Chaos on the M25 in southern England but London's kept clear as snow brought widespread disruption to much of Britain yesterday, with hundreds of flights cancelled, trains services delayed and motorists stuck in...
Last week I wrote about a snow storm hitting Wales. Did it happen? Maybe in Snowdon it snowed. I have boots on the ground in London so I know what’s happening there. It is cold, for certain. I have...
Ambiguity remains in the forecast I checked this morning and there are no weather warnings in the UK except maybe a “yellow” cautionary warning for the mountainous North Wales. For certain, it snowed in...
How bad can it be? We'll have to wait until Monday morning to know for certain. Weather reporters say about 10 cm of snow will fall and that is about 4 inches. It is enough to make roads slippery. It seems pretty...
As the World’s Most Refreshing Beer, many wish to battle Coors Light for the “Super Cold” title, but until now, never has the challenge been so great. In what may be the greatest battle of the coldest yet,...
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Shariati road, winter 2001. A snowy day in Tehran, 10 years ago ... Taken with my first digital camera, Nikon Coolpix 2500 1.5 Megapixel.Source: Schah daily photography
Compared with last year’s six foot drifts, this was a baby snow. Yet, there are many closings and late starts this morning. The President made it home last night just before the heaviest dump clogged the freeway....
Snowing in earnest in Washington DC Government closed two hours early this afternoon and the freeway is clogged as the snow is falling in earnest now. We are expecting between three and six inches. If we get the...
I expect sunshine on arrival Thursday followed by rain and more rain. That’s the way I like it, uh huh, uh huh. Virgin Atlantic has given us the go and said there are lots of folks who cancelled. More space for...
Last year it was a volcano, and this year it is snow that is impeding air traffic to Europe. Hey, I am on my way. I am more accustomed to those gentle and milder winters in London at least. I enjoy the walks on...
Update 2:11 PM:I walked three miles round trip to the grocery and accumulation is about 2 inches and continuing to fall. Roads are slippery as the snow is wet and fell onto frozen turf, therefore,ice is...
" Snow and ice have paralysed much of the region around the French capital Paris, stranding thousands of motorists and air passengers for the night. Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux asked drivers to leave their...
So. Given a real choice, would anyone choose to live in a cold place ?
The fact is that I live in England. And it’s cold here now. But I put up with the cold because I know that for most of the year it’s not cold. It’s never very warm but it’s nice....
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The sound of the birds singing just as dawn was coming alive. What a pleasure it was.....now apart from a few confused looking seagulls sat on the roof top all you hear is silence...i sit in my garden and look at...
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In January this year, in the remote Hunza River Valley of northern Pakistan, a massive landslide burried a village (Attabad), killing 20 people. It also dammed the Hunza River and the new-formed lake grew into a...
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