View Full Version : Record Breaking Snow Storm in October!
tribrats
30 Oct 2011, 15:45
We've had a record breaking snowstorm. Lets make that a record annihilating snow storm! Previous record for Concord New Hampshire in October is 3" and last night we got 17". Yeah, you read that right.
To put this in perspective, we don't get more than a dusting in Oct, if anything. The news was saying that if this was November, it would be considered a "50 year storm". This is more like what we'd get in Jan or Feb.
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Elijah's way
30 Oct 2011, 16:02
Wow:shock: that's a lot of snow. I hope we get some here in Alabama like we did last winter.
snider22
30 Oct 2011, 16:06
Wow:shock: that's a lot of snow. I hope we get some here in Alabama like we did last winter.
I agree, last years "white Christmas" was so cool. Then we got another 6 inches not to long after that. :D
Yeah its like The Nightmare before christmas outside
Sebastian.
30 Oct 2011, 16:35
17 inches of snow in the U.K would cause chaos. Last year I was flying to and from Heathrow. Stuck on the gorund at Manchester for 40 minutes due to heavy snow at Heathrow, when we got to LHR it was surrounded by green fields for at least 40 miles. When I was flying back to Manchester, the closed a runway at Heathrow we were on the aeroplane for 2 hours on the ground. The flight was only 19 minutes!
Whoa! I'm sure I heard about it at the time, but had forgotten that. I do remember a cousin of mine wondering why he and his wife had built a house in South Carolina because of the locale only to have it snow, and yeah, that was last year. They moved from New Jersey (a snow region, guys) to the "safety" of South Carolina.:lol:
That is a lot of snow T. :shock: Our official number here in Northeast PA was nine inches. Bad enough.
Sue
duke knooby
30 Oct 2011, 17:14
awesome pictures
i love snow :-)
It was snowing here late yesterday, but then it turned into sleeting rain and didn't amount to anything. It's bright and sunny today ... a little bit chilly, but absolutely gorgeous :-) Now this is my kind of weather .. I'm not dreaming of a White Christmas :lol:
Elijah's way
30 Oct 2011, 17:51
I agree, last years "white Christmas" was so cool. Then we got another 6 inches not to long after that. :D
I just now noticed there someone else from Alabama on this forum.:oops: I'm glad to know I'm not the only southerner to be a big Meat Loaf fan.
tribrats
30 Oct 2011, 19:00
awesome pictures
i love snow :-)
Nate says thank you. He took them with my cell phone believe it or not!
tribrats
30 Oct 2011, 19:03
Don't think the snow will last but it did it's damage. Thousands without power. Hope this isn't a sign of how this winter will be. The kids could end up making up school all summer!
A Slice Of English
30 Oct 2011, 19:06
3 inches of snow in Bournemouth and the town grinds to a messy halt. Ricockulous!
robgomm
30 Oct 2011, 19:21
Wow that's a shit load of snow!
Julie in the rv mirror
30 Oct 2011, 20:00
We get a really big one now and then, so I know how you feel. We got around 20 inches one time last February. October is really early, though. :shock:
3 inches of snow in Bournemouth and the town grinds to a messy halt. Ricockulous!
I lived onm that area through the 90's. Snowed once in that period and the place stopped. I'm sure the grit on the roads was depper than the snow too. The day after Meat's show last December we had to dig the car out of the hotel car park to get back up north, was impressed with how well they'd cleared the roads though once we'd got on to the roads.
We get a really big one now and then, so I know how you feel. We got around 20 inches one time last February. October is really early, though. :shock:
Twenty inches at one time reminds me of the Blizzard of '93! I'm really dating myself with that one! :lol: Actually, it was far more than 20 inches, but 20 inches sounds brutal.
I hope yesterday's snowfall was simply a fluke, and not a sign of a particularly cold, snowy winter. They are getting old. :roll: ;)
Sue
snider22
30 Oct 2011, 21:25
I was a kid when the '93 blizzard hit the South with 18 inches and completely shut us down for the better part of a week. But since I was like 7 at the time, I thought it was the greatest thing ever.
Julie in the rv mirror
30 Oct 2011, 21:44
Twenty inches at one time reminds me of the Blizzard of '93! I'm really dating myself with that one! :lol: Actually, it was far more than 20 inches, but 20 inches sounds brutal.
It was brutal! The worst part was the wind, because the drifts in places could be several feet deep. :shock: I went out in the morning to try to get to work, and had to slog through snow up to my thighs. It had to be the worst blizzard I've ever seen, and we've had some doozies now and then. My back gate was completely buried.
duke knooby
30 Oct 2011, 23:53
ya shouldda seen the big freeze of '63
Monstro
31 Oct 2011, 00:07
ya shouldda seen the big freeze of '63
Got Vicar Of Dibley going through me head now lol
I was a kid when the '93 blizzard hit the South with 18 inches and completely shut us down for the better part of a week. But since I was like 7 at the time, I thought it was the greatest thing ever.
Well, I wasn't seven. I had to go to work, but couldn't, and I thought that was the greatest thing ever! :lol:
I didn't realize, or probably forgot, that the South was affected too.
Sue
It was brutal! The worst part was the wind, because the drifts in places could be several feet deep. :shock: I went out in the morning to try to get to work, and had to slog through snow up to my thighs. It had to be the worst blizzard I've ever seen, and we've had some doozies now and then. My back gate was completely buried.
Sounds like On the edge of town (in the Darkness...) is maybe somewhat in the general area of my part of the planet. ;)
Yeah, it was tough. I remember the drifting well. :roll: We lived in a townhouse development, flanked by two very steep hills. It was impossible to navigate those hills, even after plowing. After having to leave the car maybe two-thirds up the hill 2-3 times, I finally gave up trying!
Former neighbors and my then-husband and I had a thing going though in that if it snowed two flakes, the call went out for a "blizzard party". :cheers:
Made things more bearable. :weee:
I'm trying to remember if it was the blizzard of '93 or '96 when it was impossible to get Christmas decorations down and off the lawn until something like March. :shock:
Hmm...maybe the '93 storm happened in March, and '96 was right after Christmas? Anyone remember? :?
Sue
Deena J
31 Oct 2011, 03:28
I just now noticed there someone else from Alabama on this forum.:oops: I'm glad to know I'm not the only southerner to be a big Meat Loaf fan.
Arkansas :D
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