railsquid Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Blanketed with up to 11cm of snow early in the moring, causing massive peak-time commuting misery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQe2MfN810c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3gIh2XuL6Q 1 Link to comment
Jcarlton Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 NYC's turn tomorrow. 1 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 It's the worst type of snow, the kind combined with rain... Gotta be cold... 1 Link to comment
POMU Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) How about this :-) - still going on and won't quit until Sun - 3 day storm. http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/monster-storm/blizzard-2016-millions-path-monster-snowstorm-n501601 POMU Just a "little" more than 11cm. Edited January 23, 2016 by POMU Link to comment
cteno4 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 DC as well looking like 24"+ I hate snow Jeff 1 Link to comment
POMU Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Jeff Hope that's all you get. Forecast has changed for Philly - tonight 19" - 8 to 12" Sat into Sun. Should be interesting. I hate snow also! POMU Link to comment
cteno4 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Yeah, it keeps flipping around here! 90' of driveway to shovel out! I got 5" off tonight... One year while shoveling I calculated the square footage to shovel for the driveway and walk and it's 1.5 tons to move per inch of snow... Ugh. Did I say I hate snow... Jeff 1 Link to comment
POMU Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Jeff Don't remember if you said you hate snow or not - LOL :-) Wind is blowing fierce here now, sounds like the jets taking off from Philly International, snow is intense, so don't know how much will need to be shoveled as yet - will find out in the morning. The worst should hit us in the next 3 to 5 hours, I think I said I hate snow. :) POMU Link to comment
cteno4 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 I shoulda bought a snow blower and this would have missed us! Ran the extension cord to the neighbors in case the power goes out and we can keep their essentials going off our generator. Figured it would do a Murphys ward off of the power going out! Stay warm and dry... Jeff 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 Meanwhile Tokyo is bracing itself for another blanketing of up to 1cm. 2 Link to comment
kvp Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 On the other side of the globe in europe we only got 1 mm and it's a bright sunny saturday, so even that small amount is completly gone by now. Actually i would like a bit of snow right now. (we have the cold weather for it, just no snow) 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) Taking off my Tokyo spectacles I should note that the rest of Japan is getting it a lot worse, winter may be late but it's making up for lost time. Edited January 23, 2016 by railsquid 1 Link to comment
velotrain Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Meanwhile Tokyo is bracing itself for another blanketing of up to 1cm. Blanketing? That's not even a top sheet. Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 Tongue, meet cheek. I do love it how every time there's bedclothes-level snow in Tokyo, the media runs pieces on how to walk on snow/ice without falling over... Link to comment
velotrain Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Well - I almost questioned it when used for the initial 11 cm., but thought perhaps in Tokyo terms that might actually be considered a blanketing. Link to comment
POMU Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Been Lucky - haven't lost power yet. KVP you can have my snow if you want it :-) Still snowing and blowing here. POMU Link to comment
Sacto1985 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 But it's still nothing like what happened in the Tokyo area in February 2014, when that city experienced a snowstorm akin to what you get in the Hokuriku region. Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 Well - I almost questioned it when used for the initial 11 cm., but thought perhaps in Tokyo terms that might actually be considered a blanketing. Indeed. Still enough to bring the railway system to its knees. But it's still nothing like what happened in the Tokyo area in February 2014, when that city experienced a snowstorm akin to what you get in the Hokuriku region. Not quite... 30cm in the space of a few hours, never seen it snow so much here but still not much compared to other areas. Luckily it was on a Friday evening and most people (including myself as I was working in an office at the time) were able to get home early before any chaos set in. So much does it snow here that after the previous (plastic) snow shovel broke during that fall, I ordered a brand new metal one which was sitting in its wrapping for two years until last Monday. Anyway the threatened multi-millimetre drifts have failed to materialize and it's a nice sunny albeit chill day. Link to comment
ToniBabelony Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 So much does it snow here that after the previous (plastic) snow shovel broke during that fall, I ordered a brand new metal one which was sitting in its wrapping for two years until last Monday./quote] Same here. I've finally been able to use it! Such glory to clean up a path in ftont of our appartment and gain some social points at the neighbours. +8XP and +6SP Link to comment
cteno4 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 So much does it snow here that after the previous (plastic) snow shovel broke during that fall, I ordered a brand new metal one which was sitting in its wrapping for two years until last Monday. LOL i started shoveling on friday when it started here and the shovel was having big issues with the metal scraper on the top edge coming apart and i thought #$%& ill have to go to home depot in the storm to get a new one and of course they will be sold out! then my wife remembered i had gotten a new one last year and hardly gotten to use it! saved! jeff 1 Link to comment
tossedman Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Man you don't get a lot of winter if you forget you've got a snow shovel. We've got one by the front door and another by the back door all winter so that we can dig out from those surprise snow falls over night. Link to comment
cteno4 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Lol, yes we are wimps! Would not mind it except for the 90' of driveway to clear! I'm a coastal California boy, snow is something you go to the mountains for and someone else shovels the bloody snow! Jeff 1 Link to comment
tossedman Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I hear ya. I spent a year in Australia. Didn't mind driving to winter rather than winter coming to me. Link to comment
ToniBabelony Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) For a change I don't really miss the -20°C we get at home when the going gets tough in winter. We could do with a nice layer of snow here though... Edited January 24, 2016 by Toni Babelony Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 Can't say I miss that Siberian breeze blowing in either. Nor the dark winter days. Link to comment
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