View Full Version : Big chill set to hit us tomorrow
Sparrow
20-01-07, 10:14 PM
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,300...3564069,00.html (http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13564069,00.html) :cold:
coppernob
20-01-07, 10:20 PM
Thermal time again then :blink: .Thanks for the link,Sparrow :D
Domestic Goddess
20-01-07, 10:25 PM
Will turn up the central heating and hibernate under my duvet! I'm not designed for cold weather!
Mr DG can go though - he's as tough as old boots!
Thanks for that sparrow looks like london may only get a light dusting of snow and i really want to make a snowman its so unfair :(
Sparrow
20-01-07, 10:32 PM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(er 59 @ 20th January 2007 - 9:26 PM) 229012</div>Thanks for that sparrow looks like london may only get a light dusting of snow and i really want to make a snowman its so unfair :([/b]
:lol: so do I!!!
We dont always get a lot of snow here - further up in Derbyshire - Snake Pass and round there the roads can be shut it gets so bad and all we get is a weeny bit!
coppernob
20-01-07, 10:35 PM
We get sludge and that's about it :( ,can't remember when we last had snow that laid.CN
Domestic Goddess
20-01-07, 10:37 PM
I love how my garden looks when it's snowed. But I hate driving on icy roads, walking on the pavements is dodgy too.
That's just soooooo typical; we are due to go down to Kent next wednesday and I do not want to get snowed in down there :angry:
I hate travelling if it is snowing :angry: I like to be tucked up indoors in my own home all nice and warm :thumbs:
Planet 24
21-01-07, 11:32 AM
I hadn't seen snow for 20 years until I moved up here, the first winter it looked wonderful,then disaster........ I used to get snowballs with pieces of brick stuck inside them thrown at the windows, add to that being snowed in as they don't grit villages and the charm wore off.
Last year of course I was in hospital for the whole of the winter - so at least I saved on the heating bills :lol:
I don't like the cold :( Give me sunshine and beaches and pina colada everytime B)
Sparrow
21-01-07, 12:43 PM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Green Eyed Girl @ 21st January 2007 - 10:45 AM) 229067</div>Hi Sparrow
Yelp, I have just looked out of the window
............. and it is snowing
in Aberdeenshire
GEG
xx[/b]
We have nt any even the slightest hint of snow geg!!! Its beautiful and sunny here - very cold though - im leaning on the radiator while Im on the computer!!! :cold:
Hope the snow doesnt affect your moving plans too much if the the roads get bad up there :)
sparrow x
Sparrow
21-01-07, 12:57 PM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Green Eyed Girl @ 21st January 2007 - 11:48 AM) 229098</div>Hi Sparrow
S: Thanks for your concern,. I am thinking that to, as the snow has become really dense over the last 10 minuets.
It was raining last night, and the snow is sitting on the ground now.
So I hope this is a one off flurry, and that is it.
Now it has suddenly gone quiet now, long may it last
:notworthy:
GEG
xx[/b]
Does it get really bad where you are then geg? Mr s has worked in Inverness and Aberdeen before at this time of year but it wasnt too bad - just snow on the mountains then.
When we have a bit of snow round here everything grinds to a halt!! I dont know what would happen if we had a big snow fall!!! :lol:
Planet 24
21-01-07, 04:48 PM
Lucky Ol' You LazyPoker..... So all i can say is that im glad im in Australia.[/b] I wish I was - I hate the cold :(
tortoise
21-01-07, 04:55 PM
Sunny here in Kent, with a few large black clouds.
Beautiful day, but bl**dy http://bestsmileys.com/winter/14.gif
Have put the heating on and have an extra blanket on the sofa!
I don't think we are forecast much snow in Kent. Temp is 3 as a high on Tuesday and Wednesday though. http://bestsmileys.com/winter/25.gif
Domestic Goddess
21-01-07, 05:45 PM
It's been a dry, sunny but flippin' cold day here in south Hampshire! I've got the central heating on and am staying indoors all day!
Sparrow
21-01-07, 05:47 PM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Domestic Goddess @ 21st January 2007 - 4:44 PM) 229197</div>It's been a dry, sunny but flippin' cold day here in south Hampshire! I've got the central heating on and am staying indoors all day![/b]
Thats exactly how its been here Dg!! I have just had look at the local weather forecast - the only white stuff we are getting here is sleet!! :(
:D Freezing in Surrey too :yes:
:cold: but http://bestsmileys.com/sun/3.gif & cloudy here in the Fens
had a bit of very wet snow in Yorks but not settled here :) :cold: thank goodness but its definitely getting chillier! :cold:
coppernob
21-01-07, 08:37 PM
In my part of South Hampshire I havn't even had to put the heating on today but then again i've been running round like a loon all day so that could be why :rolleyes:
:badmood: Our central heating and hot water has decided to break. Great. Just flipping great :badmood:
I am freeeeezing here :cry:
Someone is coming out today though - anytime up until 6pm, so hopefully we will be warm and toasty again tonight :unsure:
StoneHenge
22-01-07, 09:54 AM
Where we are, it rarely gets 'extreme' other than the recent storms. It's cold, but not freezing yet. We have an indoor thermometer which takes the temp in two rooms (cabins), and it's been getting down to 15 at night with the fire going, so any colder we will need loads more layers.
I like the snow, but I wish it would just fall on gardens and fields and place where it's safe, and not on roads. I just worry when it's been snowing that people who think they are immortal get in cars and end up killing innocent people.
I hope all of you who are having snow stay safe and warm. Now is the time to make sure you have supplies in your car boot. Drinks, food, blankets, torches etc. If I go anywhere more than an hour away, I always take a flask on cold days too. You never know do you, and if you don't need it, someone else might.
Stay safe everyone.
Hope you get your heating back soon SP. Get on your exercise bike - that will keep you warm for a bit!
:lol: @stoney
I have got my exercise bike in place ready :rolleyes: http://bestsmileys.com/exercising/2.gif
We do at least have an electric fire in the living room, so it is a good excuse for me to stay in here all day in front of the fire :rolleyes:
I have just got back in and am fairly cosy in front of the fire already, but if I have to leave this room, it's bbbbrrrrrrr :( http://bestsmileys.com/cold/11.gif
Well I woke up expecting snow and ice, nothing :lol: GMTV had a reporter live at the depot over the road from us, blethering about the cold, and I'm thinking, there is no ice, no snow, not even a frost and it's 4 degrees here
What big chill? ;)
tortoise
22-01-07, 10:35 AM
It is meant to hit Kent tomorrow. It is meant to be 3 degrees here on Tues and Weds.
The thing is shouldn't it be 3 degrees in the winter anyway?
Was watching that programme on Climate Change last night and that was scary!
tortoise
22-01-07, 10:56 AM
We have hard frost and some icy patches. No snow, sleet or hail though!
I have to go to work tonight, so deicer at the ready for when I come out at 3am!! :cold:
The programme was on BBC1 with David Attenborough. It was very good and looked ahead to 2080 for what our weather will be like. No snow in Scotland, just loads of rain. The Fens and where I live could vanish under water!! :bigeyes:
Sparrow
22-01-07, 12:33 PM
What lovely photos Rowan :)
coppernob
22-01-07, 01:30 PM
Thanks for the lovely photos Rowan :thumbs: Hope you get your heating sorted soon,SP, what a time to break :cry: I took my youngest two to school this morning,not too cold then went shopping,time I came out of Tesco the temperture had plummeted and it was raining :sad: CN
Crazy Dog
22-01-07, 02:00 PM
It's moving south.
Just having a short hail-storm here in Birmingham. Only tiny ones though!
Sparrow
22-01-07, 02:44 PM
According to sky news the big chill is here!!
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,300...3564147,00.html (http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13564147,00.html)
It says roads are closed in North Derbyshire and Yorkshire! Here (not far from Derby) its very cold but blue skies and sun! We had a bit of sleet about half 11 time and thats been it!
One good thing about husband being on nights - I can send him to stand shivering in the playground waiting for the kids at home time!! :lol:
Hope everybodys ok in this weather :)
I'm still waiting for heating repair man :badmood: :rolleyes:
:badmood: Well, the repair men are here now and can't fix it today :badmood: They have to replace the pump, and something else, and drain the system etc and need more time as I have to do the school run and they won't stay here on their own.
They are lending us a hot air blower though.
Fan bloomin' tastic :badmood:
sp, reporting from a cold, wet, windy Surrey http://bestsmileys.com/cold/8.gif
Bonkers Mad!!!
22-01-07, 05:17 PM
poor you SP. i had the boiler man out today too :yes: have had no hot water since new years eve although the heating was fine. it took until last tuesday for them to get the part and until today to get somebody round to fit it. so tonight i will be having my my first bath of the year :blink: :lol:
:lol: Enjoy your bath, BM :D
It's flipping cold in Surrey at the minute, isn't it, BM ;) ???
I'm not happy :(
Bonkers Mad!!!
22-01-07, 05:42 PM
it certainly is brass monkeys SP :yes: we've had very icy rain this afternoon :cold:
Sparrow
22-01-07, 06:31 PM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Bonkers Mad!!! @ 22nd January 2007 - 4:41 PM) 229569</div>it certainly is brass monkeys SP :yes: we've had very icy rain this afternoon :cold:[/b]
In America they have had an ice storm last week - just found a couple of pics on BBC news:
Why did I look at those pics :lol: :doh: My already freezing bones are even colder now :lol:
That's what the inside of my house looks like today :(
Poor minisp has just filled every single hot water bottle and microwaveable heat bag thingys to try and get warm and I have text mr sp to tell him to come home via a shop that sells heaters and buy some.
This is like being a kid again when we had no central heating at all :(
How horrible ice storm Yukky!
It's cold here but had sun all day :thumbs: Feel so sorry for you Sp - will this help http://bestsmileys.com/fire/3.gif you could put your hands up to your screen ;)
Know what you mean tho sp - 2 years ago in February we had all new double glazing put in and it snowed the morning they turned up - it was :cold: there was 1 team of 2 taking out windows and 2 teams of 2 putting the new ones in :cold: Mr O & I had to keep trying to find a room they weren't working in :lol: They were very good and it only took one day to do the whole of the 4 bed house!
Just seen weather and East Anglia looks like its got the warmest weather tomorrow 4 degrees!!!! Still that might change :lol:
Aaaawww, thanks for the flame, Omega :D
My little hands don't look quite so blue now.............. :cry_more:
:lol: