Full on blizzard goin on in west london :D

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yup its snowing again

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:26 (twenty-three years ago)

and up here in north london too

― gareth (gareth), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:29 (twenty-three years ago)

This may be the one and only time I wish I was in west London ... damn, has anybody got a webcam??

― Android (Android Elvis), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:30 (twenty-three years ago)

how heavy is it steve? i woulnt say blizzard for north london, buts steady. and fluffy too!

― gareth (gareth), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Here in CENTRAL London there are nice big fluffy flakes but no accumulation of same on ANYTHING.

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:32 (twenty-three years ago)

its absolutely perfect snow...if it carries on like this overnight then we'll be a good few inches deep in the morning

i took a crap photo, will upload in a min

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:33 (twenty-three years ago)

There's no snow here but it is kinda icy....

http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/html/about/wcindex.htm

― smee (smee), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:36 (twenty-three years ago)

a good few inches deep in the morning

fnar

― Fuzzy (Fuzzy), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:36 (twenty-three years ago)

It's snowy in Virginia!

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Steve, you're near me aren't you? Here in Uxbridge we keep having intermittent whiteouts (like right now) followed by clear patches, it's quite odd.

This morning we watched everything get covered in about five minutes, a couple of hours later I went out for lunch and there was no sign of it whatsoever???

― chris (chris), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:37 (twenty-three years ago)

It's not very heavy here (SW London) but the wind is making it look wicked. And I have to actually *walk* somewhere in half an hour. Sheesh.

― Mark C (Mark C), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:38 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.base58.com/misc/snow1.jpg

the scene from blueski's palatial residence

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:38 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.whirlybird.org.uk/snow1.jpg
Blurry pic of Kentish Town outside my window.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:40 (twenty-three years ago)

it's all mad like. at this rate the fap is getting the bozack

― zemko (bob), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:41 (twenty-three years ago)

haha, my pizza just arrived - the poor bastard had to trundle a mile or so in this flurry

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:42 (twenty-three years ago)

a poundstretcher across the road from yr front door, what bliss

― zemko (bob), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:42 (twenty-three years ago)

I think people have far too much on their minds NOT to FAP.

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Sof the FAP, I'm off to figure out where Jerry lives so I can wave at him each morning. Who's with me?

― Graham (graham), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:44 (twenty-three years ago)

hahaha

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:45 (twenty-three years ago)

yeh the strong wind was making it seem more blizzardesque than it actually is...typical

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:46 (twenty-three years ago)

ilx snowball FITE!! FAP anyone?

― zemko (bob), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:48 (twenty-three years ago)

oh man this is not a day to be sniffly and phlegm ridden...especially id we're talking karaoke AND snowballs tonight - match made in heaven

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:50 (twenty-three years ago)

The snow is still going SIDEWAYS here. I'm off out for a cigarette - I may be some while.

― SittingPretty (sittingpretty), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Leicester Square just looks damp.

― Graham (graham), Thursday, 30 January 2003 15:53 (twenty-three years ago)

I want snow.
Want snow, want snow, want snow.
*stamps feet in petulant manner*

We have the clearest blue skies here, and it's bloody freezing out.

― Celeste (Celeste), Thursday, 30 January 2003 16:11 (twenty-three years ago)

the ground

http://www.base58.com/misc/snow2.jpg

some pots

http://www.base58.com/misc/snow3.jpg

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 30 January 2003 16:13 (twenty-three years ago)

I demand pictures of snowmen or at least snow angels made by stevem!

― smee (smee), Thursday, 30 January 2003 16:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Celeste is funny laughing!

The snow keeps on a comin' here. The temps are droppin' and I want to go home.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 30 January 2003 16:15 (twenty-three years ago)

For the first time ever, I actually want to be in London right now.

― Celeste (Celeste), Thursday, 30 January 2003 16:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Not an anglophile then, Celeste?

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 30 January 2003 16:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Celeste is in England, isn't she?

― smee (smee), Thursday, 30 January 2003 16:18 (twenty-three years ago)

My mistake!

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 30 January 2003 16:19 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm in sunny sunny Ormskirk, Lancashire, near Liverpool.
I just hate London. Especially when they get snow and we don't.

― Celeste (Celeste), Thursday, 30 January 2003 16:23 (twenty-three years ago)

say hello to my little fren...

http://www.base58.com/misc/snow4.jpg

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 30 January 2003 16:38 (twenty-three years ago)

i'm hoping the wind will knock his head off

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 30 January 2003 16:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Still snowing here! YAY!

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 30 January 2003 16:42 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm stuck at work! the A1 is fucked up and there are no trains at all. No taxis till 7 either. this suxx0rz.

― dog latin, Thursday, 30 January 2003 16:53 (twenty-three years ago)

from my window I can see there's still snow on the top of the Brooklyn Bridge - ice floes in E River almost totally gone now though - haha last night on Daily Show Steven Colbert's pretending to be in D.C. bundled up in mittens etc even tho he's bluescreened 5 feet away from Stewart's desk; this is of course hilarious and they can't help but giggle and Stewart says "strange, i don't see any steam from your breath, Steven" "it's too COLD for that, Jon"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 30 January 2003 17:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Thanx stevem, that made my day!

― smee (smee), Thursday, 30 January 2003 17:05 (twenty-three years ago)

haha to Tracer's little anecdote too! those kerazy nooyoikers...

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 30 January 2003 17:07 (twenty-three years ago)

Did you just go out and make that snowman, take a picture, upload it and put it on ILE especially?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 30 January 2003 17:21 (twenty-three years ago)

er...no?

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 30 January 2003 17:22 (twenty-three years ago)

its not like i dont have a million more important things to do after all, i'm a busy man, i cant waste time making little snowmen just for the satisfaction of smee...

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 30 January 2003 17:23 (twenty-three years ago)

I want more snow pictures.

― Celeste (Celeste), Thursday, 30 January 2003 17:27 (twenty-three years ago)

I LOVE SNOW! WEST lONDON SNOW IS THE BEST SNOW!

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 30 January 2003 18:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Audio Bullys to thread once again!

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 30 January 2003 18:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Will central London snow do you?
This is the South Bank right now:-
http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0UACzBPMZ00B8Xbqd2Cq3F7e1ClBl4x7V5eZxOvBMi3Lxla3BZzNfoBChnPlTi9Mko6fjw8HVlF6OrABcn48JtOInUGSt9mr4us5UxA3*SA1hdeM1FrKWAYyCnxoccJ8a/Blizzard.jpg

― Simeon (Simeon), Thursday, 30 January 2003 18:07 (twenty-three years ago)

haha i live on yr road jerry the nipper!

― the internet (scg), Thursday, 30 January 2003 18:07 (twenty-three years ago)

no snow on chancery lane

― the internet (scg), Thursday, 30 January 2003 18:08 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm so low-tech you'll have to wait til the spring when I finally get my photos of the snow developed.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 30 January 2003 18:09 (twenty-three years ago)

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Daily Express headline: Panic As Big Freeze Bites.

Please. Just stay indoors if it's too cold for you.

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 14:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Panic!

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Visible breath! Aieeeeee!

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)

i hate that 'must buy 10 loaves of bread' mentality! Dickheads!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

maybe they just love bread

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 14:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Course, I live in the freaky Brighton weather pocket which is always different to the rest of the country. Sunny and not really that cold yet.

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 14:32 (twenty-two years ago)

P'raps!
Cambridge must be the same as Brighton Archel. All the websites that said it was gonna snow here, now say it's gonna be sunny!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 14:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Maybe they're going to build a fire out of bread.

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 14:37 (twenty-two years ago)

toasty fire huh! hee hee

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 14:39 (twenty-two years ago)

no snow here. was reading a little of the guardian's 'how to deal with cold' story and got disgusted and stopped.

it is pretty cold out, but it isn't so cold people should start to panic. my parents said that it was like -10F there, with several inches of snow each day and nothing is shutting down.

i hope it snows tomorrow, though. i was so hopeful when i woke up, trying to hear if it was extra quiet outside because the snow muffled everything. sigh.

― colette (a2lette), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 15:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I did that, but alas! I am beginning to fear I may never see the snow again! *cries*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Portsmouth = same as Brighton right now. Looks about as likely to snow as rain frogs.

― robster (robster), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 15:54 (twenty-two years ago)

thank you chris :)

and here's judy tzuke to take us up to the news...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Living in Cambridge you'll see snow again, Pinkx0r. I want to see it in Putney. Thick, so that grass etc. is totally covered.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

did anyone else see the snow? it snowed from like 1-3 am last night and it was so pretty. i took some pictures, i'll see if i can put them anywhere people can actually look, for proof. woo!

― colette (a2lette), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)

mail them to me and i'll stick them online if ye want

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Woo hoo! Oh yeah we woke to up to snow this morning! yay us.
I'll see if i can find some pics!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 12:05 (twenty-two years ago)

{ah, its all lies. There was no snow. With been ripped off again by Tony Blairs.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 12:05 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/weather/weather_gallery/images/jan_snow_03/mrowen_cam_270.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/weather/weather_gallery/images/jan_snow_03/mrowen_backs_270.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/weather/weather_gallery/images/jan_snow_03/mrowen_corpus_old_court_270.jpg

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 12:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Ow, I miss Cambridge! Oxford suxxors, snow-wise.

― Enrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 12:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah but Oxford has the best floods.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 12:13 (twenty-two years ago)

If you were in Cambridge, we could fap!! huh? Huh?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 12:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Fancy a punt?

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 12:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't mind if I do!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 12:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah but Oxford has the best floods.

Don't go there! I live abt 3ft off the river and the floods are a supreme motherfucker.

― Enrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 12:17 (twenty-two years ago)

it was snowing lightly at midnight when anna and i got home last night.

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 12:20 (twenty-two years ago)

It's not exactly a slow news week, so why all the ballyhoo and brouhaha about some poxy snow and a bit of cold? I don't think it's exceptionally cold for January. Has everyone gone soft or what?

― Enrique P. Coldchain (Enrique), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 12:24 (twenty-two years ago)

No, everyone just wants a day off work!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 12:25 (twenty-two years ago)

It was going to be much worse snow but Blair called it off when he found out he didn't need to bury the Hutton report after all.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 12:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha ha .....
(checks web to see if this is actually possible.)

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 12:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Haven't you seen the video for Cloudbusting?

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 13:03 (twenty-two years ago)

In a lot of ways Tony Blair is like my yo-yo that glowed in the dark.
What makes him special, makes him dangerous.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 13:05 (twenty-two years ago)

New Labour, New Weather Front.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 13:08 (twenty-two years ago)

no more snow, godamnit!

1st phone call from James: I'm on my way home.
(then as if that wasn't bad enough...)
2nd phone call from James: I'm not going home, I'm going to the pub!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 14:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Get your rolling pin and haul him home Andy Capp style.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 14:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't mind him being in the pub, just not when I am stuck at work! aarrrrggggghhhhhh, snow godamnit snow!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 14:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Right and now the blizzard has started in central London no-one mentions it. You guys!!!

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

i just got completely covered in the snow walkin back from the bus stop..

― marcg (marcg), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

THUNDER SNOW STORM! WIND CHILL FACTOR! WAHOO!!!!!!

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Jeez, that was a proper blizzard - and I've never known lightning to accompany snow. It was totally freakin' atonal.

Walked home from Tulse Hill (buses not getting anywhere in southeast London), got chatting to a young woman as we yomped across Norwood Park - new to the neighbourhood, Daily Express journalist. She seemed suitably embarrassed about that, though.

Outside it's -1.6C but, more worryingly, it's only 14.5C in the bedroom. Radiators work more efficiently if you don't pile stuff up in front of them, don't they?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 21:29 (twenty-two years ago)

It took me half an hour just to walk the 500 or so yards from my office to my front door! Why do I always end up living in places with steeply sloping streets? Still I'm glad I no longer have to slog it all the way back to Streatham - must be hellish out there at the moment.

― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 28 January 2004 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

How much snow is there?

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)

This piece of comedy from BBC News:

London covered in snow

A blanket of snow has fallen in London as the predicted cold snap spreads.

People living in north London have reported up to three inches settling on the ground in some areas.

The snow showers started just as rush hour began and traffic is delayed on the M25 as motorists slow down in the wet and icy conditions.

Tubes and trains are also suffering problems and some flights from Heathrow and Gatwick airports have been cancelled.

Hundreds of passengers have been stranded after British Airways cancelled 36 flights out of Heathrow, in west London, and Gatwick, in Sussex.

In Crystal Palace, south London, people have abandoned their cars as the snow is making it impossible to drive up the surrounding slopes [so indeed slopy Streatham must be hellish].

LU statement

A section of the Metropolitan Line has been suspended between Chesham Station and Chalfont and Latimer Station.

Some Northern Line stations have also been closed.

The cold weather was also blamed for disrupting Tubes in the morning rush hour.

Some services on parts of the Tube network which are above ground, particularly in north and west London, were unable to run.

Thousands of passengers on sections of the Metropolitan, Piccadilly, Central and Jubilee lines were affected.

Morning closures

London Underground (LU) has apologised for the problems saying contingency plans did not work properly.

There were also delays on South Eastern, Chiltern and West Anglia Great Northern (WAGN) trains.

By 1200 GMT on Wednesday there had been no service between Chesham and Watford or between Chalfont and Latimer and Chesham on the Metropolitan Line.

Chiltern Railways, which uses an adjoining section of track, was unable to run services between Aylesbury and Marylebone.

The Central Line between North Acton and West Ruislip in the west and between Woodford and Hainault in the east was closed during the morning.

'Improve our response'

LU said the problems were caused by ice on the tracks.

In a statement, it said: "London Underground apologises for the disruption to services this morning due to ice forming on some rails.

"London Underground has comprehensive contingencies in place which have been developed over a number of years. Obviously last night these did not fully work in all areas.

"Our plans are being further enhanced so we can learn any lessons and improve our response to future incidents."

[Thus, ten days' notice, the most hyped freeze-up ever and still they sat on their arses until it was too late to do anything]

― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 28 January 2004 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

People living in north London have reported up to three inches settling on the ground in some areas.

three inches? uh...

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 22:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I know, it's pathetic. London doesn't really get snow very often, you see. It used to, when I was a kid, although I am starting to believe I am exaggerating this in my mind on the basis of a couple of snowmen I once built in the garden.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 22:29 (twenty-two years ago)

weird. i know it's not a snow-prone land, but the amount of havoc that this seems to have caused is on par with the hell that breaks loose in the southern states when an inch or so falls. i would have thought things were a bit more winter-proof (london underground excepted).

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 22:38 (twenty-two years ago)

haha, Seattle and London have something in common, except Seattle has one tenth the enthusiasm. :)

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 22:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Lauren, London underground is the bloodstream to London's brisk aerobic exercise. If it doesn't work properly, everything shuts down.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 23:36 (twenty-two years ago)

eleven years pass...

http://www.superpom.com/jenny/snow1.jpg

― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 22:04 (eleven years ago)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WklTMCzX4dE/TZnwLe-XMzI/AAAAAAAAMVA/yr7wWYLUOs0/s1600/gch%2Bch%2Bpowerpom%2Bhigh%2Bperformance.jpg

there was a very moderate amount of snow falling in london early this morning, although since i don't remember any snow last winter it seemed notable enough

― anima corrective (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 22:08 (eleven years ago)

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