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Post by jeanne on Feb 17, 2015 22:09:13 GMT 1
Here in the New England (northeast U.S.) we have had the third snowiest winter ever recorded. Depending on the area, we have received anywhere from six to eight feet of snow. And this has all occurred within the last three weeks! Temperatures have been frigid and we have also had days of high wind which covered already-plowed streets with more snow! The biggest problem facing cities/towns is where to put all the snow they remove from the streets!
I need spring and I need it soon!!!
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Post by pjotr on Feb 21, 2015 22:50:43 GMT 1
I hope Spring is coming soon for you. Over here the weather is water cold. Winter rain, hail and snow. But the snow disappears
We had some mild days recently! I felt the Spring last weekend with the sun back then, but the cold returned!
Stay warm, safe and close to your loved ones during this white burden! Hope you are fine!
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Post by jeanne on Apr 7, 2015 22:28:15 GMT 1
Finally! I believe spring has now come to New England! There are a few early flowers poking through, most of the snow has melted, though it is still in piles where it was plowed, and the temperatures are now above freezing during the day.
However, as I type this, I hear the weather forecaster predicting snow tonight and tomorrow...not accumulation expected though!
Jeanne
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Post by jeanne on May 4, 2015 20:05:23 GMT 1
We seem to have missed "mud season" this spring...the ground remained frozen for so long that it dried out slowly and there was no extended period of mud like there usually is in New England! Yay!
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 5, 2015 21:31:09 GMT 1
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Post by jeanne on Oct 5, 2015 21:36:03 GMT 1
This is amazing...have things improved at all now that autumn is here?
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 5, 2015 21:47:56 GMT 1
This is amazing...have things improved at all now that autumn is here? Not really. Rains have appeared but too scarce to make up for summer shortage of water. |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 5, 2015 21:50:45 GMT 1
Not really. Rains have appeared but too scarce to make up for summer shortage of water. Hopefully you'll get buried with snow this winter to make up for it!!  |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 5, 2015 21:58:03 GMT 1
Not really. Rains have appeared but too scarce to make up for summer shortage of water. Hopefully you'll get buried with snow this winter to make up for it!! Yes, Am meteorologists predict that winter 2015/16 will be very severe in Europe. El Nino current is to blame for it. Polish media are alarming about it, too. Hot El Nino will bring freezing coldPożyjemy, zobaczymy, says the Polish proverb.  |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 5, 2015 21:59:33 GMT 1
Pożyjemy, zobaczymy, says the Polish proverb. Translation, please! |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 5, 2015 22:01:20 GMT 1
Pożyjemy, zobaczymy, says the Polish proverb. Translation, please! Why didn`t you learn Polish during my absence?? We shall live, so we shall see. |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 5, 2015 22:04:00 GMT 1
Why didn`t you learn Polish during my absence?? Because you are my Polish teacher...that's why! And have you come back just so I can help you polish up your English??? |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 5, 2015 22:07:52 GMT 1
Why didn`t you learn Polish during my absence?? Because you are my Polish teacher...that's why! And have you come back just so I can help you polish up your English??? Yes, why not? I need to gain more fluency.... |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 5, 2015 22:09:38 GMT 1
Yes, why not? I need to gain more fluency.... The sign of a good teacher...always seeking to improve!! |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 12, 2015 19:12:07 GMT 1
The winter has attacked Poland unexpectedly. In mid October!  Jeanne, it reminds me your state a few years ago. You were surprised just like Poles are today. I had to remove 5 inch snow from my car parked next to the school. |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 13, 2015 1:53:45 GMT 1
The winter has attacked Poland unexpectedly. In mid October! Jeanne, it reminds me your state a few years ago. You were surprised just like Poles are today. I had to remove 5 inch snow from my car parked next to the school. Wow! That should provide some moisture to alleviate Poland's drought! |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 23, 2016 21:19:06 GMT 1
Jeanne, have you been already attacked by monster blizzards on your East Coast? Headlines are alarming about disaster in US.
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Post by jeanne on Jan 23, 2016 22:15:16 GMT 1
Jeanne, have you been already attacked by monster blizzards on your East Coast? Headlines are alarming about disaster in US. There is indeed a huge blizzard happening now, but luckily we have been spared where I live. After many days of dire warnings of the approaching storm, we learned yesterday that the storm will stay south of my area. Today we have had a very cloudy, dark, and cold day, but only the slightest flurry of snow in the air. Tonight we may have a little bit more (maybe an inch), but nothing on the scale of just south of here. I'm breathing a huge sign of relief! |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 23, 2016 23:15:42 GMT 1
Jeanne, have you been already attacked by monster blizzards on your East Coast? Headlines are alarming about disaster in US. There is indeed a huge blizzard happening now, but luckily we have been spared where I live. After many days of dire warnings of the approaching storm, we learned yesterday that the storm will stay south of my area. Today we have had a very cloudy, dark, and cold day, but only the slightest flurry of snow in the air. Tonight we may have a little bit more (maybe an inch), but nothing on the scale of just south of here. I'm breathing a huge sign of relief! Good, but I am still worried. DO you have enough food supplies in your house? |
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Post by jeanne on Jan 23, 2016 23:39:12 GMT 1
There is indeed a huge blizzard happening now, but luckily we have been spared where I live. After many days of dire warnings of the approaching storm, we learned yesterday that the storm will stay south of my area. Today we have had a very cloudy, dark, and cold day, but only the slightest flurry of snow in the air. Tonight we may have a little bit more (maybe an inch), but nothing on the scale of just south of here. I'm breathing a huge sign of relief! Good, but I am still worried. DO you have enough food supplies in your house? Yes...I'm pretty sure we are okay and that we are going to survive! We even have a wood stove with plenty of wood if the power should go out (which it won't around here in the storm-free zone!) |
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Post by crazyhorse1 on Jan 24, 2016 1:57:00 GMT 1
It is 7:30 PM here in Philadelphia, PA and we have at least 17 inches of snow on the ground and it is still snowing. It is supposed to stop snowing around midnight. The winds are very strong, somewhere around 30 MPH and gusting higher. Last night we had 60 MPH winds.
The coastal area of New Jersey is experiencing heavy snow, wind, and flooding tides from the ocean. It's going to be a winter to remember. Consider that December was the warmest on record with many days in the 60's and one in the 70's.
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Post by jeanne on Jan 24, 2016 2:39:51 GMT 1
It is 7:30 PM here in Philadelphia, PA and we have at least 17 inches of snow on the ground and it is still snowing. It is supposed to stop snowing around midnight. The winds are very strong, somewhere around 30 MPH and gusting higher. Last night we had 60 MPH winds. The coastal area of New Jersey is experiencing heavy snow, wind, and flooding tides from the ocean. It's going to be a winter to remember. Consider that December was the warmest on record with many days in the 60's and one in the 70's. Good luck, and stay safe!! |
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Post by tomek on Jan 24, 2016 12:54:52 GMT 1
Americans have too many snow. America should to send some snow to here, we have liitle snow.
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Post by pjotr on Jan 24, 2016 14:08:10 GMT 1
Dear Jeanne,
I am happy that you are safe for now. And I hope that the Snow storm for the people South of you will be over soon. Hope that people were well prepared. And I hope that heavy snowfall will not come to your area this winter. We have a wet, and every now and than white snow, winter over here. The moist, fog and cold rain with freezing temperatures created dangerous roads, side walks and bike lanes past week. So I had to walk carefully to my work for a few miles. Get up earlier. Because driving my bike is to dangerous. Past couple of days I drove the RTV-Arnhem Ford Transit van to my home. And for difficult parking reasons I have to get up very early in the morning to be able to park my car in a pay free zone near my job. The annoying thing is that you have to pay for parking everywhere in cities and towns in the Netherlands. 2.70 Euro per hour in Arnhem, 5 Euro per hour in Amsterdam.
I am glad I can use the Ford, because I don't have a car of my own. (For budgetary and difficult parking reasons) It is quite stressful and expensive to own a car in densely populated cities and towns in the Netherlands. Limited parking space or no parking space, traffic jams and complicated traffic circumstances with road and highway constructions, car accidents which block the road and sometimes stressed drivers, due to the densely populated situation which creates limited traffic space and losing time. People are stressed if they arrive on time on their work and therefor leave very early in the morning. I hear sometimes cars as early as half past 5 and six 'o clock in the morning. While people start working at 8 or 9. That's why I like walking or cycling to my work. But I use the Ford Transit a lot too. I need the van for camerawork and we often use the van for location Radio broadcasts, or combined radio and TV reporting on festivals, concerts, theatre events and sporting manifestations.
I hope that our Polish friends Tomek and Bo are fine too. Lately the Dutch national television news reported that in one very cold freezing winter night in Poland 21 people died. I thought probably drunk people who fell somewhere along a slippery icy and snowy road or alley, fell asleep and died. And homeless people who are extra vulnerable during winters if they don't have enough clothes or blankets. It is always sad when a fellow human being and human soul dies. God have mercy on their souls. The same for the people that died due to the harsh winter conditions in the USA. Our North-Sea mild North-West European sea climate with the Atlantic Ocean influences (warm streams) and Azores air which comes via Ireland, England and the Chanal between Britain and France protects us from harsh winters, freezing cold and heavy snow fall.
Cheers,
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Post by uncltim on Jan 24, 2016 14:31:48 GMT 1
We always find a way to deal with stuff.
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Post by pjotr on Jan 24, 2016 14:39:07 GMT 1
This Dutch colleague has a hard time reaching his school Bo. He calls his colleagues.
My Frisian colleagues reported from the North
People could skate on the streets in the North of the Netherlands. Public life stopped, schools were closed,
And emergency measures were made. But kids has tRheir fun. I thought about the American movie The Ice Storm! The scary slippery road scene with the dead boy sliding.
That's great Jim! I saw that in the Netherlands too! NY is New Amsterdam after all!
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 24, 2016 20:35:04 GMT 1
It is 7:30 PM here in Philadelphia, PA and we have at least 17 inches of snow on the ground and it is still snowing. It is supposed to stop snowing around midnight. The winds are very strong, somewhere around 30 MPH and gusting higher. Last night we had 60 MPH winds. The coastal area of New Jersey is experiencing heavy snow, wind, and flooding tides from the ocean. It's going to be a winter to remember. Consider that December was the warmest on record with many days in the 60's and one in the 70's. 17 inches is a lot. As tomek said, Poland could use half this amount for itself. 60`s means Fahrenheit? |
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Post by pjotr on Jan 24, 2016 23:49:53 GMT 1
Wet moist and foggy weather and freezing is a terrible combination. You can better have snow than this Dutch terrible weather!   Like Chinese people Dutch people have a little bit of a sadistic mentality. They can laugh about others falling. Big fun!
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Post by pjotr on Jan 24, 2016 23:58:50 GMT 1
This ice roads are terrible in the Dutch winter. But we are used to it. Thousands of tons of salt are thrown on Dutch highways and roads to fight slippery roads.
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Post by jeanne on Jan 25, 2016 1:36:19 GMT 1
Dear Jeanne, I am happy that you are safe for now. And I hope that the Snow storm for the people South of you will be over soon. Hope that people were well prepared. And I hope that heavy snowfall will not come to your area this winter. We have a wet, and every now and than white snow, winter over here. The moist, fog and cold rain with freezing temperatures created dangerous roads, side walks and bike lanes past week. So I had to walk carefully to my work for a few miles. Get up earlier. Because driving my bike is to dangerous. Past couple of days I drove the RTV-Arnhem Ford Transit van to my home. And for difficult parking reasons I have to get up very early in the morning to be able to park my car in a pay free zone near my job. The annoying thing is that you have to pay for parking everywhere in cities and towns in the Netherlands. 2.70 Euro per hour in Arnhem, 5 Euro per hour in Amsterdam. I am glad I can use the Ford, because I don't have a car of my own. (For budgetary and difficult parking reasons) It is quite stressful and expensive to own a car in densely populated cities and towns in the Netherlands. Limited parking space or no parking space, traffic jams and complicated traffic circumstances with road and highway constructions, car accidents which block the road and sometimes stressed drivers, due to the densely populated situation which creates limited traffic space and losing time. People are stressed if they arrive on time on their work and therefor leave very early in the morning. I hear sometimes cars as early as half past 5 and six 'o clock in the morning. While people start working at 8 or 9. That's why I like walking or cycling to my work. But I use the Ford Transit a lot too. I need the van for camerawork and we often use the van for location Radio broadcasts, or combined radio and TV reporting on festivals, concerts, theatre events and sporting manifestations. I hope that our Polish friends Tomek and Bo are fine too. Lately the Dutch national television news reported that in one very cold freezing winter night in Poland 21 people died. I thought probably drunk people who fell somewhere along a slippery icy and snowy road or alley, fell asleep and died. And homeless people who are extra vulnerable during winters if they don't have enough clothes or blankets. It is always sad when a fellow human being and human soul dies. God have mercy on their souls. The same for the people that died due to the harsh winter conditions in the USA. Our North-Sea mild North-West European sea climate with the Atlantic Ocean influences (warm streams) and Azores air which comes via Ireland, England and the Chanal between Britain and France protects us from harsh winters, freezing cold and heavy snow fall. Cheers, Pieter Thanks, Pieter. I (and everyone else around here) am very happy that the storm missed us. I felt badly for the poor people who had to live through it while we here went about our lives as usual. You are lucky to be able to use the van. I do think though, that icy conditions are more dangerous and stressful than a lot of snow! At least snow gives your car some traction, ice is treacherous! People who die in storms in our country are often killed in car accidents, or have heart attacks while shoveling snow! In really bad storms, people become stranded in their cars on highways and if they run the engine to keep warm, they could die from carbon monoxide poisoning because the tail pipe gets blocked by snow. Last year was a horrible winter for us, so we are all hoping that this one will be better, but looking at this weekend's storm, things don't look good for a mild winter! Safe travels! Jeanne |
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