And the forecast for Christchurch

[Nick]

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Is for snow.....and more F#*king snow!

Martin might recognise a certain building in this one.

[Lillian]

Got the runners on your sled all waxed up Nick?

[nnickusa]

SIGH......Wish we got snow every now and then where I live.....I miss it......

[kiwigeo]

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Is for snow.....and more F#*king snow!

Martin might recognise a certain building in this one.

Yeah how can I forget..Geology on the left.

Just got a text from my niece...shes staying home for the day.

[Nick]

Yeah they shut the Uni down officially at lunchtime although the place was pretty much a ghost town when I left.
Didn't need to wax the skids Lillian, car tyres soon got clogged with ice so skidding was the order of the day trying to get home, thank gawd for traction control. We don't grit the roads here as they do in the northern hemisphere.

[Tod Gilding]

Imagine how cold it would be without Global warming

[kiwigeo]

Imagine how cold it would be without Global warming

I wouldn't write off global warming simply because of a snow storm. 2011 was actually a very dry year for Canterbury with rainfall 50 to 79% below average.

[kiwigeo]

Here's some cool footage of a brace of KiwiRail locomotives clearing snow on the line through Arthurs Pass. Not the conventional way of clearing snow off a rail line (locos would normally have a plough on front) but hey if it works it works.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/7 ... -deep-snow


And how it was done in the days of steam in the US: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha59KFvCQUY

[Tod Gilding]

Imagine how cold it would be without Global warming

I wouldn't write off global warming simply because of a snow storm. 2011 was actually a very dry year for Canterbury with rainfall 50 to 79% below average.

No Marty I wouldn't write off climate change, but I get a good laugh from that Flannery Clown, Apparently you lot down there have been out of water since 2007, and major dams will never be full again, six months after predicting sea levells would rise by 1m he buy's a million dollar water front property, If they got rid of these sort of clowns the issues might be taken more seriously.

[kiwigeo]

No Marty I wouldn't write off climate change, but I get a good laugh from that Flannery Clown, Apparently you lot down there have been out of water since 2007, and major dams will never be full again, six months after predicting sea levells would rise by 1m he buy's a million dollar water front property, If they got rid of these sort of clowns the issues might be taken more seriously.

Adelaide isn't exactly out of water at the moment....there's a recently completed desal plant sitting in mothballs out at Port Standvac.

Flannery's house.....here's an interesting account of this one: http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/22/fla ... side-home/

[Lillian]

Sanding (gritting) the roads is the norm here yes, well, usually. If you are lucky they will sand the main roads and or get de-icer down on the on/off ramps. Or not. Depends on who makes the call when to do it and if they can get it done in time to be useful. The last time it really snowed it took me 6 hours to make the 1.5 - 2 hour drive. Some people slept on the interstate because it was blocked by a jack-knifed bus and a semi. Took them 14 hrs to get it reopened.

Hope you made it home without playing bumper cars and got to enjoy the snow.