What's the weather like near you?

[Truelyana]

Originally Posted by Andrea

Beautiful today. Nice bit of sunshine, not too cold, not too hot. Lovely

Same here. It's a lovely Spring day.

[Andrea]

Very wet and very windy

[Wobs]

Grim grim and grim.

Was very windy, and very wet this morning.

Also saw the local very big chimney get struck by lightening when I was on the way to work. Its about 140m tall, so not that suprising I guess.

Interesting story about it:
It was made using a continuous casting method, using concrete, and the story goes that the builders went on a Christmas drinking session one dinner time. When they got back, they failed to continue the process in a straight line, and it has a bend in it you can actually see.

Not sure if the story is an urban legend, but I'm sure there are people in various pubs in the area that will swear blind its true.

[forfi]

Bloody freezing,its either turn on the heating or snuggle up to one of those big fat girls that one sees around the place these days.Maybe the Japanese have a point about blubber.........

Quite sunny but with the odd shower here in the capital.

[forfi]

Pass me a fat girl,its cold and damp here again.I need sommat to wrap around me to keep out the rumatiz.i once read of a guy who shot a bear during a big storm in Alaska,he cut it open and climbed in to the cavity and saved his life 'cause it kept him warm until daylight.Is it legal to shoot a fat lady under similar circumstances?

[Andrea]

Pretty wet and windy here this morning.

[screener]

Started today out fairly close to normals, getting up to minus 8 C and then that old blue norther blew in again and we're now sitting at - 44 with the windchill. Snow and blowing snow another few centimetres adding up to about 60 in the backyard. People will be thinking that it's always like this here but I only post when it's like this. Which has been pretty much always, well for the last little while anyway.

[brianidaho]

I found a story that pretty well sums up our weather here this winter. Where's that global warming I keep hearing about...
Here you go:

Diary Of A Snow Shoveler
December 8: 6:00 PM. It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses print. So romantic we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!
December 9: We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Can there be a more lovely place in the Whole World? Moving here was the best idea I've ever had. Shoveled snow for the first time in years and felt like a boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks. This afternoon the snowplow came along and covered up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life.

December 12: The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a disappointment. My neighbor tells me not to worry, we'll definitely have a white Christmas. No snow on Christmas would be awful! Bob says we'll have so much snow by the end of winter, that I'll never want to see snow again. l don't think that's possible. Bob is such a nice man I'm glad he's our neighbor.

December 14: Snow lovely snow! 8" last night. The temperature dropped to -20. The cold makes everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath away, but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is the life! The snowplow came back this afternoon and buried everything again. l didn't realize I would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish l wouldn't huff and puff so.

December 15: 20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4x4 Blazer. Bought snow tires for the wife's car and 2 extra shovels. Stocked the freezer. The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think that's silly. We aren't in Alaska, after all.

December 16: Ice storm this morning. Fell on my ass on the ice in the driveway putting down salt. Hurt like hell. The wife laughed for an hour, which I think was very cruel.

December 17: Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere. Electricity was off for 5 hours. I had to pile the blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to irritate her. Guess I should've bought a wood stove, but won't admit it to her. God I hate it when she's right. I can't believe I'm freezing to death in my own living room.

December 20: Electricity's back on, but had another 14" of damn snow last night. More shoveling. Took all day. God damm snowplow came by twice. Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said they're too busy playing hockey. I think they're lying. Called the only hardware store around to see about buying a snow blower and they're out. Might have another shipment in March. I think they're lying. Bob says I have to shovel or the city will have it done and bill me. I think he's lying.

December 22: Bob was right about a white Christmas because 13 more inches of the white shit fell today, and it's so cold it probably won't melt till August. Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel and then I had to piss. By the time I got undressed, pissed and dressed again. I was too tired to shovel. Tried to hire Bob who has a plow on his truck for the rest of the winter; but he says he's too busy. I think the asshole is lying.

December 23: Only 2" of snow today. And it warmed up to 0. The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this morning. What is she nuts!!! Why didn't she tell me to do that a month ago? She says she did but I think she's lying.

December 24: 6". Snow packed so hard by snowplow, l broke the shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch the son of a bitch who drives that snowplow, I'll drag him through the snow by his balls. I know he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then he comes down the street at a 100 miles an hour and throws snow all over where I've just been! Tonight the wife wanted me to sing Christmas carols with her and open our presents, but I was busy watching for that goddamn snowplow.

December 25: Merry Christmas. 20 more inches of the !=3D@x@!x!x1 slop tonight. Snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. God I hate the snow! Then the snowplow driver came by asking for a donation and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have a bad attitude. I think she's an idiot. If I have to watch "It's a Wonderful Life" one more time, I'm going to kill her.

December 26: Still snowed in. Why the hell did I ever move here? It was all HER idea. She's really getting on my nerves.

December 27: Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze.

December 28: Warmed up to above -50. Still snowed in. THE BITCH is driving me crazy!!!!!

December 29: 10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave in. That's the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am?

December 30: Roof caved in. The snow plow driver is suing me for a million dollars. The wife went home to her mother. 9" predicted.

December 31: Set fire to what's left of the house. No more shoveling.

January 8: I feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed?



********************************************
Snow started about the middle of NO and is still building up.

On the bright side, the snowmobiling has been awesome-only problem is I spend so much time plowing the crap I don't have much time to play.

Oh yeah, I really should go up and shovel the roof, we have had several collapses around here, hoping it will melt first. And I did break the da*m shovel, it's in pieces in the back of the pickup.

[screener]

Yaaah. brianidaho, been there. this morning it's about minus fourty three with the windchill and tomorrow is to be close to minus 50C.

There are some of my neighbours who are actively cheering for global warming. Unfortunately it looks to me that the current la nina will be prolonged because of ice melt in the Antarctic and colder water flowing up the west coast of S. America.