Snow!

CompWiz · Post by **CompWiz** » Wed 25 Oct, 2006 6:13 pm

yeah, we usually get an ice storm once a year that knocks out power for a day or two and makes the roads slick. It gives us a snow day from school, but that's about it. However, with all the tree branches already down, it's doubtful there'll be any more significant damage this year if we have an ice storm.

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Wed 25 Oct, 2006 9:41 pm

Snow day ... cool!

. I tell you there is basically no chance of that ever happening where i live.

DigiTan · Post by **DigiTan** » Thu 26 Oct, 2006 12:12 am

This happend on my campus one February. The following year, melted sleet re-froze overnight leaving a 1" city-wide glaze of ice and a chance to use our lawnchairs as sleds. Exams delayed for all. The mysterious white substance was never seen again.

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Thu 26 Oct, 2006 12:29 am

As you can see, us Texans build weird looking snowmen.

Post by **benryves** » Thu 26 Oct, 2006 10:27 am

tr1p1ea wrote:Snow day ... cool! . I tell you there is basically no chance of that ever happening where i live.

Or, indeed, anywhere else. When I were a lad, we had to walk the 12 miles - barefoot - at 5AM. Uphill. Both ways.

CompWiz · Post by **CompWiz** » Thu 26 Oct, 2006 9:46 pm

yeah, well, while my brother and sister(in middle and high school) got the friday, the next week, and the following monday off, I only got friday and monday off. Why couldn't this have happenned last year when I was still in high school?!

also, last february, some people built a big igloo in one of the central areas at my university. I think they even spent a night in it.

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Thu 26 Oct, 2006 10:53 pm

My friends went on a school camp to the snow where one of the tasks was to build an igloo and spend the night in it. They said that it actually wasnt that difficult to make and was warm enough once a few people had spent some time inside it. Of course they didnt look much like the perfet dome style igloos you see around, but it got the job done.

Its coming up to summer here in Australia, we dont have a 'White Christmas' here, nice and warm

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Liazon · Post by **Liazon** » Fri 27 Oct, 2006 1:14 am

lol, i can never imagine snow in june/july. And i've never seen enough snow to make an igloo. Where did you friends go?

DigiTan · Post by **DigiTan** » Thu 30 Nov, 2006 5:17 pm

First Texas snow of the season started here a hours ago. And my lucky self will be taking exams all afternoon.

That's just not right.

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Thu 30 Nov, 2006 6:20 pm

Hmm, reminds me of the storm we had over here a year ago...

(I live close to the border with Germany, for those critics who read Dutch

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DigiTan · Post by **DigiTan** » Thu 30 Nov, 2006 6:35 pm

Now that's a day to cut class.

[edit]
Our snow is all melty now. Was fun while it lasted.

kalan_vod · Post by **kalan_vod** » Thu 30 Nov, 2006 8:17 pm

DigiTan wrote:Now that's a day to cut class.

[edit]
Our snow is all melty now. Was fun while it lasted.

I guess us guys in Oklahoma stole it all

, half day of work because the roads were getting worse. No work tomorrow either

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King Harold · Post by **King Harold** » Thu 30 Nov, 2006 8:33 pm

@Tim: that is indeed in germany, when was that again? I dont recall any big power-outages

Germany steals our snow..

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Thu 30 Nov, 2006 8:50 pm

Around this time one year ago. Twente was unreachable by any means of transport, Oldenzaal had no power for several days, the rest of the power grid in our region only just managed to cope. Cellphones didn't work...

The rest of the country however, only got around 5cm of snow that day, so it's no wonder you don't remember

ISUCK · Post by **ISUCK** » Thu 30 Nov, 2006 10:01 pm

Hahaha, I'm hoping for some snow tomorrow so I don't have to take a math test XD... We're only supposed to get 4-6 inches though so I'm not putting too much faith into it.