Is anyone curious about this snowy weather?

[Jonny]

Yes, it was ice, ice, ice, today - blizzard.

So, anyone curious as to how serious it has become all of a sudden? I don't want to wave the global warming stick or anything like that but I somehow feel the enevitable has come quicker than we'd thought.

I don't suppose anyone else is sort of thinking like this? Or I'm just worrying myself to insanity.

[Ian Price]

When I was younger (about 28 years ago) I remember we used to have loads of snow in winter. Obviously I can't relate it to what we have now as back then all I was interested in was if the school was going to be closed. It certainly feels worse now but that's only because I now drive and know how tough it is - my Daughter is very excited and wants to go and play in the snow.

If it lasts another week I'll start worrying that something has gone wrong! I can still see the sun, which is a good thing.

[Afghan Dave]

I'll say it fast so as to hopefully kill this stone dead.

STOP IT!

This is life and the world has always been this way... go and do something to help someone personally or make them smile.

Climate change?

Climates ARE SUPPOSED to $%&#ing change!!!!  :? :?

[tomjackson]

Don't believe the Dogma. 

It is snowing becuase it's winter.  Last few years there was global warming because it was mild, now we've got it becuase the winter is like winters used to be before global warming.

I think you must have watched 'The Day After Tomorrow' recently.

There's more important things to worry about, like how England will manage to get a second innings total of 466 in South Africa!

[AndyR]

:lol:

Yeah, chill... I've seen worse

(weather, that is ... the cricket's just normal :lol:)

[Ratrod]

One word: Climategate

[Jonny]

I'm not shitetin' bricks over it, I guess I have been plagued to the point I'm not really talking for myself but people who have paraded the stuff all over the place. I quite like the snow, just not ice. My knees have bad times with ice.

And I think I've offended Dave with my weakness, lol.. Apologies.

[Afghan Dave]

And I think I've offended Dave with my weakness, lol.. Apologies.

BE STRONG LIKE VIKING!!




(who lives in LA is scared of real bike gangs and has had a nosejob to look pretty)  :? :? :P

[nfe]

I'm not finding it at all problematic, and this certainly isn't comparable up here to many of the fantastic snowy winters I went sledging in as a child.

[Dmoney]

I'm not finding it at all problematic, and this certainly isn't comparable up here to many of the fantastic snowy winters I went sledging in as a child.

exactly.
my dads famliy used to get snowed in all the time when he was younger. and that never never happened for years.
I don't think its as bad as people make out.
people just aren't ever prepared for it.

[Stevepage]

It seems people's brain completely freeze as well as the roads.

Some complete tw@t hit my car, dented the rear drivers panel near the fuel cap, cracked my front bumper, scratched it and hit my tyres.

The driver didn't leave any details what so ever. This driver also hit my girlfriends Dad's car which was parked behind me.

I won't be claiming it on insurance because my insurance premium will sky rocket (it's £1000 already). So I'm gonna try and get it repaired when I get some money together. Doesn't help I'm losing my job at the end of the month.

[Johnny Mac]

I was driving a lorry in it a 6 this morning and it isn't too bad, you just have to be very alert. The roads were very quiet, so I assume most folks threw the towel in before the day started.

This global warming propaganda drives me insane! We normally draw mild damp air from the gulf stream at this time of year but at the moment the high pressure over us is pushing the mild weather under the UK and we getting cold air from Siberia. Thats why its snowing, that and because its winter!

The Earth is aprox 4.5 billion years old. Its gone through extreme changes in temperature long before we were here. The last ice age lasted longer than our existence here. Its a cycle and it will happen again and when it does taxation to control 'Global Warming' will have absolutely no effect whatsoever and most of us will die. Some may live and keep reproducing long enough to keep us from extinction. The life cycle starts again. The diagram below shows just how little time we have existed in relation to the age of our planet.

[Ian Price]

Its a cycle and it will happen again and when it does taxation to control 'Global Warming' will have absolutely no effect whatsoever and most of us will die.

Happy New year!!  :D

[Will]

Last few years there was global warming because it was mild, now we've got it becuase the winter is like winters used to be before global warming.

I disagree with that, global warming has not 'happened', whether it started or finished. I think we have just had a few mild years, caused by..

..nature.

[dave_mc]

i doubt one christmas is anything to worry about.

everyone confidently pronouncing global warming isn't real and the scientists are involved in some kind of conspiracy probably is, though.