Frozen UK satellite pic
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Cool pic.saw it on the news last night.And that other one is brilliant!Cars are still getting through it...
thats nuts. i didn't realise it was the entire island!!!
looks like a very shifty manouvre is coming for that guy, definitely doesn't look two cars wide...
looks like a very shifty manouvre is coming for that guy, definitely doesn't look two cars wide...
That just looks weird 
Britain's always green. -11 last night in my back garden about midnight though. There's a slight wind today and it cuts through like a knife, it's bitter.
Thanks for the links though
Keep safe,
cheers,
M
Britain's always green. -11 last night in my back garden about midnight though. There's a slight wind today and it cuts through like a knife, it's bitter.Thanks for the links though
Keep safe,
cheers,
M
I remember the last big cold snap, I must have been twelve or so. There wasn't a huge amount of snow but it had drifted off the fields and ended up in deep drifts on the roads (we were off school for a week). The drifts were about 6 or 7 feet deep and the snow ploughs had to cut a track through the whole lot from St Andrews all the way to Anstruther in Fife. The pic from Norway reminded me of that.
If you look carefully at the far side snow-wall, you can see the grooves from the wing mirrors of the oncoming vehicles!
ATB
Ogri the trog
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Amazing. There's a bigger version of the picture here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/8447023.stm
Looks like we are in the grip of a new Ice Age.
I guess the picture of Norway puts things in perspective though (and I thought I had it bad when I got stuck driving up a hill in the snow - I got out with a bit of help from a couple of passers by).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/8447023.stm
Looks like we are in the grip of a new Ice Age.
I guess the picture of Norway puts things in perspective though (and I thought I had it bad when I got stuck driving up a hill in the snow - I got out with a bit of help from a couple of passers by).
They're great photos right enough.
It's beautiful round here at the moment. The sun's broken through for the first time today but there's still enough freezing fog that the air seems to be full of glitter. There are rainbows all over the place including an upside down one above the sun that's a bit like a huge lens flare.
Perhaps gazing up at the sun wasn't such a good idea though. Can barely see my monitor now.
It's beautiful round here at the moment. The sun's broken through for the first time today but there's still enough freezing fog that the air seems to be full of glitter. There are rainbows all over the place including an upside down one above the sun that's a bit like a huge lens flare.
Perhaps gazing up at the sun wasn't such a good idea though. Can barely see my monitor now.
Wow, fantastic! Thanks Shewie it's amazing! - if you look closely you can see Toddy in the Garden!
I'm not happy about the bleeding wind either - I have to stand outside Tesco's today in a silk top and trousers advertising the panto I'm in - brrr! I just hope the tights, leggins and woolie socks will keep the cold at bay enough
I'm not happy about the bleeding wind either - I have to stand outside Tesco's today in a silk top and trousers advertising the panto I'm in - brrr! I just hope the tights, leggins and woolie socks will keep the cold at bay enough
Son1 sent me a link last night. Apparantly a wind had shifted one of the Atlantic currents and instead of the Gulf Stream washing around us, it's warming Greenland
Here's the link,
http://www.dailykos.com:80/storyonly/2010/1/6/822520/-Freak-Current-Takes-Gulf-Stream-to-Greenland
cheers,
Toddy
p.s. The cities look grey because they create enough heat that they are effectively micro climates. They melt the snow/ clear the streets, etc., so won't come up so white as elsewhere.
Here's the link,
http://www.dailykos.com:80/storyonly/2010/1/6/822520/-Freak-Current-Takes-Gulf-Stream-to-Greenland
cheers,
Toddy
p.s. The cities look grey because they create enough heat that they are effectively micro climates. They melt the snow/ clear the streets, etc., so won't come up so white as elsewhere.
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Abit of grit would be nice, two days ago i spent 3 hours removing a layer of snow(15 inche's thick) and ice from the front of the car-to the road(road of compacted ice and snow) only for a council van with grit in the back to do a Uturn where id just been clearing and then drive off without so much as a sprinkle of grit! it took us 1.5 hours to drive to and from the shops,a round trip of 4 miles, its still snowing here, has done for a week, and occasinaly a grit lorry drive's past, but drop's no grit!!!! is this so they can pretend they have? or are they just taking the p***?My misses started a new job last Monday and could only make it in for the first 2 days(its 60miles away so a round trip of 120 a day in these condition's aint possible)luckily her bosses have been understanding, but she has to be in for Monday coming,and we need to go to get a proper shop in (30 mile round trip ) as we are real low in food and fuel, we have not got a 4x4, but a front wheel drive which aint up to the roads we have to deal with, im sure there are million's like us but after not having enough grit last year what are the councils up to? .I heard from a friend(he'd listened to a radio show) that a Proffesor had warned about this winter 6months ago but the Government had gone for there own man who had told them to expect a warm wet winter!
dont know if this is true but, i will leave it there as i dont want to get Political.
by the way does'nt the UK look pretty in shewie's pic, and ps weve got heavy snow at the minute so it should look even whiter on the North east of England,South east of Scotland border!
dont know if this is true but, i will leave it there as i dont want to get Political.
by the way does'nt the UK look pretty in shewie's pic, and ps weve got heavy snow at the minute so it should look even whiter on the North east of England,South east of Scotland border!
Hope you and the family get out and back home again safe.
Stock up though, supposedly there's at least another week of this to come
cheers,
M
Stock up though, supposedly there's at least another week of this to come
cheers,
M
Son1 sent me a link last night. Apparantly a wind had shifted one of the Atlantic currents and instead of the Gulf Stream washing around us, it's warming Greenland
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well thats going to screw up the european white fish (Cod, Haddock ect.) stocks then.. no warm water to brind baitfish and plankton.
... but back to the waether its nice to have real seasons for a change. i mean we had a hot summer, a fruit fall autumn and now a white winter,
then stilll i dont get why every one down here in the south east is going on about how cold it is, its still + temps in the day, and im still in shorts, admitedly im now using a jumper, and proberly have lost my mind along with my second snow shoe in the wood a few days ago...
well im off to help out at scout camp so ill catch up latter on.
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And theres me thinking they are just grey, depressing places no matter what the weather.....
