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Is it already snowing in your town?

So I was wondering if it had already snowed in your town and if so how much?

I live in Belgium, Limburg, Bilzen and our whole country is getting huge snowfall like I have only seen once in my short 20 year life. At home we have about 10 cm of snow lying and more is still falling out of the sky...

Heathrow in the UK has apperantly shut down and many UK people are stuck in our airports (Zaventem, etc) now and problems with transportation are rising in my country and neighbouring ones.

So how's the situation with you guys?

Enclosed a picture of my backyard at around 2 in the afternoon.

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DJ Radio says: Dec 25, 2010. 9:16 AM
There's little to no chance of it snowing here in the south. It did snow where I live back in February but the snow only lasted until noon.
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Goodhart says: Dec 23, 2010. 11:08 AM
We got a dusting last week, but nothing this week.....tis very windy and cold though (south central Pennsylvania)
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MichelMoermans (author) in reply to GoodhartDec 23, 2010. 1:14 PM
Damn here in Belgium it's the worst week yet. I'm just back from my dorm and my dad and mom drove me home since public transportation is very unreliable right now. The trip took three times as long and we couldn't stop because the car would not be able to drive any further if it stopped... I'll post a pic tomorrow for comparrison.
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Goodhart in reply to MichelMoermansDec 24, 2010. 7:15 AM
It is rare for us to see even a dusting this early in the year though. Normally by February we get some.
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MichelMoermans (author) in reply to GoodhartDec 24, 2010. 8:09 AM
It's rare for us to see snow at all, and when it does it's usually gone ater an afternoon or a day... There hasn't been snow like this for 26 years yesterdays newspaper said and it never stayed so long in forever! Global warming is bad but this is one of the nice side effects =D
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Shadowman39 says: Dec 19, 2010. 11:08 AM
here in Tennessee it snowed not even half an inch, but we still got out of school for a day. Hopefully we'll get more snow, because I love snow!
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crapflinger in reply to Shadowman39Dec 20, 2010. 2:05 PM
must be east TN....they close the schools for "cold" around here....doesn't even have to have a chance of snow, just has to be cold enough.
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The Ideanator in reply to crapflingerDec 20, 2010. 5:45 PM
Yea, I heard they closed schools when it was 29F. To me, that is highly amusing (I walk around barefoot outside when its that cold and I don't mind much).
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shieldsam in reply to The IdeanatorDec 23, 2010. 3:25 AM
holy **** how tough are your feet lol
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The Ideanator in reply to shieldsamDec 23, 2010. 9:51 AM
I don't do that a whole lot.
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Shadowman39 in reply to crapflingerDec 20, 2010. 4:38 PM
Actually, I'm in Middle TN. We got out of school from it being 2 degrees (Fahrenheit) once.
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jeff-o says: Dec 19, 2010. 9:54 PM
Oh yeah, BIG TIME. I've got nearly a foot of accumulation where I live, but areas just 80 miles away have over four feet!
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shieldsam in reply to jeff-oDec 23, 2010. 3:27 AM
omg! 4ft? 1.2m? thats only a foot smaller than me!
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jeff-o in reply to shieldsamDec 23, 2010. 5:57 AM
That's what she said!

*cough* I mean, uh, that's what they said when they saw all that snow. Yes....
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gmoon says: Dec 21, 2010. 8:12 AM
We've had close to three feet in Dec., including 20+ inches in one three-day storm last week.

The cornice in the picture is outside my front door.

Ho hum. Another winter in the snow belt...
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shieldsam in reply to gmoonDec 23, 2010. 3:29 AM
lol. *walks along* *humming* flump!! aaaaaaaargh!
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lemonie says: Dec 19, 2010. 1:40 PM

It already did. Not much for a week but it's 'kin-freezing.

L
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kelseymh in reply to lemonieDec 19, 2010. 10:08 PM
I think you mean Fn freezing :-)
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lemonie in reply to kelseymhDec 20, 2010. 11:03 AM

The sky is clear, I see a full moon. There's no wind or precipitation, it's 19:00, would you guess how-cold it is outside my door? (I've left a thermometer outside)

L
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kelseymh in reply to lemonieDec 20, 2010. 11:37 AM
You're in the UK, right? I'd guess somewhere around 0 to -5 C, perhaps lower.
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lemonie in reply to kelseymhDec 20, 2010. 11:44 AM

It was -8oC, 19:37 and it's -9oC. Which is cold for me, -10 advised as minimum.

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Weissensteinburg in reply to lemonieDec 21, 2010. 12:50 AM
What's that in normal temperature?

:D
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Kiteman in reply to WeissensteinburgDec 21, 2010. 1:02 PM
That *is* normal temperature.

In old money, it's about 14F.

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kelseymh in reply to lemonieDec 20, 2010. 11:47 AM
Ouch! Yeah, wintertime clear weather is weird for those of us from California. It's supposed to be warm when it's clear!
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lemonie in reply to kelseymhDec 20, 2010. 1:59 PM

It's 8oC inside (I'm a tightarse with energy...)

L
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jeff-o in reply to lemonieDec 23, 2010. 10:42 AM
Cripes! I get cold inside when it's 16 C. Then again, I've never been a fan of the cold...
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lemonie in reply to jeff-oDec 23, 2010. 2:26 PM

I lived in Newcastle for years - you harden to it...

L

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shieldsam says: Dec 21, 2010. 2:47 AM
i live in halesowen, in england, we had about a foot of snow and its still snowing! look at the size of the icicle we found!
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MichelMoermans (author) in reply to shieldsamDec 21, 2010. 7:20 AM
Damn that's a big one! Don't want that dropping on my head :D
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BrittLiv says: Dec 21, 2010. 6:59 AM
In normally live in Southern Germany, currently I'm at my parents place in Northern Germany. Here most of the snow has already melted (it's supposed to snow tomorrow though). I just took I picture out of my window, as you can see there is ice on the lake, but you can't walk on it.
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The Ideanator says: Dec 20, 2010. 5:42 PM
We had 2-3 inches recently, it closed school and made it a bit of a challenge to drive in on the main road (normally I never have any problems with driving in inclement weather, being a native resident of Michigan)
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Weissensteinburg says: Dec 20, 2010. 9:47 AM
I'm in Central Florida, still holding out for snow.
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Kiteman says: Dec 19, 2010. 10:57 AM
We (East Anglia, UK) had a few inches very quickly on Thursday night - I was driving through blizzard conditions, it took nearly an hour to do a 20-minute drive.

It's been cold enough to keep it in place since then.

Our water-butt has frozen solid top-to bottom, and I think our pond fish are dead...

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gmjhowe in reply to KitemanDec 20, 2010. 1:16 AM
Pffft, we had near 18 inchs a few weeks back.
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Kiteman in reply to gmjhoweDec 20, 2010. 1:42 AM
How deep was it if you stood the ruler up?

>laugh<

We're heading to Cumbria for Christmas - watching the forecast, we plan to go on Wednesday, between weather events.

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gmjhowe in reply to KitemanDec 20, 2010. 5:05 AM
Sounds like a plan, roads seem to be managing ok, Hannah got back from spain on saturday, thankfully her flight was to East Midlands Airport, which was one of the few still open!
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NachoMahma in reply to KitemanDec 19, 2010. 11:02 AM
> I think our pond fish are dead
.  Unless the pond is frozen solid, the fish have a good chance of surviving.
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Kiteman in reply to NachoMahmaDec 19, 2010. 11:45 AM
The pond level has also dropped sharply - I think the plastic liner may have finally perished.

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The Ideanator in reply to KitemanDec 20, 2010. 5:39 PM
That sucks.
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NachoMahma in reply to KitemanDec 19, 2010. 11:48 AM
. :(
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killerjackalope says: Dec 19, 2010. 11:13 AM
In nothern Ireland there has been heaps of snow, it's been on and off for a week or two now...

Two nights ago we had a semi blizzard just as the snow cleared from the first round, in half an hour the buses and taxis had quit, I was up filming a gig, got a lift home and found my family trooping back from town with a bunch of random people they acquired along the way...
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CrayfishYAY in reply to killerjackalopeDec 19, 2010. 12:37 PM
:@
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CrayfishYAY says: Dec 19, 2010. 12:35 PM
1: HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!! 2: I live in Morris, AL. It hardly snows at all. We recently had snow flurries but it didn't stick b/c the ground wasn't cold enough. ME WANTS SNOW!!!!!
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