laserblazer Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 It was up hill both ways too wasn't it :-) Did I mention it was on the other side of Everest? The wind has got up here and there are some interesting flurries. Might go home as soon as I've fixed my laptop.
elsiegee40 Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 It's been snowing steadily for about half an hour here. The flakes are very small, so the effect is icing sugar rather than snow-scape.
bondbill2k2 Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 http://www.rhinoforums.net/images/smilies/other/worthless.gif Otherwise it didn't snow!
mole Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) Here's my pic is no snow Edited January 18, 2013 by mole
bondbill2k2 Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Here's my pic is no snow [ATTACH=CONFIG]16755[/ATTACH] Sorted, you're all lieing no snow fell today, I for one have no windows in the office and refuse to move into a colder room with windows. Until leaving time and having to push the car home in huge snow drifts! Only then will I admit I was wrong
X-13 Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 [ATTACH=CONFIG]16758[/ATTACH] That's probably the only snow we're getting until next year.
elsiegee40 Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Today 28/11/2010 (must have been a Friday as the bin's out again!)
rickjames Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Just started snowing, but only lightly. Not expecting anything to change, not cold enough to stick around.
localzuk Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Interestingly, a DPD van managed to get from Exeter to Minehead via Taunton, but our staff who live in Taunton can't make it in...
Robz Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) wooo we're closing because of the snow here in North Buckinghamshire. Only had an inch or two but it's forecast to get worse and all our Kids live out in villages via bus, long weekend for me xD Snow days will be one of the few things I miss when I stop working in schools, and that's only a month away! Edited January 18, 2013 by Robz
Rawns Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) Interestingly, a DPD van managed to get from Exeter to Minehead via Taunton, but our staff who live in Taunton can't make it in... To be fair, while the main A roads and Motorway are (IMO) not too bad (still large amounts of slush, ice & snow patches, M5 down to two lanes with most cars going @ 50mph), I can understand why some people wound not want to drive on them. I guess it's all depends on their confidence with driving in such conditions. Any other roads, lanes, side streets, back ways etc are a lot worse as they have not been gritted, or have a low volume of vehicles going down them. The wife did not want to drive in it so I dropped her off into work (new job still in her probation period so while she did not want to drive on the roads, she really wanted to get into work). Plus I would guess that some people have kids where their schools are closed and having no one to look after them meaning they have to stay home. Edited January 18, 2013 by Rawns
Gaz Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 We've got less than nothing in Preston despite the Metoffice issuing an Amber alert for Snow.
Andrew_C Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 We're open; well, what with being a boarding school with the teachers living on the premises we would be. I'm not in though! Coming down nicely. I may go in for tomorrow morning school, I may go in Sunday to catch up. A level projects to start Monday morning, and I need to get the kit out! However, I am old enough to know that I'm not indestructible, and although I'm comfortable driving in fresh snow, and have snow socks for the car, I'm not putting myself at risk. HSAW and all that.
LosOjos Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 We're closing in about 45 minutes. As the roads were too bad where I live to drive, I walked to work. An hour and a half in the snow, to do 3 hours work, followed by another hour and a half walk back. Silver lining - it can only help my resolution to get fit I suppose!
Earthling Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 We, too, have had The Good Word, and the Word is 12.15, but would all local staff (moi) remain until all the darlings have left site. Picture attached taken two minutes ago. When I came in this morning at 8.00, there was nothing, no snow at all. it's still coming down, by the way, and looks set for the next foreseeable. Someone remind me why I bought a soft-top roadster.
Gaz Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 We, too, have had The Good Word, and the Word is 12.15, but would all local staff (moi) remain until all the darlings have left site. Picture attached taken two minutes ago. When I came in this morning at 8.00, there was nothing, no snow at all. it's still coming down, by the way, and looks set for the next foreseeable. Someone remind me why I bought a BMW.[ATTACH=CONFIG]16765[/ATTACH] Fixed. 1
jdoldridge Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Kind of disappointed. We have had nothing sine Monday
googlemad Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 We had a bit of snow 4pm - 7pm yesterday, but not much. And little to none overnight as when I was walking to work this morning I could still see my foot prints on the driveway from last night! Did get excited when an email just went round 'College is closed' ... 'tomorrow'.
Sirbendy Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Ditto. We're open 10-2, but I got as far as Ironbridge and the roads were..well..not good. Spent a few hours watching cars sliding and wheelspinning past the drive (still doing it in fact). Snow was coming down hard (still is). The astra was doing fine, but the roads less so. So I had to think, is it worth risking my safety? I can't walk if I get stuck. I was pondering fitting the autosocks, but the world outside the car was like marbles and I went over. Given that my knee is still seriously untrustworthy since I dislocated it at work last year, that was it. I'm not risking a world of pain, when even the busses have been stopped. So I called the gatehouse and asked the day guy what it was like there..."carnage". OK, so bad up there, bad down here,lots of hills between (and lots of reports of accidents/jacknifes on them)...time to call in and turn round. Kids in the road on sledges to add to the sheer terror factor (idiots), 4x4's flying past feeling invincible, a car behind me trying a junction on the way back went sideways and blocked it (thankyou snow tyres for the grip)..theres an e-on van on it's 4th try to get past my drive (revving it's nuts off, going nowhere)...it's not good out there. Just trying not to chuckle at my neighbour..he took his beloved GTi out in it about an hour ago, on the wide sports rubber. Now he's tried to come back in...lots of revs, screeching rubber, sound of the engine getting a grip, sliding,and a crunch. Straight into his missus focus that sits in front of him. Doesn't look bad though. Just because I managed it fine means nothing..hello snow mode and grippy tyres..let the torque converter do the work, not the revs..sigh..
RabbieBurns Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 no snow here... BBC News - Sydney bakes in hottest day on record as bushfires rage
HarryMonkey Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Well, according to SLT and despite what the weather people are saying, the snow is set to dissipate here so the school won't be closing because of sending them out into the worse of it !!! We wait with baited breath!
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