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Quote from: Georgie on February 02, 2009, 08:31:27
Must be about 15cm here too and it's still coming down.  OH left for work in Westminster an hour ago - not sure how far he'll get.   :(  Just took this from the warmth of the kitchen. 

G x

Phoned Capel Manor earlier to see if it was open (usually do a course there on Mondays).  They said: "No decision has been made yet but we've got 12 inches of snow!" Think I'll stay at home today!  8)

Well hopalong my worst fears have come true, woke up to around 6" :o  Can't get the car out of the garage and needless to say daughter could not get to work. It has started to come down again quite thickly.  The birds seem to be enjoying it. The ground feeders however have had to resort to the hanging feeders. We even have blackbirds balancing on the peanut feeder. We are in South Herts by the way.

Hi Molly44, welcome to A4A

a good time to join us when you cannot see the Lottie / Garden for white stuff  ;D

we got quite a bit during the night ... about 1 1/2 inches, and still falling.
temp is + 1 C so warmed up a bit  ;D

Roads look deadly, absolutely no reason to venture out  ;D

3 or 4 inches here in Tadcaster,but we're supposed to get worse this evening.Daughter's schoolis closed,which she is hapy about asshe was uplate last night working on some coursework and still hadn't finished it so can get it done today!

We haven't got as much as predicted but it is snowing again. School is not closed but youngest is sick anyway, oldest just wants to get on with his coursework and worried teacher won't turn up. Notice the weather forecast has changed to snow all week.

At least several inches here and still snowing!

Lot's of snow here in North London.  It's a good 5-6 inches deep and also still snowing. It has been all morning.  School is closed and I've had to cancel my son's first birthday party today cos nobody can get here  :'( still, that's what you get for being born in Feb I guess! At least his sister is off school and his Daddy can't get to work so we'll have a lovely 1st birthday all together  :)  Keep warm and safe everyone. Enjoy the snow xx

just a sprinkling on the east coast, not enough for a snowball :(

Wotcha Molly!! ;)

It's fantastic!!!  I love it!!!  Got into work about 20 minutes late - although in all honesty, we didn't set off any earlier, hehe.  Stepped out of the front door and disappeared in the snow to just over my shins!  Looks absolutely gorgeous around here and I wish I'd brought my camera as my office is on the other side of the road to a forest which looks beautiful.  First port of call was to go back out and feed all of the birds  ;D ;D  Will probably leave an hour or so early though because the roads here are pretty quiet and we've been forecast very heavy snow from about 2pm onwards and we don't want to get stranded on icy roads in the dark, LOL.

I dunno, all the lightweights in schools these days - I remember being at school in snow half way up my legs when I was a kid, even remember winters in school when the heating was busted and we just got on with it! Anything less than a tropical climate and everybody stays home these days   ;) ;D  

Have fun everybody and take care!  :)

Edit:  Welcome, Molly.  I missed your post first time around :)

Quote from: the-goodlife on February 02, 2009, 09:49:31
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :) :) :) yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa snow!!! we are the same in doncaster around 3 - 4 inches and the worse to come for us too tonight ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D big kid!!

^^ LOL!  ;D

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :) :) :) yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa snow!!! we are the same in doncaster around 3 - 4 inches and the worse to come for us too tonight ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D big kid!!

Wow, what a night. Went to bed thinking we would not get any snow as it was quite clear and frosty when I went to bed last night. Woke up and put the radio on tho listen to all the snow reports on 5 Live. Seemed as if the now was over east as expected. Then heard that Southampton Airport was closed and decided at that point to look out of the window. Not much but a definite covering of between  and 10mm greeted me. i know that's not much compared to what some of you have had, but considering we have not had a substantial snowfall here for about 3 years, and were not expecting any this time, it was quite a surprise.

Currently we have just had another snow shower and the sun has now come out. This makes the view out the window quite picturesque really.

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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

 ;D ;D ;D ;D woo hoo ...here in bournemouth we have almost a whole inch!! unheard of!  over eighty schools closed in county. not ours though unfortunately.

 :D ;D :D i have just got back in from playing with my 2 year old in the snow. we have about 1 1/2 inches here in southampton. there was enough to make a small snowman and slide down the hill, hehehe  ;D ;D ;D.  We dont normally get any snow here so that 1 1/2 inches is a huge amount for us!!! :D i am hopeing for more snow later, woo hoo i love it ;D

 ;D ;D ;D FINALLY we have snow in Swindon.  Not a lot, but enough to make things look pretty.  Snowing gently at the moment.  Can't wait for the grandchildren to finnish school. ;) ;) ;)

thank you everyone for welcoming me - you are are a friendly bunch.

We have 20cm of snow now and it is still coming down thick and fast!!  My daughter can't get to college and my 19 year old son has just gone out to play!!

molly44 :)

I love this weather!

Guildford at 7ish this morning...



Our snowman...

Panic has set in across southern England following an outbreak of powdery white stuff, known in some parts as "snow". Whole communities have been cut off, including most of Kent, as residents were unable to leave their homes for fear of "being cold" or "getting wet".

"This is possibly the greatest threat to our county since the Second World War," said Douglas Ramsbottom, a spokesman for Kent County Council which is currently located in a top-secret concrete bunker. "We are under attack. Enormous lumps of ice - some measuring as much as three centimetres across - are raining down on us from the heavens. May God have mercy on us all."

The government has appealed for calm. Home Secretary Charles Clarke also confirmed that under his proposed anti-terrorism legislation it would be illegal for snow to fall south of Lincolnshire, and anyone caught in possession of "snowballs of mass destruction" would be placed under house arrest.

The British transport system has predictably ground to a halt, with dozens of trains being cancelled after "the wrong type of snow" fell on some lines. Schools have also been closed in compliance with government regulations about faulty boilers, leaving many children playing outside with the aforementioned snow. Police have warned them not to touch the unknown substance as it may be dangerous.

Panic buying has meanwhile begun in Norwich after a supermarket manager revealed that the city could run out of food in as little as three months if he does not receive any new deliveries. "We are placing restrictions on what people can buy so that, even in the worst case scenario, we'll have enough food to go around," he said. "From today until this terrible weather is over there will be strictly one egg, piece of tofu and carton of Yazoo milk per person. I would urge people not to stockpile food."

Spokesmen for the RAF and the Red Cross said that they have contingency plans for emergency food drops for Norwich, but they only had enough maize to feed three people and a chicken. It is understood that the Disasters Emergency Committee will divert some of the funding intended for victims of the Asian tsunami to this new and much more serious cause, while a charity single is in the offing.

The United States has offered to send in troops to "liberate" the beleaguered people of southern England from the oppressive weather, and that offer is said to be under consideration.

The south of England has not been the only part of the UK to be hit by snow, however. In East Yorkshire some people were late for work because the roads were busier than normal and in Newcastle one local dressed in a t-shirt said that it was "a bit nippy", while in Scotland people built snowmen.


Late news
Police are investigating after a powdery white substance was posted through the letterboxes of several houses in Canterbury. The area has been sealed off and victims have been put into isolation in hospital. A spokesman for the anti-terrorism branch said that so far there had been no fatalities.

Quote from: ACE on February 02, 2009, 11:38:03
Panic has set in across southern England following an outbreak of powdery white stuff, known in some parts as "snow".

Panic buying has meanwhile begun in Norwich after a supermarket manager revealed that the city could run out of food in as little as three months if he does not receive any new deliveries. "We are placing restrictions on what people can buy so that, even in the worst case scenario, we'll have enough food to go around," he said. "From today until this terrible weather is over there will be strictly one egg, piece of tofu and carton of Yazoo milk per person. I would urge people not to stockpile food."

Spokesmen for the RAF and the Red Cross said that they have contingency plans for emergency food drops for Norwich, but they only had enough maize to feed three people and a chicken. It is understood that the Disasters Emergency Committee will divert some of the funding intended for victims of the Asian tsunami to this new and much more serious cause, while a charity single is in the offing.

Far from being short of supplies here in norfolk, have you forgotten that norfolk is a mostly agrarian economy!
the market in Norwich is open 6 days a week, over 190 stalls, and has been in existance since saxon times
http://www.norwich-market.co.uk/
we are not yer usual southern jessies here in the East!! ;)

starting to come down quite heavy in devizes even the dog doesn't want to go out in it!!
ace pmsl

The snow is a lot thicker now ,this picture taken earlier.

The stone cross on the left marks the centre of England. :)