So for those that don't know, I moved to New Jersey a year and a half ago to pursue my masters at the School of Visual Arts.
I missed last years snowfall, but it was nothing like this. I have never seen this much accumulated snow in my entire life.
It's like Jack Frost vomited all over the landscape and never stopped. EVER.
I'm not sure if I'll be able to drive home for Christmas if it doesn't let up.
I've never experienced snow where I'm from. Dunno if that's a good thing or a bad thing. lol
This is what he's talking about:
i know the feeling, this winter has been the first time i've spent this long in sooo much snow. oo; never experianced -20 temperatures in my life before, the sensation of your nose freezing inside isn't nice.
drive home? nuuu~ 😮 get one of those motor power ski things! SKI your way home for christmas!
I'm coming home to New York in two days for Christmas and I expect it to be a white one. If there aren't some freaking glistening treetops and some children...um...listening...I may lose it.
Well I'm hoping it's a white Christmas over here. We've got a "winter storm watch" until Wednesday, so there better be some freaking snow with that unless the rain and sleet melt it before the day itself >>;
I LOVE Chicago in the winter 8D
Also, **jealous!!** @ how much snow you guys have. >>
~Shadowed Spirit Sage
Yeah, my place is completely covered. Can't really go anywhere. Just stuck at home... with my parents. And they wonder why I sleep until 1 P.M. lately, heh...
I haven't liked the snow since the fifth grade.
Dear England:
Hi there. My name is Craig Bayield, you may remember me from the first 23 years of my life. I heard you're having some unemployment troubles these days, that kind of sucks. I hope you get that sorted.
So, yeah. About all those things I said when I walked out in you in June? You know I was just kidding right? You're a nice country, you have that whole cockney rhyming slang thing going on and Top Gear. I miss Top Gear.
Anyway, I just wanted to say. For all your flaws and faults, you aren't so cold I actually think I'll die. You don't bury me in blocks of ice and you are generally quite manageable.
All is forgiven. Just please, save me from this cold or I shall die.
you had your chance, craig
you had your chance
There goes Craig, pining away again.
Also, that is one dead Volvo. It was dieing in August so I assume it's a lawn ornament now.
~Rico
It is at this point where I come into the thread, post a couple (generic) pictures up of clear skies, bright sunshine and random people in skimpy clothing, topping it off with a subject line that reads "MEANWHILE, IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA..." whilst sipping on a cool bottle of ice-cold Cherry Coke and cursing our good fortunes during the winter months as the rest of the nation suffers in lip-chapping temperatures.
... but actually, we're expecting another bout of freezing, wind-whipped rain to go with the one we had last week. D:
I'd prefer snow to the insanely cold days we've been having. Pushing 20 (That's -28 Celsius for the rest of the world) below in the warmer regions of the state...and don't even get me started on the mountains.
Oh yea and our highs are like...2. So now 25 degrees seems balmy.
Holy hell, no kidding.
No try DRIVING DURING this white-fall!!! 5 feet visibility and it feels like you're driving SLANTED.
*grumbles* Stupid corporate America forcing us to work in BS weather... and yet PEOPLE SHOPPED IN DROVES DURING THIS STORM!!! IN DROVES!!! *shakefist*
Oh hey, I was in Chicago yesterday. That snow was pretty bad, being thrown about by the heavy winds at the airport. But I'm home safely in the southern part of Illinois now for a couple of weeks.
Utah was getting a lot of snow, but was warmer than here or Chicago. Chicago was -3 degrees F, so coming to St. Louis's 14 degrees was balmy by comparison!
hey craig, you can have some of my scarves.. candians feel that we poor brits can't survive the cold and i keep getting new ones.
..i'm so glad i got given a new winter coat and winter boots. ><; the coats i wore in the UK only survived half-way through autumn over here.
still i get bragging rights to my family and friends. 'AH HAH I GET A WHITE CHRISTMAS WE'RE KNEE DEEP OVER HERE! :D'
Hearing about all you Yankees' snow makes me glad that I live down here in the South. True, we were cold today (teens this morning and only 27 here in Knoxville), but we don't get much snow especially not the kind that sticks. However, when we get even 1-2", we'll close down here in Knoxville; I can't say for Hypersonic and SX who live in Alabama and Georgia respectively.
Poo, you and your warm weather. |=<<br />
While I didn't get snowed in, the days after the storm left ice on the sidewalks and really cold air. Needless to say, I sliding in my boots when I set foot outside earlier.
I hate New Jersey in the winter. Today had to feel like, 10 degrees. D:
I left Nebraska safely even though my plane had to be defrosted and it was snowing a lot. I arrived in Hartford, CT only to be covered in 14 inches of snow on Friday followed by 6 inched from a separate storm on Sunday XD
I'm in NY where IMO is warm ^_^ 30s and 20s considering it was 14 in CT and 0s in NE...
I'll be spending a green Christmas in Puerto Rico hopefully.
I'm nervous. I'm catching a flight out of Albuquerque tomorrow afternoon and to get there I have to drive through the three-hour no-man's land in between here in Albuquerque. There's only two places along the way that could count as "towns" and they're called Cuba and San Ysidro respectively.
I'm debating whether to take my chances right now or wait until morning.
I live in Georgia. We have no snow. We never have snow. I have seen snow. But this snow is only movie snow. Not real snow. Real snow doesn't exist in Georgia. Maybe all the rednecks scare it away...
Thanks for the offer, Becs, but I have my Harry Potter scarf to keep me toasty during the cold season. I think I deal with it better than Trish, but it's still freeeeeeeeeeezing.
It is at this point where I come into the thread, post a couple (generic) pictures up of clear skies, bright sunshine and random people in skimpy clothing, topping it off with a subject line that reads "MEANWHILE, IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA..." whilst sipping on a cool bottle of ice-cold Cherry Coke and cursing our good fortunes during the winter months as the rest of the nation suffers in lip-chapping temperatures.
... but actually, we're expecting another bout of freezing, wind-whipped rain to go with the one we had last week. D:
I WANT SNOW!
It's never snowed at ground level here since I've been alive so it would be cool to get some at home instead of going to the mountains.
Only a little snow here in Nebraska. What we got instead was about 3-4 inches of ice rain (solid before it even hit the ground) followed by 4 straight days of sub-zero temps (windchill floated around -20 Fahrenheit, couple times got below -30).
I think "ridiculous" is the appropriate word for it.
Now in New York... FREEZING RAINS! o.o
Dear England:
Hi there. My name is Craig Bayield, you may remember me from the first 23 years of my life. I heard you're having some unemployment troubles these days, that kind of sucks. I hope you get that sorted.
So, yeah. About all those things I said when I walked out in you in June? You know I was just kidding right? You're a nice country, you have that whole cockney rhyming slang thing going on and Top Gear. I miss Top Gear.
Anyway, I just wanted to say. For all your flaws and faults, you aren't so cold I actually think I'll die. You don't bury me in blocks of ice and you are generally quite manageable.
All is forgiven. Just please, save me from this cold or I shall die.
Man up Craig! You're in America now.
Full Metal Rayzor wrote:
Hearing about all you Yankees' snow makes me glad that I live down here in the South. True, we were cold today (teens this morning and only 27 here in Knoxville), but we don't get much snow especially not the kind that sticks. However, when we get even 1-2", we'll close down here in Knoxville; I can't say for Hypersonic and SX who live in Alabama and Georgia respectively.
Well, we here in Alabama got four incidents of snow earlier this year between January and March (which is about four more than usual). There was a run-on at the stores, and everything shuts down.
Personally, I wish we had more snow.
Though the way we react to it probably allows for plenty of Northerners to joke about us at comedy clubs. And for good reason (hint: Southerners take on the role of Stan McNormalguy).
I WANT SNOW!
It's never snowed at ground level here since I've been alive so it would be cool to get some at home instead of going to the mountains.
Indeed. Sucks to be at below sea level. If I'm going to be freezing my butt off I want it to be worth something! Anyhoo, Palm Springs is nearby (relatively speaking) and they've got the Tramway, which makes traveling up to the now-completely-covered-in-snow mountain ranges a snap, though I've never gone.
I carried a TV over some ice. I would have slipped if God was watching.
Gah. I don't like Chicago in the winter anymore. .__. it totally killed our holiday plans. Of course, it's totally reschedulable, but no matter what happens, I doubt I'll be able to go because when everyone and their grandmother decides to stay in due to the weather, Olive Garden decides to stay open to greet the not-guests.
...at least the snow is pretty @@;
~Shadowed Spirit Sage
ahahahahah @ all you whining about 'snow' and 'cold'
Come live in Minnesota from November till April. THEN and only then can you complain about it being cold. It is only cold when you can take a boiling pan of water, toss it in the air and have it completely vaporize before it hits the ground. MAGIC
I made it safely.
Snow in New Mexico, Snow in New York. Where isn't there snow?
ALso, I haven't had pizza or a bagel yet. Gotta get with the program
I made it safely.
Snow in New Mexico, Snow in New York. Where isn't there snow?
Somewhere in Florida, people are laughing at their warm Christmas and how everyone else got snow.
I made it safely.
Snow in New Mexico, Snow in New York. Where isn't there snow?
Somewhere in Florida, people are laughing at their warm Christmas and how everyone else got snow.
And then they realize that they still live in Florida and they weep.
Florida is where old people go to die. D:
There is also no snow in blighty. We get rain and grey =(
I want snow *cries*
ahahahahah @ all you whining about 'snow' and 'cold'
Come live in Minnesota from November till April. THEN and only then can you complain about it being cold. It is only cold when you can take a boiling pan of water, toss it in the air and have it completely vaporize before it hits the ground. MAGIC
How does it getting even colder where you live make their complaints "whining"? Wouldn't complaints from Minnesota sound the same to someone who lives on Baffin Island?
Anyway, I think it's better for it to be too cold than too warm; at least you can bundle up more as it gets colder, (and it's one of the things we can withstand that bugs can't) and I doubt there's something as good for when it's too warm. Though then again, I guess I don't experience the same kind of winter cold as people in the midwest US see; it says in my atlas that it actually gets colder around the great lakes area in January than it does on the Newfoundland island, and I'm guessing that's because of the marine effect. Even within Newfoundland it depends where on the island; my home town Gander has colder and snowier winters than the city of St. John's, probably since Gander's further inland and higher-elevation. Supposedly this year we got lasting snow much later than we usually do, though I was in St. John's this fall. I've noticed that in Gander it normally starts snowing before Halloween, and while some of it melts during the early part of November, from late November on it doesn't melt but just keeps accumulating until sometime in March, when the snowbanks are pretty tall (not sure how tall, and it varies from year to year) and then the snow begins to melt, but after that it snows every now and then and the water from the melting snow freezes every now and then, and usually the snow isn't completely melted until sometime in May. I'm guessing it's probably because as the snow melts it absorbs heat from the air, resisting the increase in temperature...
