Ack! We've got 1 cm of snow in Vancouver - all hell is breaking loose

[yvr girl]

We're expecting 5 cm. The horror. Someone, please come and rescue me from this pending natural disaster.

[keithjx]

1. I would, but...

it's -10F and we have 5 inches of snow here in MT. Sorry.... Maybe at spring thaw....
KJ

[HEyHEY]

2. DAMN - I LOVE Vancouver in the snow

Wish I was home :-(

[yvr girl]

4. It's so funny though

It's the only thing they're covering on the morning news. They've got special news crews out covering the 'snow storm.' All the roads are backed up, cars are littering the roads.

And for gawd sakes people - stay off the hills and the bridges! (Try getting anywhere in the city - you won't be able to.)

[Hand]

12. Har har...

You should borrow a page from Mel Lastman and call in the army to handle snow clearing and rescue operations!

This is classic Vancouver stuff--2 cm and it's a storm! Haven't seen anything like this since there were two inches in Atlanta and the evening news showed some sorry sucker scraping his windshield with a kitchen spatula!



It's not snowing in Halifax today, BTW, but it's a co-old motha trucka...

[Lautremont]

3. I'm in Winnipeg, and you have my sympathies.

Or, I should say, you don't! I had to dig myself out of I-don't-know-how-many cms of snow three seperate times last week, and it's about minus a gazillion here now.

[Darth_Kitten]

34. Minus 43, it's minus 43......

:) I'm a Pegger too. :)

[miss_kitty]

5. Wow!

That sounds just like Seattle-due to move south later on tonight. That will = wall to wall coverage tomorrow am, as if a large asteroid hit the Earth-if it's not melted.

The news peeps get so excited-they forget the goddamned name of it and start calling it 'The White Stuff.' Shit. They invented a WHOLE WORD FOR IT. It's 'SNOW.' Use it, TV stupids

Sorry. end of rant.

[yvr girl]

8. I find the panic highly amusing, myself

I must admit I don't like driving in it though - no snow tires and the other crazies on the road scare me.

Memo to other drivers: Don't stop when driving up a snowy hill, you're just going to slide backward and hit me.

[RagingInMiami]

6. I would but,

It's 79 degrees here and it's nice and breezy. Wait until the summer when the humidity sets in.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

42. Rubbin' it in, rubbin' it in....

goddammit. You have room for company?

[LDS Jock]

7. how much is that in real measurements?

jk.. I know the conversion ratio.. 2.54cm to 1 inch

[yvr girl]

9. That seems like the right figure

1 cm is not quite 1/2 an inch.

[HEyHEY]

11. about 7 feet

[yvr girl]

13. HEyHEY, don't mess with our American friends

I hear their schools ain't so good.

:hi:

[LDS Jock]

24. the correct form is "ain't no good"

get it right

[yvr girl]

27. My bad

[tuvor]

10. It's an annual ritual!

Snowflakes! Oh, my God, I can't drive!

:)

Just a bit of frost on the roads in Courtenay. :hi:

[kermujin]

14. snow in the gulf islands, too...

there's about half a centimetre here, and the nanaimo school district is panicking and broadcasting every fifteen minutes how to find out if schools are going to be closed tomorrow...
it's been *bloody* cold here, though! apparently it's going to -10 in victoria tonight or tomorrow!

kermujin

[the Princess]

15. It was -4 here this morning with 2 inches of snow on the ground

now that's fucking cold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tjwmason]

16. I thought that Cannucks were used to it

Here in England at least once a year the entire south grinds to a halt over a similar amount of snow. 5cm (by which I assume you mean 2 inches) would really drive this part of the country into hiding.

[yvr girl]

18. Vancouver / Victoria is Canada's version of the tropics

We don't get much snow here - panic always ensues when it arrives. Guaranteed it will make the national news tonight - it will be the amusing little story at the end. 'Ha, ha, ha - it's snowing in Vancouver - look at these idiots - ha, ha, ha.'

[Beer Snob-50]

17. IN BEAUTIFUL WESTERN MASS

we had 8 inches this morning!!! I am ready for a trip to someplace warm.

[yvr girl]

19. If we got 8 inches, they'd call out the army

(If we had an army that is.)

I'm always up for a trip to the tropics.

[Beer Snob-50]

20. I'll pick you up!

Pack some nice stuff.

[yvr girl]

21. Well, if you're coming this way

I vote for Hawaii.

[Beer Snob-50]

22. Hawaii would be nice.

I have never been there before.

[yvr girl]

23. It's one of my favourite places

Maui is wonderful

[Beer Snob-50]

25. I have been to various locations if florida

(including key west) and nassau. i love key west.

[yvr girl]

26. I've only been to northern Florida

I was there in August once - very unpleasant. It doesn't get that humid out here on the west coast.

[Beer Snob-50]

29. it gets very humid!

but if you dress scantly enough, it is bearable.

[Beer Snob-50]

30. it gets very humid!

but if you dress scantly enough, it is bearable.

[Beer Snob-50]

31. it gets very humid!

but if you dress scantly enough, it is bearable.

[qwertyMike]

28. One whole centimetre

Isn''t that 100 millimetre's?

Dig in dude!

[yvr girl]

32. Not even it's 10 mm

[pdx_prog]

33. I would come get you but.....

We are expecting snow here in Portland this weekkend...

[StopTheMorans]

35. 5 inches in Boston so far, you Canucks need to toughen up

:P

[yvr girl]

36. It's not Canucks in general

It's Vancouverites in particular. We're not good with winter. It only visits us a few times a year, and we're never ready.

[RevolutionaryActs]

37. Hey? Whatever you do... don't send it down here? Please?

:7

[yvr girl]

38. I hear it's heading your way

You guys are about as good at snow as we are.

[RevolutionaryActs]

40. LOL. What are you talking about? We LOVE the snow down here....

:eyes:

[cmf]

39. I heard a funny term today

"The Seattle Snow Freakout Scale" with 1 being flurries to 10 being Minnesota. Supposedly on the SSFS, this weekends snowfall will amount to a 2.

[yvr girl]

41. Vancouver has a similar scale

[Kat45]

43. I didn't realize that there was a part of Canada that didn't get snow.

How cold does it get there? I know some folks who live in Victoria and they love it so much. I've always liked Canada and thought it would be a great place to live but it's too f'n cold and snowy for me. (I'm in Boston and vow to move every winter.) I'll have to start thinking about BC.

[yvr girl]

44. Vancouver / Victoria are pretty mild

We do get the occasional snowfall. Last year we didn't get one in Vancouver. It's generally above freezing here. I haven't used my warm winter coat yet. So, far my leather jacket(unlined) has been fine. I've only worn gloves a couple of time.

[Kat45]

45. What's summer like there, and does it rain a lot like in Seattle?

[yvr girl]

46. Summer is almost perfect here.

It is usually, 75 - 80 degrees here and hardly any humidity. This past summer we hardly had any rain.

We do get rain, but we kind of play it up to keep people out. Most of the rain comes in the winter. Rain instead of snow. It can be a bit dark here at times.

[Hand]

49. Good thing you're Victoria...

If Toronto had that climate, our tolerance would reach an end and we'd nuke the place off the map! And we don't even have nukes!

One thing I can say on behalf of New Brunswick (Province of Swine). They get much worse weather than Nova Scotia. And deserve it.

:evilgrin:

[Zomby Woof]

47. There's 40 or so cm. here in northern AZ

Quite beautiful. Biggest icicles I have ever seen though... more than a metre long!

[fluffernutter]

48. your cold front is supposed to be heading down our way tonight

or tomorrow, thanks for sharing :P