Winter 2017/2018 - Thread

Rroff · 3 Mar 2018 at 01:11

Guessing the same here - its turning to rain now and starting to look like icing sugar on the top layer - gonna take another 24 hours or so before it rises above 2C though so probably be a nasty mess for the next couple of days.

Kronos · 3 Mar 2018 at 02:58

Have not had anymore snow for two nights here in Edinburgh, hopefully the stuff that is lying will thaw in the next couple of days and deliveries can resume as I am waiting on so much stuff, from wardrobes to an Oculus Rift.

V F · 3 Mar 2018 at 03:24

Amp34 said:
Not sure what you mean there.

I was thinking of just after Christmas in 2010-2011 where the country was “covered” in snow for a couple of days.

I don’t remember anything of note in 09-10. The best winter I ever had was in around 05-06(?) when we had a week where it barely went above freezing and we had about 4-5” that lasted a week, which lookscomparable to this event.

I got 8 weeks of snow/ice both end of 09/10. I remember it well as the conifers got all badly burned from the ice. It started to recover the following year then end of 2010 another 8 weeks of it arrived and finished it off. Since it all died. Same for many neighbours.

It was -15 at some points during the night.

No snow ploughs or grit wagons came up for weeks as the grit buckets were emptied.

Pixel · 3 Mar 2018 at 05:14

Having some powercuts here, first ones this winter. A few people are going to wake up late today!

UTmaniac · 3 Mar 2018 at 11:00

The slow snow melting has begun here in SO18, the first day of positive "feels like" temps since the start of the week, our residential road is a mix of clear/ slush/ compact snow/ snow from being a complete whitewash last night.

do_ron_ron · 3 Mar 2018 at 11:16

I got up early and dashed down to the local large supermarket to get bread and milk and a few other foodstuffs. Shelves were almost empty and the people were removing the bread before the staff managed to put it on the shelves. Not taking two or three though, only the one loaf. If I had went later there would have been none left. Supply problems for another few days yet.

Raymond Lin · 3 Mar 2018 at 11:20

do_ron_ron said:
I got up early and dashed down to the local large supermarket to get bread and milk and a few other foodstuffs. Shelves were almost empty and the people were removing the bread before the staff managed to put it on the shelves. Not taking two or three though, only the one loaf. If I had went later there would have been none left. Supply problems for another few days yet.

It’s crazy, the temp will be like 6c by Tuesday.

I bet the supermarkets are loving this though, sales must be better than Christmas.

Yaayuh! · 3 Mar 2018 at 11:27

Delvis said:
Foo fighters?

Nah, Electric Six

Made it in the end, it was great.

However, getting home was a pain. We stopped for ages on the train back due to (and I **** you not) “Icicles in Potters Bar tunnel”... Probably the best (worst) excuse I’ve ever heard from Northern Fail, made everybody laugh on the train.

Boycey0211 · 3 Mar 2018 at 11:27

Raymond Lin said:
It’s crazy, the temp will be like 6c by Tuesday.

I bet the supermarkets are loving this though, sales must be better than Christmas.

I nipped into the coop yesterday, busiest I've ever seen it but seemed to still be reasonably stocked.

Tesco on the other hand was completely normal, and this is in lincolnshire too which had bad roads.

I suppose theyll only be making up for lost sales during the week when people couldnt get there

this_is_gav · 3 Mar 2018 at 11:32

Raymond Lin said:
I bet the supermarkets are loving this though, sales must be better than Christmas.

Not if you can't get deliveries to the store. For several days now no one around us has any fresh stock of bread or milk as the lorries simply can't get to the shops. They've managed to reopen the A1 today so I guess they should be able to get stock to some of the supermarkets, but I haven't ventured out yet. Farmers were having to throw milk out as the tankers couldn't get to the farms either, so that might have a knock-on effect for a few days.

A Greggs lorry was stuck on the A1 in Northumberland and the driver was actually handing out food to other stranded motorists. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/greggs-delivery-driver-hands-out-14356854

LabR@t · 3 Mar 2018 at 11:35

Winters over! Roll on Nov !!

beachBOYken · 3 Mar 2018 at 11:36

Raymond Lin said:
It’s crazy, the temp will be like 6c by Tuesday.

I bet the supermarkets are loving this though, sales must be better than Christmas.

Shelves may be empty, but its not necessarily due to panic buying that the news makes everyone believe, supermarket supply chains have felt the impact just like everyone else, I should know as a place I work has been cutting nearly 20'000 off daily, due to not arriving on time, other supply chains have even had to shift the workload elsewhere.

Abraxaz1 · 3 Mar 2018 at 11:38

Been out since 2:30am and it don't look like I'm going home soon.

Nice fat pay check this month

Can it keep being cold and snowy till Thursday?

Jokester · 3 Mar 2018 at 11:43

beachBOYken said:
Shelves may be empty, but its not necessarily due to panic buying that the news makes everyone believe, supermarket supply chains have felt the impact just like everyone else, I should know as a place I work has been cutting nearly 20'000 off daily, due to not arriving on time, other supply chains have even had to shift the workload elsewhere.

Exactly this.

I was in the local Tesco last night and there was no bread. There was also no customers, people as well as goods couldn’t get into town. Had to pick up some more stuff this morning they didn’t have last night and the place was absolutely rammed with customers finally able to get into town.

Delvis · 3 Mar 2018 at 12:13

Main roads are just wet here now, completely clear.

trigg_27 · 3 Mar 2018 at 12:13

Still snowing in South Wales.

Ah well, no traditional birthday takeaway for me

robfosters · 3 Mar 2018 at 12:17

Yes! It’s over.

Now roll on those warm spring afternoons and long hot summer days. Good riddance to the winter, I can’t stand being cold.

CaptainRAVE · 3 Mar 2018 at 12:28

Well winter seems to be over. Bring on the fractionally warmer spring and summer days.

Jokester · 3 Mar 2018 at 12:33

Dumping down more the past day than it has all week. Was supposed to be the odd shower over the weekend. At least it’s just hovering around zero rather than -5degC now.

5punk3monk3y · 3 Mar 2018 at 12:35

Abraxaz1 said:
Been out since 2:30am and it don't look like I'm going home soon.

Nice fat pay check this month

Can it keep being cold and snowy till Thursday?

What job do you have?