Big chill in North America

[Swifty]

The current big chill all over North America made the local news here in Australia, there have been a few comments in various posts about the temp, but seeing the video of the amount of snow was just amazing. So I hope members have their heaters going flat out and are able to still do some home machining.

Paul.

 

[Brian Rupnow]

Swifty--we don't generally get much snow where I am in Canada, about 100 km north of lake Ontario until mid-December. We now have about 13" and it all came in the last 3 days. Next week temperatures are to soar to 11 degrees C, so then everybody will be screaming about flooding.---Brian

 

[mcostello]

I don't live in Buffalo, New York,woohoo1just letting the rest of the world know They got 60" inches of snow.

 

[TorontoBuilder]

I don't live in Buffalo, New York,woohoo1just letting the rest of the world know They got 60" inches of snow.

Poor buffalo, something like 7 to 8 feet of snow in a few days. Thank god I'm on north shore of Lake Ontario and not south... even so we get some heavy lake effect snow here. Yesterday was nasty few hours of snow

 

[goldstar31]

We got- would you believe snow in Austria and Bavaria in-- wait for it- August. Actually, it was where Walt Disney got his ideas for the castles in DisneyLand.

Well, in the North of England here, we usually have skied in October and at my cottage in the Cairngorms, the snow is already on the headwall of Coire n't Sneachta. Mind you- it didn't leave until May.

Snow? I recall a night in London on what is now the RAF Museum in Hendon. The runways were blocked and the US Navy flight had a date before the dawn. So they ran a DC 3 up and down the runways all night - as a snow blower. The C-45 Expeditor took off as planned.
Wow!

 

[crueby]

Got lucky here - I am about 15 miles from the edge of the snow dump that has covered Buffalo, only 4 inches here vs 5 to 6 feet there. Crazy for so early in the season. Supposed to be up to the 50s in a couple days, then it will be floods with the melting snow!

 

[Herbiev]

Unbelievable news footage here in Oz as Swifty mentioned

 

[crueby]

I thought photos like this one were amazing - shows the lake effect band of snow picking up moisture right off the lake and dumping back as snow.

 

[gus]

We got- would you believe snow in Austria and Bavaria in-- wait for it- August. Actually, it was where Walt Disney got his ideas for the castles in DisneyLand.

Well, in the North of England here, we usually have skied in October and at my cottage in the Cairngorms, the snow is already on the headwall of Coire n't Sneachta. Mind you- it didn't leave until May.

Snow? I recall a night in London on what is now the RAF Museum in Hendon. The runways were blocked and the US Navy flight had a date before the dawn. So they ran a DC 3 up and down the runways all night - as a snow blower. The C-45 Expeditor took off as planned.
Wow!

Very expensive Snow Blower. I admire the chappy who dared give that order.

 

[gus]

Swifty--we don't generally get much snow where I am in Canada, about 100 km north of lake Ontario until mid-December. We now have about 13" and it all came in the last 3 days. Next week temperatures are to soar to 11 degrees C, so then everybody will be screaming about flooding.---Brian

Hi Brian,

Take Care. The heavy snow and now the impending floods makes me worry.
Here in Singapore, flash floods expected despite the flood prevent measures put in.

 

[jj-smith]

Yep, Winter can suck at times,

Was on my way to NC on Tuesday and when I got to the border at Buffalo it was closed.
All roads were closed and the South end of buffalo had an active driving ban.

So now at home happily working away on POPPIN. ;D
I was able to whittle out the cylinder and will start drilling on the standard in the morning.

Tried my hand at lapping but all I had was either chrome polish or tooth paste to work with.
The tooth paste did not work and candied up like sugar, and after cleaning that up I tried the polish but it's too thin to do the job.

Went to get ready to go to town for some tools and carborundum paste but was stopped dead in my tracks by a foot of snow that had snuck up on me while I was doing the machining.

So I stayed home!

Took some pics of the snow on the hood of my truck at Buffalo and the deck railing at home here and will post them when I get a chance to upload them.

And here is the hood of my truck after waking up, and the snow on the railing in just a few hours.


Cheers, J.

 

[goldstar31]

Very expensive Snow Blower. I admire the chappy who dared give that order.

Gus, the Brits were delivering coal in Short Sunderland flying boats to Berlin.

I managed to duck out of that. So we Brits imported snow in cargo boats from Norway- to build a ski jump on Hampstead Heath in London.

I suppose that it was all OK- eventually. The Press and Politicians have discovered Global Warming. It's a bit like a dog chasing a motor car. Once the dog has caught the car, it doesn't know what to do with it.

Me- I worked out all the problems-- and retired 35 years ago.:hDe:

If it snows or floods or gets too hot or whatever it is- I stay at home.

Regards

Norman

 

[Swifty]

Norman, your mention of Sunderland flying boats brought back memories of my father telling me about his time being based at Pembroke Dock in Wales during WW2. I have one of his pictures showing enlisted men surrounding and standing on the wings of one of the Sunderlands.

It's hard for us to imagine how cold it can get and how much snow there can be in the northern hemisphere. Of course, we certainly get snow in the mountains, but they mainly have resorts there. Over here I'm looking forward to the weather getting warmer as we get close to summer, it's going to be 30C tomorrow.

Paul.

 

[goldstar31]

Yes, Paul, the Flying Porcupine because it had so many guns! There's one at Hendon now. I went back- you know, nostalgia and there was also one of those AirSea Rescue boats on my Tech Wing Parade ground. Must have been a high tide!

And -young sir, those enlisted men on top of those Pegasus engines were not- they were conscripts!

My cousin went to Penhold, Alberta and then returned to Northern Ireland -on Sunderlands. He was a draper and ended up as airframe fitter.

I think that some perverse idiot invented different jobs to what we asked for. I asked for either Mountain Rescue or Airsea Rescue and ended up in the middle of London. Then some idiot offered me an officer's commission- in the field- and I wanted to go out to the then relatively unexplored Antarctic and then I was jabbed up- to go to the Gold Coast in Africa. Can't say that it wasn't interesting- different, certainly.
Before all that, I was trained at what had been a barrage balloon place. Huge Bloody cold hangars in somewhere near Birmingham. It is now a Transport Museum. Ye Gods- Roll on Death and let's have a bash at the angels!

 

[Ripcrow]

Don't know about you swifty. In central nsw at the moment big heatwave has been here nearly a week. Send that snow over here we need the moisture

 

[SmithDoor]

Time to get coat and find the heater
it is drop in to the 60's here with fog bad days
Clovis California

Dave

 

[Swifty]

Don't know about you swifty. In central nsw at the moment big heatwave has been here nearly a week. Send that snow over here we need the moisture

Just had some friends return from their place at Merimbula, they mentioned that the weather was warm.

Paul.

 

[jj-smith]

Pics added to post 11,

Cheers, J.

 

[gus]

Just had some friends return from their place at Merimbula, they mentioned that the weather was warm.

Paul.

Was in Sydney 2011 visiting my sister and niece during Chinese New Year. It was 36 C. Had a hard time trying to sleep. Fortunately by 2 am ,it cooled a wee bit and slept till 8. Sydney is exciting. Good food.
Take Care.

 

[Cogsy]

Was in Sydney 2011 visiting my sister and niece during Chinese New Year. It was 36 C. Had a hard time trying to sleep.

In the middle of summer here in Perth, 36 C is a cool change. 43-45 C are the hot days. I haven't experienced the real cold that most of the members have, but I really hate the heat and moving to northern Canada or Alaska sounds like such a good idea in Summer...