Hoshit snow - Page 2

Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope · 12-22-2009, 10:01 AM

It's been snowing non stop all weekend. In the past two weeks we have received almost half a meter of snow.

Melfice · 12-22-2009, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Ravashak

Quite...

And Melfice, it's not like they're doing that well in other countries, just look at how well the London-Paris train connection went xP

Fair enough, fair enough.
But still. It takes a LOT more snow to shut down an AIRPORT in the US (I should know. I flew through a snowstorm last time.), than it does to shut down the railways in the Netherlands.

Professor Smarmiarty · 12-22-2009, 11:07 AM

My solution: Don't build transport networks in places where it snows. There you go, I just saved everyone lots of trouble.

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 12-22-2009, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

You deserve everything you got.

Hey now what's wrong with Chester?? Well, except for the Blacon area. And the incessant crowds. And the preacher dude who's always wandering the middle of town telling us all how evil we are and how the world is going to end!

Other than those things it's not a bad place.

Ravashak · 12-22-2009, 12:29 PM

True, it's very silly how badly prepared the train sector was.
On the other hand, I think Schiphol (Amsterdam's airport) was in decent condition through everything, it was just the airfields in OTHER European countries that couldn't handle it which caused delays for people there (but really, snow in Spain, people go there to spend the winter in better climates than here in the Netherlands, not for the snowstorms).

Loyal · 12-22-2009, 12:44 PM

Due to the high volume of colleges/universities in Massachusetts, my dad has an auto-worker friend who tends to get quite wealthy around Winter. Because none of you out-of-state students have any idea how to drive in the snow and yet you insist on doing so anyway.

Michie · 12-22-2009, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Loyal

Due to the high volume of colleges/universities in Massachusetts, my dad has an auto-worker friend who tends to get quite wealthy around Winter. Because none of you out-of-state students have any idea how to drive in the snow and yet you insist on doing so anyway.

This. Don't be surprised when you move to New England and you get snow. :shifty:

Nightshine · 12-22-2009, 01:39 PM

The lack of snow here is kind of odd.

It's Canada, we usually get 10000 snowstorms around this time of year

Ryanderman · 12-22-2009, 03:03 PM

After living my entire life just east of Buffalo, where the lake effect from Lake Erie tends to cause snow to drop in solid blocks from giant buckets in the sky, it's a nice feeling to go outside today and it's 60 F, and then come back inside and read all your posts about the snow and think, "ha ha suckers!"

I used to get mad at the front page posts Brian would make taunting all us northerners every winter. Now I understand the appeal.

Professor Smarmiarty · 12-22-2009, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryanderman

After living my entire life just east of Buffalo, where the lake effect from Lake Erie tends to cause snow to drop in solid blocks from giant buckets in the sky, it's a nice feeling to go outside today and it's 60 F, and then come back inside and read all your posts about the snow and think, "ha ha suckers!"

I used to get mad at the front page posts Brian would make taunting all us northerners every winter. Now I understand the appeal.

Pfft back home that would be a coldish winter! Stupid being away from home!

12-22-2009, 10:01 AM	#11
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Ryanderman Beard of Leadership Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 827	After living my entire life just east of Buffalo, where the lake effect from Lake Erie tends to cause snow to drop in solid blocks from giant buckets in the sky, it's a nice feeling to go outside today and it's 60 F, and then come back inside and read all your posts about the snow and think, "ha ha suckers!" I used to get mad at the front page posts Brian would make taunting all us northerners every winter. Now I understand the appeal. __________________ ~Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to stop, it turns. You tell it to turn, it stops. You tell it to take out the trash, it watches reruns of Firefly.~

12-22-2009, 11:07 AM	#13
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	My solution: Don't build transport networks in places where it snows. There you go, I just saved everyone lots of trouble.

12-22-2009, 12:29 PM	#15
Ravashak hm? Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: South of the Sewer Posts: 286	True, it's very silly how badly prepared the train sector was. On the other hand, I think Schiphol (Amsterdam's airport) was in decent condition through everything, it was just the airfields in OTHER European countries that couldn't handle it which caused delays for people there (but really, snow in Spain, people go there to spend the winter in better climates than here in the Netherlands, not for the snowstorms).

12-22-2009, 01:39 PM	#18
Nightshine Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 283	The lack of snow here is kind of odd. It's Canada, we usually get 10000 snowstorms around this time of year