Canada .

I've seen most of those with Minnesota or Maine (not the Detroit, but the rest).
And WHICH -2??? Canada -2 is Celsius. And freezing is NOT cold, that is just the temperature water turns to ice.

-2 F - now that is CHILLY. Not stupid cold (where F and C are the same -40 - THAT is stupid cold), but distinctly chilly.

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Very cold in Europe...




Leo "Apopllo11"

[spence]

I've seen most of those with Minnesota or Maine (not the Detroit, but the rest).
And WHICH -2??? Canada -2 is Celsius. And freezing is NOT cold, that is just the temperature water turns to ice.

-2 F - now that is CHILLY. Not stupid cold (where F and C are the same -40 - THAT is stupid cold), but distinctly chilly.

+1 for Vermont too.

BTW it's hard to see the minus signs on those temps on your map Apollo.

[mikemike]

The temperature record in Germany was apparently at Funtensee (Funten Lake), a small lake in the Bavarian Alps, where it went down to -41 deg Celsius. Outside of the Alps, there was a place near the German-Czech border where they had -27 degrees. And the folks on the Baltic coast had -20 as well as "lake effect" snowfalls. At least, this time, no overland high-tension line collapsed due to ice accretion (this happened a few years ago, on a length of some 20 kilometers).

[wegman58]

ORIGINAL: mikemike

The temperature record in Germany was apparently at Funtensee (Funten Lake), a small lake in the Bavarian Alps, where it went down to -41 deg Celsius. Outside of the Alps, there was a place near the German-Czech border where they had -27 degrees. And the folks on the Baltic coast had -20 as well as "lake effect" snowfalls. At least, this time, no overland high-tension line collapsed due to ice accretion (this happened a few years ago, on a length of some 20 kilometers).

I was at -40 C in NEW YORK! Don't they have mountains in Germany? OK - Alps, but the Adirondacks aren't really high - I thought the Alps were high.

[mikemike]

Something from my productive past...
(my translation, my errors):

+10°C Helsinki tenants turn the heating off.
Laplanders plant flowers.
+5°C Laplanders take a sun bath, if the sun still gets above the horizon.
+2°C Italian cars won't start any more.
0°C Distilled water freezes.
-1°C Breath becomes visible. Time to plan a vacation on the Mediterranean.
Laplanders eat ice and drink chilled beer.
-4°C The cat wants to join you in bed.
-10°C Time to plan a vacation in Africa.
Laplanders go for a swim.
-12°C Too cold for snowfall.
-15°C American cars won't start up any more.
-18°C Helsinki landlords switch on the heating plant.
-20°C Breathing becomes audible.
-22°C French cars won't start up any more.
Too cold for ice skating.
-23°C Politicians express compassion with the homeless.
-24°C Japanese cars won't start up any more.
-26°C Building blocks for igloos can be cut out of your breath.
-29°C The cat wants to join you in your pyjamas.
-30°C German cars won't start up any more.
Laplanders curse, kick the tyres and fire up their Ladas (Russian car make).
-31°C Too cold for kissing, as lips will freeze together.
Lapland soccer teams start spring training.
-35°C Time to plan a two-week-long hot bath.
Laplanders shovel snow off their roofs.
-39°C Mercury freezes. Too cold to think.
Laplanders close the top shirt button.
-40°C The car wants to join you in bed.
Laplanders put on sweaters.
-44°C The guy sharing my office considers closing the office window.
-45°C Laplanders close their toilet windows.
-50°C Seals flee Greenland.
Laplanders exchange gloves for mittens.
-70°C Ice bears flee from the North Pole.
Rovaniemi, Finland, University organizes a ski outing.
-75°C Father Christmas leaves the Polar Circle.
Laplanders pull their caps over their ears.
-250°C Alcohol freezes. Laplanders get angry.
-268°C Helium liquefies.
-270°C Hell freezes over.
-273,15°C Absolute Zero. Molecular movement stops.
Laplanders concede: "Yeah, it's getting a bit chilly. Give me another shot of booze."

(This is not strictly scientifically correct, but you get the drift...)