Winter 2017/2018 - Thread

Delvis · 1 Mar 2018 at 20:28

Our work isn't called off tomorrow but then we haven't had it bad really, at all.

I'll just wake up tomorrow and see how well I can get out of my road, go from there

Minusorange · 1 Mar 2018 at 20:28

Spacedeck said:
I'm ready for all this snow to disappear now. Getting fed up seeing it.

Yes I'm getting fed up of seeing pictures of epic snow everywhere but here

CaptainRAVE · 1 Mar 2018 at 20:34

Blowing a gale now. More snow tomorrow it would seem.

Rroff · 1 Mar 2018 at 20:51

CaptainRAVE said:
Blowing a gale now. More snow tomorrow it would seem.

Yeah horizontal ice and snow (kind of weird mix of powdery light stuff and frozen rain) coming in now.

Liquid_Entity · 1 Mar 2018 at 20:54

The snow in Sussex is rubbish. Tried to make a snowman and it just fell apart. Couldnt roll it in to anything bigger either. Dissapoint.

NewGamer11 · 1 Mar 2018 at 21:02

ChroniC said:
People are idiots.

on salted slushy but gravelly road, whicvh you could easily do 40 or 50 on.
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Point proven.

Whenever I hear ‘red alert’ on the weather/news at the moment I imagine it in Riker’s voice from TNG.

ChroniC · 1 Mar 2018 at 21:04

Liquid_Entity said:
The snow in Sussex is rubbish. Tried to make a snowman and it just fell apart. Couldnt roll it in to anything bigger either. Dissapoint.

That's the moisture levels. Sounds mad because it's water, but until it melts a bit it won't stick together.

ChroniC · 1 Mar 2018 at 21:06

NewGamer11 said:
Point proven.

Whenever I hear ‘red alert’ on the weather/news at the moment I imagine it in Riker’s voice from TNG.

Not a point at all. Driving in a straight line over wet roads that have been salted is easy. If your careful with your gears and acceleration then snow driving isnti this mega issues people make it out to be. The problem is huge gradients that require snow tyres. I did 35miles today in a half a foot, yet some moan about a mile or two, just cause they want to get a day off. Well if you can't beat them....

Rroff · 1 Mar 2018 at 21:08

Its really weird how patchy it is with the drifting, etc. behind one parked car its built up to around 2 feet, the next car (neither of them have been moved, etc.) has an area of clear road and only about 3inches around it.

CaptainRAVE · 1 Mar 2018 at 21:14

ChroniC said:
That's the moisture levels. Sounds mad because it's water, but until it melts a bit it won't stick together.

Also why it is drifting so much. Feels like living in Michigan with the lake effect snow and it all blowing around in the wind.

Looks like the snow is back on for us tomorrow. Need to MOT the car on Saturday!

Rroff · 1 Mar 2018 at 21:16

I might be wrong but I think a lot of this is basically similar to lake effect snow having been pulled up over the channel or North Sea depending on where you live.

Greg0986 · 1 Mar 2018 at 21:39

Still snowing here in central Somerset. Started properly about 2ish and now we've got at least 6 inches of snow. Most I've ever seen here.

Rroff · 1 Mar 2018 at 21:41

Greg0986 said:
Still snowing here in central Somerset. Started properly about 2ish and now we've got at least 6 inches of snow. Most I've ever seen here.

Yeah starting to surpass 2009 levels now - the only time I've seen more here was like a couple of winters in the 80s/90s - though I think it is going to be shorter lived than some times in the past

Not old enough to remember the 78 and 62/63 winters heh.

Participant · 1 Mar 2018 at 21:42

ChroniC said:
Not a point at all. Driving in a straight line over wet roads that have been salted is easy. If your careful with your gears and acceleration then snow driving isnti this mega issues people make it out to be. The problem is huge gradients that require snow tyres. I did 35miles today in a half a foot, yet some moan about a mile or two, just cause they want to get a day off. Well if you can't beat them....

Some will have kids whose schools are closed. It's boring having to listen to the hilarious jibes of 'funny' idiots at work that are incapable of seeing past their own nose to others' personal circumstances.

trigg_27 · 1 Mar 2018 at 21:43

We're up to 6 inches here now but I'm hearing that people nearby are getting close to a foot deep.

The weather radar is saying there's some heavy stuff still to come too

Minusorange · 1 Mar 2018 at 21:47

Liquid_Entity said:
The snow in Sussex is rubbish. Tried to make a snowman and it just fell apart. Couldnt roll it in to anything bigger either. Dissapoint.

Dry snow, great for skiing and snowboarding but utter garbage for construction projects

Shocky-FM · 1 Mar 2018 at 22:01

It's pretty bad in Cardiff, but it's not heavy snow, just the dry powdery stuff.

If the office isnt closed tomorrow I'll be disappointed, knowing my work we won't know until we get there.

Captain · 1 Mar 2018 at 22:06

Shocky-FM said:
It's pretty bad in Cardiff, but it's not heavy snow, just the dry powdery stuff.

If the office isnt closed tomorrow I'll be disappointed, knowing my work we won't know until we get there.

The same happened with the managers where I’m currently working, rather than call the staff to let them know they didn’t have to come in, they waited until they got here and then told them to leave.

Can look at it both ways though, they should have called to see what the situation was.

opethdisciple · 1 Mar 2018 at 22:13

Kronos said:
Just came home can anyone tell me what breed of dog this is?

Rroff · 1 Mar 2018 at 22:15

Clov!s said:
Can look at it both ways though, they should have called to see what the situation was.

Problem is depending on how your company does things technically if you call in to say you can't make it = no obligation to pay you, if they tell you to not come in then they usually have to pay you for the day. It caught my colleague out a few years back :s